I'd Do Anything finalist Samantha Barks has landed the role of Sally Bowles in the forthcoming UK tour of Cabaret.

Barks, who came third on the BBC talent show earlier this year, will play alongside renowned dancer Wayne Sleep, who is taking on the role of Emcee.

The tour will open at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on August 29, and is currently scheduled until April 4, 2009 when it will play at Glasgow's Theatre Royal. Further dates and locations will be announced shortly.

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