Episodes actress Tamsin Greig is to star in a West End musical adaptation of director Pedro Almodovar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.
Greig will play the main role of Pepa in the Madrid-based comedy about female friends and their chaotic lives.
The 1988 film is one of Almodovar’s most famed and garnered Oscar and Golden Globe nominations.
Olivier-award winner Greig said she was “excited, thrilled and terrified” to be taking on the new role.
“I feel very fortunate to have been encouraged — well, bullied — by my agent to have singing lessons, to learn new skills and to experience other creative mediums. I have also run out of excuses why I can’t do it,” said Greig.
Greig is known best for her TV roles, many of which have been comedic. She is currently starring in the hit BBC Two comedy series Episodes alongside Stephen Mangan and Matt LeBlanc.
Her Channel 4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner is also starting a new series this week.
