GARETH Gates and Davina de Campo will star in the UK premiere tour of The Spongebob Musical, which opens at Mayflower Theatre in April.

Pop Idol runner-up and musical theatre star Gareth and drag queen and star of RuPaul’s Drag Race Divina appear in the Tony Award-nominated show.

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star in theatre? SpongeBob SquarePants! Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show!

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When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world!

Gareth Gates (Squidward) shot to fame on the UK's first Pop Idol in 2002. He went on to sell over 5-million records worldwide including five UK number-one singles. His theatre credits include Marius in Les Miserables.

Divina De Campo (Sheldon J. Plankton) was recently crowned runner-up on the first Series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

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Tickets for the show, from April 5 to 8, are available from mayflower.org.uk

 

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