STRICTLY Come Dancing star Joanne Clifton is to play the lead role in the award winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie set to tour the UK in 2017.

The world ballroom showdance champion and professional dancer will be on stage at the Liverpool Empire Theatre from February 20-25.

As Millie Dillmount she portrays the Kansas girl determined to make it big in New York City.

Joanne’s credits include Face the Music, Burn the Floor, Strictly Live Tour and Marilyn Monroe in Norma Jeane Musical.

Winner of six Tony Awards including best musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie is based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film.

It takes audiences back to the height of the Jazz Age in 1920s New York City, when flapper girls like Millie Dillmount were bobbing their hair, raising their hemlines, entering the workforce and rewriting the rules of love.

From explosive tap numbers to a ‘Fred and Ginger’ dance routine on a window ledge, the musical features hit songs including Gimme Gimme and Not for the Life of Me Thoroughly Modern Millie is a brilliantly funny and entertaining show for all the family.

Tickets are on sale now from the box office on 08448713017 and atgtickets.com/Liverpool.