POPULAR Midlands comedian Jasper Carrott has been named in the cast of the hit Birmingham musical Go Play Up Your Own End.

The show was a huge hit for Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre earlier this year and is set to pull in the crowds again when it starts in May 2005.

Carrott, who plays George, heads an all star cast of Midlands talent, including Malcolm Stent, Don Maclean and Lizzie Wiggins.

He said: "How could I resist the chance to be in a real Brummie story with Malcolm Stent and Don Maclean?"