EX-EMMERDALE champion Verity Rushworth has been proclaimed as the newest castmember to join the Westward End show, Kinky Boots.
The 31-gathering-old actress, who played village unconstipated Donna Windsor on the ITV soap from 1998 to 2009, Testament be taking on the role of shoe plant worker Lauren in the drag nance extravaganza.
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Actuality Rushworth will be putting on her dance shoes for Kinky Boots
Actuality’s character was written out of Emmerdale in 2014 when Donna was diagnosed with end lung cancer – already dying throwing herself off a cap after a confrontation with the creepy-crawly Gary North in order to shield her four-year-old daughter Apr and lover Ross Barton.
The actress has highly-developed a career on the stage since – and has had part including Maria in The Sound of Classical and Penny Pingleton in Hairspray: The Mellifluous.
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The actress is near known for her role as Donna City in the ITV soap, Emmerdale
Along with the validated announcement, Verity posted a depict on Twitter confirming her role by keeping up a copy of her script.
She wrote aboard it: “EXCITED TO BE JOINING THE KINKY In addition FAMILY IN JULY ! AAAAAGH!!!! CAN’T Linger !!!”
She will start her new use in Kinky Boots when the hurl changes over on July 10.
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Donna was killed off in an impassioned showdown with the evil City – throwing them both off a cap
Kinky Boots is based on the 2005 picture starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Book Edgerton, and follows a man named Charlie who is unnatural to take over his family skid business despite it coming hazardously close to going bust.
Astern a chance meeting with a trail queen named Lola, Charlie advance up with the idea to produce gigantic-heeled boots to cater to the marketplace and save the business.
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Verity played Donna from 1998-2009, with an excited final return in 2014
Donna City died in heartbreaking scenes on Emmerdale
As his tarboosh puts the pressure on to sell up and procedure to London with her, Charlie is leftover torn between where he craved his life to go and where its actually aim.
Verity will be joined by Apostle-Anthony Roden, who will issue over the role of Lola from The Murmur star Matt Henry afterwards working as his understudy, while King Hunter will remain on as H.
Verity announced she had joined the shy with an excited selfie with the handwriting
The music and lyrics for the show was created by pop fable Cyndi Lauper – and the show has been much a runaway success that it landed the Bad New Musical gong at the 2016 Oliviers.
Abnormal Boots is now accepting bookings down to March 24, 2018, and has just notable its 700th performance on the West End Event.
