Steel magnolias, the hilarious and heart-warming play comes to the lowry, the lowry, salford next month with a cast packed with TV favourites

Steel Magnolias, the hilarious and heart-warming play based on a true story, which enjoyed huge global success in the hit 1989 film adaptation starring Dolly Parton and Julia Roberts, comes to The Lowry, Salford next month with a cast packed with TV favourites.

The show runs from Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 February.

The star-studded ensemble cast will feature Laura Main (best known as Sister Bernadette in BBC One’s Call the Midwife), Diana Vickers (The X Factor star who has gone on to lead roles in many theatre productions including Dial M For Murder and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) and Lucy Speed (known for her television roles on EastEnders and The Bill, and as a new cast member on BBC Radio 4’s The Archers).

Completing the cast are Harriet Thorpe (Absolutely Fabulous, The Brittas Empire) Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost) and Elizabeth Ayodele (Playboy of the West Indies).

Steel Magnolias is the story of six women who come together in a small-town beauty salon in the American South and prove that female friendship conquers all. Faced with the highs and lows of love and life, and amongst the chaos of work, marriage and children, they unite to gossip, unwind and set the world to rights.

Brought beautifully to life on stage from Robert Harding’s original script, which was first performed off-Broadway in 1987, this iconic comedy is the perfect ticket for every generation and proves that one hair appointment might just change your life.

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