Georgia May Foote will make her professional stage debut in a stage adaptation of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Georgia was runner-up in last year’s Strictly Come Dancing, her other television roles include Katy Armstrong in Coronation Street, Gemma in This Is England ’86 and Alison Simmons in Grange Hill. 

Georgia May Foote will play the lead role of Holly Golightly in the UK and Ireland Tour of Breakfast at Tiffany’s which will run at The Bristol Hippodrome from Monday, September 26 to Saturday, October 1.

Georgia said: “I am so excited that for my first theatre role I will be playing such an iconic character.  

“I cannot wait to join the cast of Breakfast at Tiffany’s as Holly Golightly.  It’s a wonderful adaptation of an incredible story and I'm really thrilled to be part of it!”

Also in the cast of Breakfast at Tiffany’s are Matt Barber (Atticus Aldridge in Downton Abbey) as Fred and Victor McGuire (the sit-coms Trollied and Bread) as Joe Bell.

Based on Truman Capote’s beloved masterwork, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is set in New York in 1943. Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl.  

Everyone falls in love with Holly, including Fred. 

But Fred is poor, and Holly’s other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil. 

As war rages on in Europe Holly begins to fall in love with Fred, just as her past catches up with her.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s runs from Monday, September 26 – Saturday, October 1, various times. Tickets from £19.40, for more information visit atgtickets.com