Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream Musical Opens March 23

Susan Boyle I Dreamed A Dream Musical Opens March 23, Britain’s Got Talent Susan Boyle will be joining the cast at some venues on an eleven week tour of the musical about her life story, I Dreamed a Dream, which opens at Newcastle Theatre on 23rd March next year and visits Aberdeen, Bradford, Liverpool, Dublin, Bristol, Southend, Cardiff, Birmingham, Inverness and Manchester where it ends on 23rd June.

Susan will be making a surprise appearance at certain venues. This will be her first performance in the UK on stage since the Britain’s Got Talent tour in 2009. She said: “I am thrilled to be a part of the musical about my life story and very much looking forward to stepping on stage and performing with the cast. It is an honest portrayal of my life and has been a cathartic process to be involved in.”

Taking the lead role of Susan Boyle is Elaine C Smith (Calendar Girls and Mary Doll in Rab C Nesbitt). Pat and Bridie Boyle (Susan’s parents) will be played by James Paterson and Karen Mann; the role of Lorraine Campbell (Susan’s childhood friend) will be played by Ashleigh Gray; Susan’s manager Andy Stephens will be played by Jeffrey Harmer and Liz Ewing will take the role of Mrs Johnstone (Susan’s school teacher). Other roles will be played by Gordon Cooper, Anne Smith, Frances Mayli McCann, David Haydn and Alan McHugh.

Unlikely Singing Sensation

Unlikely Singing Sensation, A middle-aged volunteer church worker with the voice of an angel is Britain’s latest unlikely showbiz star.

Susan Boyle, 47, wowed judges and audience alike when she performed on the television contest “Britain’s Got Talent.”

When Boyle stepped on stage she told the show’s judges, “I’m nearly 48, currently unemployed but still looking…”

But not likely unemployed for much longer, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Phillips. By Wednesday morning, a video clip of Boyle’s performance on YouTube had been viewed more than 5 million times.

The unemployed Scot who said she’d “never been kissed” drew titters when she told the judges her ambition was to be a professional singer.

But her soaring rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” from the musical “Les Miserables” astonished the show’s hard-to-please judges.

They were captivated by the singer from Blackburn in western Scotland. Usually acerbic judge Simon Cowell dubbed her singing “extraordinary.” Fellow judge Piers Morgan said her “stunning” performance was “the biggest surprise I’ve had in three years of this show.”

The show, the first in a new series of “Britain’s Got Talent,” was watched by 11.4 million of Britain’s 60 million people on Saturday night.

Boyle is what these shows love, reports Phillips, “not just a talent, but an unlikely talent – and one with a touching back story.”

Learning difficulties as a child led to bullying at school, and Boyle promised her recently deceased mother she’d honor her memory by auditioning for the show.

British bookmakers made Boyle the early favorite to win the series.