As she threw her arms into the air and laughed the kind of evil cackle I plan on replicating once the election results are in, Kym Marsh looked deliciously devilish when I saw her in Birmingham last night (Tuesday, July 2). With her sharp-heeled boots, extravagantly designed geometric outfit and up-do perfectly set, she was up to no good. I loved it.
The former Corrie star and Hear'Say singer is in town to hunt down puppies and flay them alive. And oh, I should mention, she's playing the role of Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians at the Alexandra Theatre . I've met Kym before, the last time she was in town hosting the Pride of Birmingham awards.
She was very, very sweet and I was wondering how someone so warmly northern and so beautiful could pull off such an iconic baddie. Read more: I went to an 'old-school' Birmingham bakery as old as me and something is clearly absent Sign up for the Brum Food Club free weekly newsletter for updates on what's happening in the city's food and drink scene . But Kym was doing such a good job of embodying Cruella that at one point, I had to put my glasses on to check it was really her.
This stage-version of 101 Dalmatians is not really like the Disney film I'm so familiar with and honestly, it was better for it in many ways. The bones of it are much the same: We have a fur-loving, unhinged menace hoping to skin beautiful, spotty puppies for their fur (only our Cruella has grand plans of gracing the cover of Italian Vogue) a dog-loving couple an.
