The stars are set to come out next month to support Strictly Come Dancing favourite Giovanni Pernice as he tangoes into Hayes as part of his UK tour.

The TV heartthrob is taking his acclaimed Il Ballo è Vita show to the Beck Theatre on July 3.

Celebrity guests from last year’s Strictly season along with a large number of professional dancers from the show will be taking their seats in the auditorium to support their friend at his London performance.

The Beck Theatre is just 15 minutes from Paddington Station, and its proximity to the capital means his London-based friends and colleagues will get the chance to check out his first solo show.

Il Ballo è Vita, which translates as Dance is Life in Italian, opened in April.

Directed and choreographed by BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing creative director Jason Gilkison, it also features Strictly troupe dancer Luba Mushtuk along with a cast of dancing professionals.

Among these is Australian Dianne Buswell, who was this week announced as one of three new Strictly professionals for the 15th series of the hit BBC One show due to hit screens in September.

Packed with fun, humour and the dance moves which made him a star, it tells a love story set in a Sicilian café bar.

Giovanni thinks he has found love, but not everything is as easy as it first appears.

Audiences can look forward to a host of classic dances including the Quickstep, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Argentine Tango, and Giovanni’s signature move, the Jive.

In between his energetic and engaging dance performances, Giovanni also gives an insight into his life and experiences, entertaining audiences with hilarious tales and anecdotes.

“I’m really enjoying my first tour of the UK,” he said. “The title translates as ‘dance is life’ and this is very important to me as it really is very true.

“I am enjoying travelling around the country to new places and meeting lots of new people, but it will be a new experience performing in front of so many of my Strictly colleagues and previous stars from the show.

“They will be sitting among the audience and I’m sure they will be watching my every move so the pressure will definitely be on not to put a foot wrong. It should be a really good night and I’m looking forward to it.”

Sicily-born Giovanni rose to fame when he joined the hit BBC show in 2015 as dance partner to Coronation Street actress Georgia May Foote. The pair went all the way to the grand final, and he returned for last year’s series with Laura Whitmore, getting as far as week seven.

He also holds a Guinness World Record after achieving 55 jive kicks and flicks in 30 seconds last December.

Tickets for the Hayes performance on 3 July are available to purchase now,  priced at £29. To book call the box office on 0208 561 8371 or visit www.becktheatre.org.uk