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🔮 Craig Revel Horwood joins the convent in new Sister Act stage tour The 61-year-old, who previously directed and choreographed the UK tour of the beloved musical in 2015, will portray Mother Superior – a role made famous by the late Dame Maggie Smith in the 1992 film, in a new stage production. The show follows lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier who is forced to go into hiding and live as a nun after witnessing a crime.

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Craig Revel Horwood joins the convent in new Sister Act stage tour The 61-year-old, who previously directed and choreographed the UK tour of the beloved musical in 2015, will portray Mother Superior – a role made famous by the late Dame Maggie Smith in the 1992 film, in a new stage production. The show follows lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier who is forced to go into hiding and live as a nun after witnessing a crime.

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2026-10-19 · Evening Standard

Craig Revel Horwood joins the convent in new Sister Act stage tour · assertive framing

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who → join → crime

Her unassuming disguise is quickly put into jeopardy as she begins to transform the struggling convent choir. asserted

she → put → choir

Pop Idol singer and West End star Zoe Birkett will also take the stage as Deloris, a role portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg in the film. asserted

Birkett → take → film

The tour will run from September 2027 until March 2028, opening in London before moving to Sunderland, Sheffield, Dublin, Manchester and Birmingham. asserted

tour → run → Sunderland

Dates are also scheduled in Cardiff, Nottingham, Brighton, Belfast and Derry. asserted

Dates → schedule → Cardiff

The musical adds to Revel Horwood’s theatre credits which includes playing Munkustrap in Cats, Dance Captain in Miss Saigon and Miss Hannigan in Annie. asserted

which → add → Annie

The dancer has also received Olivier Award nominations for his choreography on musicals Spend, Spend, Spend, and My One And Only. asserted

dancer → receive → musicals

Revel Horwood is Strictly’s longest-serving judge – having been on the panel since the show started in 2004 – and is an author, with debut novel Dances And Dreams On Diamond Street published in 2020. asserted

show → serve → 2020

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