Anniversary tour of hit West End comedy heads to Suffolk

‘Glorious!’ - the hit West End comedy about Florence Foster Jenkins - will visit New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich next week as part of a 20th anniversary UK tour.

Starring stage and screen legend, Wendi Peters, and EastEnders star Matthew James Morrison, ‘Glorious!’ tells the true story of American socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, who was known for her flamboyant costumes, enigmatic performances, and decidedly off-key voice - she was described as the ‘worst singer in the world’.

She nonetheless became a cult-figure in New York City during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, with celebrated composer and songwriter Cole Porter and classical conductor Sir Thomas Beecham among her dearest celebrity fans.

‘Glorious!’ follows Florence’s journey as she prepares for her biggest ever sold-out recital at New York’s prestigious Carnegie Hall, building an unlikely friendship with her accompanist, Cosme McMoon, and defying her army of critics to follow her dreams.

Wendi Peters, who stars as Florence Foster Jenkins, is best known for her long-running role as Cilla Battersby in the hit ITV soap Coronation Street, and has most recently been regular on the BBC show Doctors as Nina Bulsara. Her many other TV credits include Midsomer Murders, Hetty Feather and Hacker Time.

Wendi has also competed on various shows including Soapstar Superstar, Celebrity Mastermind and Celebrity Masterchef, and her theatre credits include Sister Act, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (UK Tour), You Are Here (Southwark Playhouse) and White Christmas (West End, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh, The Lowry, Salford).

Matthew James Morrison, who stars as Cosme McMoon, comes direct from Eastenders, having played Felix Baker and his alter ego “Tara Misu” - the first drag queen to appear as a regular character in a British soap opera - for more than three years.

‘Glorious!’ first wowed audiences in its original long-running West End production starring Dame Maureen Lipman in 2005, before coming to the silver screen in 2016 as ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’, starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant.

The show has since been seen by millions of people around the world, translated into 25 languages, and performed in 36 countries to date. The current production, directed by Kirk Jameson (Song From Far Away, Madagascar the Musical) premiered at Manchester’s Hope Mill Theatre.

Check back next week for our review of the show…

Glorious! is at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich from 3 - 7 March 2026.

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