Coronation Street legend Nigel Pivaro coming to Aberdeen with hit show 'The Commitments'
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CORONATION Street legend Nigel Pivaro is coming to Aberdeen next month with hit musical 'The Commitments'.
Pivaro, who played Terry Duckworth on the popular soap from 1983 to 2012, will be swapping the cobbles for the stage and performing the role of 'Da' in the all-new production.
It has been 35 years since show first burst from the pages of Roddy Doyle’s best-selling novel but it is set to return for a nine month tour of the UK and Ireland.
Nigel Pivaro said: “I am thrilled to be marking my return to the stage in this production of The Commitments.
"It's an iconic story that resonates across the years, about people who though distant from the music's origins find communion and expression in the Motown style.
"A musical genre which was borne out of oppression and which the characters embrace as their own.
"The Motown Sound is as vibrant today as it was when it first burst through in the sixties.”
Roddy Doyle added: “I'm delighted that The Commitments are coming back in 2022 and 2023 and I'm particularly looking forward to seeing how Nigel Pivaro tackles the part of Jimmy Rabbitte's Da.”
This new tour for 2022/23 is directed by Andrew Linnie. Linnie made his West End debut in the original production in 2013, playing the role of Dean, the band’s sax player.
He then went on to star in the lead role of Jimmy Rabitte in the 2016/2017 UK tour.
The Commitments tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working-class music fan, who transforms an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians into an amazing live act, which becomes the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced.
Placing a classified advert in a music paper, Jimmy auditions a number of wannabes before finalising the members of his new band, which he names ‘The Commitments’.
The show comes to His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen from November 21 to November 26.
