WEYMOUTH Pavilion is gearing up to host its run of the touring production of Joseph this summer.

Starring X Factor winner Joe McElderry as Joseph and Britain's Got Talent's Lucy Kay as the narrator, Joseph is at Weymouth Pavilion from June 21 to 25.

Joe was just 18 when he won the sixth series of The X Factor, having been mentored by Girls Aloud star Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and beating off fierce competition from Olly Murs and Stacey Solomon.

Joe then soared to number one on the UK singles charts with his rendition of Miley Cyrus’s The Climb and his debut album Wide Awake went straight in at number three on the UK albums chart.

He has since gone on to have two more top ten albums and he became the first X Factor star to release four albums, with a fifth in the making.

Lucy Kay scored her first number one album in 2014, after her stunning debut album Fantasia shot straight to the top of the Classical Album Chart.

The singer, originally from Leicestershire, shot to fame and captured the country’s hearts as runner up on Britain’s Got Talent in 2014. Following her success on the show, Lucy also recorded the song Flower of Scotland with the band of Her Majesty’s Royal Marines to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Navy. Lucy was also a special guest on Andrea Bocelli’s 2014 tour.

Having garnered sensational reviews and standing ovations at every performance since its inception almost 35 years ago, Bill Kenwright’s ‘amazing’, ‘superb’, ‘wonderful’ and ‘brilliant’ production of this sparkling family musical has now sold an estimated 20 million tickets.

This vibrant and exciting retelling of the biblical story about Joseph, his eleven brothers and the coat of many colours sings out to young and old alike with a score which is crammed wall to wall with hits, including Jacob and Sons, Close Every Door and Any Dream Will Do.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is also at the Mayflower, Southampton, from Tuesday July 5 to Saturday July 9.

See josephthemusical.com for more information.

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