Ray Davies may star in own musical

Davies with Johnny Borrell (Rex Features)

A musical production written by Ray Davies will be staged in London later this year and may feature the Kinks frontman himself.

The show, called Come Dancing, will premier at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in September and includes a set of new songs by Davies.

Set around Ilford Palais in the 1950s, it is about "a time when Saturday night dancing at the local palais was the magical, not to be missed highlight of every young person’s week".

"The Ray Davies musical is taking place," the theatre's artistic director Kerry Michael told The Stage.

"However, we can’t confirm yet whether Ray will actually be appearing in it himself."