RTE star Jennifer Zamparelli has begun rehearsals on an iconic West End musical – and fans can see her in action this summer.
The Dancing With The Stars host was recently cast as The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Picture Show which will tour around Ireland this August.
The renowned stage show will take to the stage at Dublin‘s Bord Gais Energy Theatre from Monday, August 11 to Wednesday, August 16.
The musical will then travel to Derry’s Millenium Forum to perform from August 18 to 23 and all the way to the fabulous Cork Opera House from August 25 to 30.
Jen will be joining Aussie singer, Jason Donovan in the Rocky Horror Show ensemble, alongside a full cast of West End actors.
The 45-year-old jetted over to London yesterday for her first rehearsal in the famous New Wimbledon Theatre.
The Dublin star was ecstatic to start her journey working on the famous show and documented her day.
As she walked up to the theatre, Jen filmed the outside of the venue and wrote: “Lets go!!!! Rocky Horror rehearsals!!”
Jen finished up the run through, but admitted to feeling slightly taken aback by the work load.
The mum-of-two recorded herself leaving the theatre and said: “So I just finished my first rehearsal there and it’s kind of more than I thought.
“There a lot of work in it. But the guys are lovely.”
Earlier last week, Jen opened up about her stage nerves while chatting to Rebecca and Brendon on 98FM.
The host confessed: “Everytime I talk about it I get even more scared. Because its one thing to stand on a stage, but standing next to West End actors and Jason Donovan and doing the Time Warp is a different level of fear.”
Jen told how she was delighted to land the role of The Narrator as it’s “not much of a character role” and is more to do with interacting with the audience.
“So it’s a bit of craic and I get to do the Time Warp.”
The former 2FM star shared her apprehension surrounding the idea of performing eight shows a week.
She added: “I don’t know if I have it in me. Time will tell.”
Jen recalled watching Stephen Fry when he played The Narrator and gushed over how “slick” his performance was.
But we’re sure Jen will live up to all expectations when she hits the stage this August.
