厳密に's Stacey Dooley to make her West End debut と一緒に James Buckley in thriller 2:22 A Ghost Story - to 取って代わる Sheridan Smith's axed 開始 Night show

Stacey Dooley will make her West End debut as Jenny in award-winning play, 2:22 Ghost Story - as it 取って代わるs Sheridan Smith's axed 開始 Night show.

The 厳密に Come Dancing 星／主役にする, 37, has been 発表するd as the new lead in the popular play, taking over the part of Jenny, which as 以前 been played by Cheryl and Laura Whitmore.?

Stacey excitedly said: 'Delighted to be 伴う／関わるd in the next adaptation of 2:22! Made up! I fell for the play when I went to watch it in 2022.?

'All 4 characters feel so familiar, which means the subtle 'ghost story' just 作品 so brilliantly. Can't wait to bring Jenny 支援する to life! Let's go!'

Lily Allen was the first to take on the 役割 of Jenny when the West End play opened in the summer of 2021. The singer earned rave reviews and a Best Actress 指名／任命 at the Olivier Awards.

Stacey Dooley will make her West End debut as Jenny in award-winning play, 2:22 Ghost Story

Stacey will be 事実上の／代理 と一緒に Inbetweeners 星／主役にする James Buckley, who is taking on the 役割 of Ben

Other 著名な 指名するs who have appeared in the show in its さまざまな 場所s 含む Stephanie Beatriz, Giovanna Fletcher, Tom Felton, Mandip Gill and Matt Willis.

The play follows Jenny, who believes her new home is haunted but her husband Sam remains skeptical.

They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben and decide to stay awake until 2.22am to discover the truth.

Stacey - who won 厳密に in 2018 with her now husband Kevin Clifton - will be 事実上の／代理 と一緒に Inbetweeners 星／主役にする James Buckley, who is taking on the 役割 of Ben.?

James 追加するd: 'I'm so excited to be 再結合させるing the cast of 2.22. It's such a brilliant play and to be 支援する in such a brilliant theatre.?

'It will be 広大な／多数の／重要な to be play Ben again and now all I need to do is make sure I remember the lines. Can't wait to see everyone there'.

Written by award-winning writer Danny コマドリs, creator of the 攻撃する，衝突する BBC podcast The Battersea Poltergeist, and directed by Matthew Dunster and Isabel Marr, 2:22 is an adrenaline-filled night where secrets 現れる and ghosts may, or may not, appear.?

Stacey is a 文書の 製造者 who won 厳密に in 2018 with her now husband Kevin Clifton

Lily Allen was the first to take on the 役割 of Jenny when the West End play opened in the summer of 2021. The singer earned rave reviews and an Olivier 指名／任命

開始 Night will now end its run at the Gielgud Theatre in London on Saturday May 18, two months earlier than 初めは planned on July 27

It will be running for a 厳密に 限られた／立憲的な 10-week season at the Gielgud Theatre, after it was 明らかにする／漏らすd Sheridan Smith's West End show 開始 Night will finish two months earlier than planned 予定 to terrible reviews.

Sheridan's show has been 疫病／悩ますd with 問題／発行するs, 含むing audience members walking out 中途の through and 爆破ing it as 'boring', resulting in its run 存在 縮めるd by two months.?

The show will now end its run at the Gielgud Theatre in London on Saturday May 18, two months earlier than 初めは planned on July 27 - as 生産者s 非難するd a 'challenging 財政上の landscape' for the shock 決定／判定勝ち（する）.

発表するing the news earlier this month, the 生産／産物 team said that the play 'may not have had the li fe we had hoped for'.

This means the 現在の UK and Ireland 小旅行する of the show continues through to August, meaning 2:22 will be running 同時に in Manchester, then Dublin and London.

Tickets go on general sale for the new shows on April 24.

It comes after after 文書の 製造者 Stacey 認める she 雇うd an entire trailer to 'drag' her husband Kevin Clifton and their daughter, 14 months, around America while filming her new 事業／計画（する）.

She has returned for another 一連の Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA in which she 会合，会うs a variety of 驚くべき／特命の／臨時の families.

Stacey uploaded a photo of the trailer on Instagram, 指名するd 'Minnie Winnie' and wrote: 'I had to 雇う an entire trailer and drag it across America.

The change comes after 文書の 製造者 Stacey 認める she 雇うd an entire trailer to 'drag' her husband Kevin Clifton and daughter, 14-months, around America while filming her new 事業／計画（する）

'I just wasn’t ready to be away from Minnie. Kev had to live in here for 3 weeks reading the same tiger 調書をとる／予約する over and over. It was 大混乱 but also so fun.'

The series sees Stacey stay over for 72 hour s at the house of an unusual family, with the 最新の three-part run filmed in the US.

Stacey and Kevin have been together since 2019 - the year after they won 厳密に Come Dancing.

Stacey gave birth to the couple's daughter Minnie in January 2023.