headline: Cheryl to make West End debut in 2:22 A Ghost Story
text: Singer-songwriter Cheryl is to join the cast of supernatural thriller 2:22 A Ghost Story in London's West End.
  former Girls Aloud star is taking over from TV presenter Laura Whitmore. 
  39-year-old will join People Just Do Nothing's Hugo Chegwin, Horrible Histories actress Louise Ford and theatre star Scott Karim for a 14-week run at the Lyric Theatre next year.
  In an Instagram post she said she was "SO excited to be starring" in the thriller in her West End debut.
  "I went to see the show with a previous cast and LOVED IT!" she said.
  "It is a totally new and exciting experience for me."
  w follows Jenny who believes her new home is haunted.
  Her husband Sam does not, and the couple argue with an old friend and her new partner, who are their first dinner guests.
  Previous seasons of the show have featured the West End debut of pop star Lily Allen, as well as appearances from Harry Potter's Tom Felton, podcast host Giovanna Fletcher, Encanto's Stephanie Beatriz, Busted singer Matt Willis and Inbetweeners actor James Buckley.
  Cheryl, who has dropped her previous surnames of Tweedy, Cole and Fernandez-Versini, will play Jenny.
  fifth season and moving to the Lyric Theatre after previous runs at the Noel Coward, Gielgud and Criterion theatres.
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