BLOOD Brothers star Barbara Dickson will be taking the lead role in another emotional rollercoaster of a musical at The Mayflower later this year.

The actress and singer plays Viv Nicholson - the pools winner who became one of the most famous "big spenders" of all time - in Spend, Spend, Spend, which comes to the theatre direct from the West End from July 16 to July 28.

Set in 1961 when Nicholson won a fortune on the pools, the musical tells of her rags to riches and back to rags story that took her through five husbands, fast cars, bankruptcy and booze until she had no winnings left.