POP STAR Pixie Lott will come to Leeds next year to headline a new theatrical version of classic film Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

Pixie will play Holly Golightly, the good-time girl originally played by Audrey Hepburn in the 1961 film, at the Grand Theatre.

The show is based on Truman Capote’s masterwork Breakfast At Tiffany’s, which was set in New York in 1943.

Fred, a young writer from Louisiana, meets Holly Golightly, a charming, vivacious and utterly elusive good-time girl.

Everyone falls in love with Holly – including Fred. But Fred is poor, and Holly’s other suitors include a playboy millionaire and the future president of Brazil.

As war rages on in Europe, Holly begins to fall in love with Fred – just as her past catches up with her.

Pixie Lott said: “I am so excited to play Holly Golightly in Breakfast At Tiffany’s in my first West End play.

“I absolutely love Holly’s style, and free spirit; she has always been an icon to me and I can't wait to bring my own personality to the role.

“Alongside music, I've always wanted to be in a play, and getting the opportunity to be in one of my all-time favourites and play this fabulous character is a dream come true.”

The show contains memorable songs from the era as well as original music by Grant Olding.

Playwright Richard Greenberg said: “The goal of this version is to return to the original setting of the novella, which is the New York of the Second World War, as well as to resume its tone – still stylish and romantic, yes, but rougher-edged and more candid than people generally remember.

“Capote was a great writer and a natural maker of plots and Breakfast At Tiffany's has a drive that makes it very alluring to dramatise.”

Breakfast At Tiffany’s will be at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, from April 4 to 9. Visit leedsgrandtheatre.com or call 0844 8482700 for further information.