Beyoncé To Attend Dreamgirls UK Premier

It has been confirmed that US superstar Beyoncé will attend the UK premier of her new film “Dreamgirls”, together with co-stars Jennifer Hudson and Danny Glover, on Sunday 21st January at London’s Leicester Square Odeon.

Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation “Dreamgirls” comes to the big screen. Set in the turbulent early 1960’s to mid-70’s, “Dreamgirls” follows the rise of a trio of women - Effie (Jennifer Hudson), Deena (Beyonce Knowles) and Lorrell (Anika Noni-Rose) - who have formed a promising girl group called The Dreamettes.

At a talent competition, they are discovered by an ambitious manager named Curtis Taylor, Jr. (Jamie Foxx), who offers them the opportunity of a lifetime: to become the backup singers for the headliner James “Thunder” Early (Eddie Murphy). Curtis gradually takes control of the girls’ look and sound, eventually giving them their own shot in the spotlight as The Dreams. That spotlight, however, begins to narrow in on Deena, finally pushing the less attractive Effie out altogether. Though the Dreams become a crossover phenomenon, they soon realise that the cost of fame and fortune may be higher than they ever imagined.

Running time: 130 minutes
Certificate: 12A
DREAMGIRLS opens nationwide on 2nd February 2007