A West End version of Irish soul saga The Commitments will open later this year, the writer of the original novel has announced.
The story, about working class Dubliners who form an unlikely soul band, was made into a hit film in 1991 and will now open on the London stage in October.
A young Irish cast will play all their own instruments in The Commitments: The Saviours Of Soul, which will be playing at the Palace Theatre.
However, none of the cast of the Bafta-winning film will appear due to their age.
Author Roddy Doyle said he started scripting the project after seeing the Frankie Valli musical Jersey Boys.
The 54-year-old said the production changed his mind about musical theatre, which was something he did not previously like.
"What I loved about it was the songs were terrific, but the songs didn't interrupt the story and the story didn't interrupt the songs," explained Doyle.
"That, above all others, nudged me in the direction I wanted to go."
The stars from The Commitments movie will be absent on stage The stage version will be set in 1986 - the year Doyle wrote the book - and producers are promising a show packed with soul classics.
Doyle said the soundtrack was still currently a work in progress due to rights issues and "experimenting with which songs are right for the story".
The Irish author also joked about the decision to put on the show without any of the cast from the popular film version.
"We're all mortal," said Doyle. "And I think most of them accept the fact that they're lacking in hair."
The hero of The Commitments, Jimmy Rabbitte, is now set to reappear in Doyle's next novel, The Guts, which is due out in August.
In the book, the final part of Doyle's Barrytown trilogy, the young would-be impresario has become a 47-year-old father-of-four with bowel cancer.
The Commitments: The Saviours Of Soul opens on October 8, with previews from September 21.
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