Stage and screen favourite Samantha Barks will be our frosty Queen Elsa when Disney's Broadway hit, Frozen, lands at the newly refurbished, and renamed, The Lane Theatre in October.

Barks recently starred on Broadway as Vivian in the musical adaptation of Pretty Woman, which is also heading to London in the new year. The actor to star as the second half of the royal pair, Anna, is yet to be announced! 

Barks' other theatre credits include The Last Five Years and City of Angels. She also starred as Eponine in the 2012 film adaptation of Les Miserables. 

Frozen features music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (who wrote the original score for the feature film) a book by Jennifer Lee, direction by Michael Grandage, choreography by Rob Ashford and scenic design by Christopher Oram.

What is Frozen about?

Loosely based on Hans Christian Anderson's fairytale The Snow Queen, the story takes place in the Scandinavian surrounds of Arendelle, where two royal sisters, Elsa and Anna must grow up alone after losing their parents in a tragic sea accident.

Elsa, the elder of the two must also contend with a secret - she has the power to create ice and snow with her bare hands, which she must keep secret, even from her sister, who nearly died whilst playing together as little girls. Anna by contrast is a sunny, albeit naive young lady who yearns for the outside world, having been isolated from Elsa since the accident.

When Elsa comes of age, she must take the throne as Queen, and the kingdom is reopened for her coronation - just for one day. Anna meets a handsome and charming Prince called Hans, who she instantly wishes to marry, much to Elsa's consternation. When the argument inadvertently reveals Elsa's powers, she flees to the wild North Mountain to live out a life of solitude and freedom. But Anna must find her sister and bring her back (with the help of an ice-seller, his reindeer and a talking snowman), otherwise the fate of Arendelle will be frozen forever, and left to the mercy of a cruel power.

Frozen heads to the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane from October 2020.