West coast lovers of jazz and sequins, fear not; if you missed the pizzazz of the recent Edinburgh leg of the longest-running American musical, Glasgow now gets to embrace the sultry sin and fishnets of Chicago. Alongside show-stopping numbers ‘Cell Block Tango’ and ‘When You’re Good To Mama’, audiences have further reason to see this production, as West End and TV star Darren Day and international recording artist Sinitta join the cast in leading roles as Billy Flynn, top criminal defence lawyer, and Mama Morton, shrewd prison matriarch with an eye out for her girls (at a cost). Strictly’s Janette Manrara takes the plum role of Roxie Hart, while returning cast members include scene-stealing Djalenga Scott as Velma Kelly.

The razzle-dazzling decadence of the roaring twenties spills out in Chicago’s seedy underbelly of crime, passion and media spin as Roxie (a housewife who murdered her lover) dukes it out with rival cellmate Velma for the tabloids’ affections. No stranger to playing the show’s silver-tongued lawyer, this will be Day’s return to the role while Sinitta is also familiar to long-time musical fans after performances in Mutiny! and Cats.

Chicago tours the UK until August 2025; main picture: Becky Lee Brun.