A ‘DAZZLING and heart-warming’ stage show charting the careers and relationship between Hollywood mother and daughter Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli is heading to Abergavenny’s Borough Theatre next month.

Judy & Liza has been created and written by West End performer Emma Dears who appears as Liza Minnell, while Helen Sheals plays Judy Garland. 

Together they belt out the duo’s timeless classics, bursting with their ‘unrivalled and elusive star quality’.

Judy And Liza ( PIcture by Andrew AB)
Judy And Liza ( PIcture by Andrew AB) (Judy And Liza ( PIcture by Andrew AB))

The production tells the turbulent tale of the stars against the backdrop of their famous 1964 London Palladium concert.

Audiences are taken on an emotional rollercoaster journey as they discover the uncanny parallels between some of Judy and Liza’s most iconic songs and their own personal lives.

 The show features performances of iconic songs including Cabaret, Maybe This Time, Over The Rainbow, The Man That Got Away, The Trolley Song, and Together Wherever We Go.

Liverpool-born Emma has starred in the West End in Les Miserables, Miss Saigon, and Oliver.

Judy And Liza ( PIcture by Andrew AB)
Judy And Liza ( PIcture by Andrew AB) (Judy And Liza ( PIcture by Andrew AB))

Helen is widely known for her roles in Coronation Street and Downton Abbey, but is no stranger to portraying Judy Garland having previously played the title role in the West End musical Judy!

Her extensive theatre roles have included Mistress Quickly in Merry Wives and Goneril in King Lear, directed by Sir Jonathan Miller; Mari Hoff in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice and Shirley Valentine.

Tickets for the Friday, June 7, show are available via boroughtheatreabergavenny.co.uk