Ball's many stage credits include Hairspray, Aspects of Love, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Phantom of the Opera and The Woman in White. Staunton's numerous stage credits include Life x3, A Chorus of Disapproval, Guys and Dolls, Into the Woods, Entertaining Mr. Sloane, and There Came a Gypsy Riding. As previously reported, they will star opposite one another in Chichester Festival Theatre's production of Sweeney Todd in September.

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