Strictly Come Dancing winner Joanne Clifton to star in The Addams Family at Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Strictly Come Dancing winner Joanne Clifton will star as Morticia Addams in musical comedy, The Addams Family, as it opens at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal next week.

Joanne Clifton has previously starred as Janet in the UK tour of The Rocky Horror Show, Alex Owens in the UK tour of Flashdance, and Dale Tremont in Top Hat, where she received her second Offie nomination.

Joining her will be Cameron Blakely (Gomez Addams) Scott Paige (Uncle Fester) Kingsley Morton (Wednesday Addams, Grant McIntyre (Pugsley Addams) and Valda Aviks (Grandma).

Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows ­— she has fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family.

Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before — keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.

Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s normal boyfriend and his parents.

The production will also feature Sean Kingsley (Mal Beineke), Kara Lane (Alice Beineke), Ahmed Hamad (Lucas Beineke), Dickon Gough and Ryan Bennett (sharing the role of Lurch), Abigail Brodie, Sophie Hutchinson, Matthew Ives, Sean Lopeman and Castell Parker.

The show will be directed by Matthew White, with choreography by Alistair David and production design by Diego Pitarch.