News: Giovanna Fletcher To Star In The Girl On The Train UK Tour

Giovanna Fletcher will star in The Girl On The Train UK Tour, beginning on Monday 13^th January 2025. The actor, writer, broadcaster and 2020 I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here winner is set to star as Rachel Watson in the new UK tour of the smash-hit production.

Giovanna Fletcher’s theatre credits include leading the recent UK tour of Peter James’ Wish You Were Dead. She was also in 2:22 A Ghost Story and Ivanov, both for the West End, as well as A Christmas Carol, Backbeat and The Christmasurus. Giovanna also appears in the feature film The Boat The Rocked.

Giovanna is a hugely successful author and podcast host. Her first fiction book was published in 2013, Billy and Me, and most recently she has recently published her sixth novel Walking On Sunshine. She also has penned, with her husband Tom Fletcher, a trilogy of Sunday Times best-selling books. Her first non-fiction book Happy Mum, Happy Baby was a No.1 Bestseller that she then turned into an award-winning podcast.  In 2020 she was crowned Queen of The Castle after winning I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.

Giovanna says of her casting in the role: “I am delighted to be leading the company of The Girl on the Train as Rachel Watson at venues across the UK next year. Paula Hawkin’s psychological thriller has gripped millions of readers worldwide with its Hitchcockian tale of suspense and mystery. What better place than the theatre to take us through its voyeuristic window and deep into Rachel’s story?”

The UK Tour of The Girl On The Train is based on the internationally acclaimed number one best-selling novel by Paula Hawkins.

The international phenomenon, which has sold over 20 million copies worldwide and inspired the Dreamworks film starring Emily Blunt, enjoyed a box-office record-breaking theatrical tour in 2019. The new UK tour will begin in Richmond on Monday 13th January 2025 and will then tour to: Nottingham, Theatre Royal; Glasgow, Theatre Royal; Norwich, Theatre Royal, Salford, Lowry Theatre; Sheffield, Lyceum Theatre; Shrewsbury, Severn Theatre; Bromley, Churchill Theatre; Cheltenham, Everyman Theatre; Woking, New Victoria Theatre; Birmingham, Alexandra Theatre; Southend, Palace Theatre; Liverpool, Playhouse Theatre; Leicester, Curve Theatre; Cardiff, New Theatre; Brighton, Theatre Royal; Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre; Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre and Leeds, Grand Theatre.

Rachel Watson longs for a different life. Her only escape is the perfect couple she watches through the train window every day, happy and in love. Or so it appears. When Rachel learns that the woman she’s been secretly watching has suddenly disappeared, she finds herself as a witness and even a suspect in a thrilling mystery in which she will face bigger revelations than she could ever have anticipated.

Giovanna performs as Rachel Watson until Saturday 29 March (Cheltenham). Further dates and full casting to be announced.

Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, who have adapted The Girl on the Train for the stage add: “Since opening in the UK in 2018, The Girl on the Train has been performed around the world, so we’re thrilled that it’s coming back for this UK wide tour. We’re really excited to be working with Giovanna Fletcher, playing the leading role of Rachel Watson, in Loveday Ingram’s powerful and stylish production.”