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Danny Beard to star in new Lily Savage musical at the Lowry
Danny Beard will play Paul O’Grady in a new stage show that traces the rise of Lily Savage and uses O’Grady’s autobiographies.
- RuPaul's Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard will star as Lily Savage in the new play Savage, premiering February 13, 2027, at Curve Leicester before embarking on a UK tour.
- Written by Coronation Street writer Jonathan Harvey, the play was developed with O'Grady's blessing before the late TV presenter's death in 2023.
- Curve Artistic Director Nikolai Foster will direct the production, calling it a "hilarious, heartfelt and electrifying new play," with co-production from ROYO, Hope Mill Theatre, and Eilene Davidson.
- Following the Leicester premiere, the tour visits the Liverpool Playhouse from March 16 to 20 and Salford's Lowry from March 23 to 27, continuing through April at venues including the Birmingham Hippodrome.
- The play explores how O'Grady created his "fearless, foul-mouthed" alter ego, with Harvey calling the project a "fitting testament" to the late entertainer's legacy and career achievements.
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Savage takes its name from O’Grady’s drag alter ego Lily Savage.
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Lily Savage musical from beloved Coronation Street writer confirmed for 2027 and will tell life story of late Paul O'Grady
The life-story of the late Paul O'Grady is coming to the stage in 2027 for a new play all about his popular drag alter-ego Lily Savage.The television presenter originated the character back in 1978 at a pub in Camden, and became a mainstay of the London drag scene for a years before he made the full-time jump to television.This new comedy will follow O'Grady's journey from the streets of Merseyside to London's club scene, and how he created "the…
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Danny Beard to star in new Lily Savage musical at the Lowry
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner Danny Beard is to star in a new musical celebrating the life of Lily Savage.
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