Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour

Posted on December 2, 2013

The line-up for Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Tour has now been confirmed.

The celebrities are, from this year’s series: Abbey Clancy, Ben Cohen, Deborah Meaden, Mark Benton, Natalie Gumede and Susanna Reid, and, from last year’s edition, Nicky Byrne.

The professional dancers donning their sequins once again will be: Aljaž Skorjanec (partnering Abbey), Artem Chigvintsev (partnering Natalie), Iveta Lukosiute (partnering Mark), Karen Hauer (partnering Nicky), Kevin Clifton (partnering Susanna), Kristian Rihanoff (partnering Ben), Robin Windsor (partnering Deborah) and Natalie Lowe.

The tour will also star TV judges Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood and Bruno Tonioli, with Strictly favourite Lisa Riley hosting the show.

The multimillion-pound production will open at the Birmingham NIA on January 17, 2014. For more details visit the website.

Image: BBC

Nicola Rayner

Nicola Rayner was editor of Dance Today from 2010 to 2015. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out Buenos Aires, where she cut her teeth as a dance journalist working on the tango section. Today she continues to dance everything from ballroom to breakdance, with varying degrees of success. Her debut novel, The Girl Before You, is out now as an ebook and available on Amazon, with the paperback following on August 22.