Shannon Matthews 'musical' is to be staged

Published date11 June 2022
K*nts and the Gang have announced two exclusive performances of Shannon Matthews the Musical at the Lending Room, in Woodhouse, Leeds, on July 23 at 6.30pm and 9.30pm

However, the show, which will run in full at Edinburgh Fringe, has already sold out.

The fictional musical is based on research from the media but will reference events that are "entirely fictional or drawn from the imagination of the writer" according to the show's description. This musical comes 12 years after Shannon Matthews, from Dewsbury

Moor, went missing for over three weeks before she was found hidden in the base of a divan bed at a flat just a mile from her home.

Her disappearance sparked one of West Yorkshire Police's biggest manhunts and the Dewsbury Moor estate banded together to search for the schoolgirl and support...

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