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Girls Aloud star to take on Demi Moore character in ‘Ghost’ musical

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Girls Aloud star to take on Demi Moore character in ‘Ghost’ musical

Former Girls Aloud starlet Sarah Harding is taking the next step in her on-stage career by signing on for the female lead in Bill Kenwright’s new travelling production Ghost: The Musical. The production, which reimagines the ’90s weepy romance classic, will star Hollyoaks‘s Andrew Moss as Harding’s ill-fated lover; the role made famous by the late great Patrick Swayze in the original.

“The film is one of my all-time favourites, so to get the opportunity to play Molly is a huge honour for me and I can’t wait to get started”, said Harding, who will create the film’s iconic pottery scene with Moss live on stage.

It will be the singer-turned-actress’s first acting role since her widely criticised four-episode stint in Coronation Street last year, where she played the estranged wife of Robert Preston (Tristan Gemmill).

“I got so much more criticism because of who I am. You can’t please everyone and Coronation Street is the nation’s best-loved soap”, said Harding of the criticism.

“I didn’t have a Northern accent because they didn’t want one and I think half the problem was it looked like I was playing myself. Maybe I didn’t have enough time to learn but I think I did the character justice.”

Let’s hope the response is a bit more positive when Ghost: The Musical opens at London’s New Wimbledon Theatre on 29 August before going on a UK tour.

JK Rowling Confirms “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”

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JK Rowling Confirms “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”

JK Rowling has confirmed that a Harry Potter stage play, entitled Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, will open in London next year.

Rowling made the announcement on Twitter this morning (26.06.15), which just so happens to be the eighteenth anniversary of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone being published in the UK.

“I don’t want to say too much more, because I don’t want to spoil what I know will be a real treat for fans. However, I can say that it is not a prequel!”, said the author, quashing rumours that have been spreading around since the play’s first announcement in 2013.

Rowling also insisted that the stage show won’t be a musical. However she is confident that the new Cursed Child story is better suited to the stage than the page.

“To answer one inevitable (and reasonable!) question – why isn’t #CursedChild a new novel?

“I am confident that when audiences see the play they will agree that it was the only proper medium for the story.”

Meanwhile, Rowling has been busy writing the script for Potter spinoff film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which will star Eddie Redmayne and Katherine Waterston.

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