Stage role for 'X Factor' winner Ward

Past 'X Factor' winner Shayne Ward has landed a role in a West End musical.

The singer – who triumphed in 2005, going on to top the charts with 'That’s My Goal' – will appear in forthcoming show 'Rock Of Ages'.

The production, made of Eighties rock anthems and already a hit in the US, is being turned into a movie starring Catherine Zeta Jones, Russell Brand and Alec Baldwin.

Ward will play the character Stacee Jaxx, a “disillusioned rock bad boy”, who is being portrayed by Tom Cruise in the film version.

Previews for the show – also featuring Justin Lee Collins – begin in late August at London’s Shaftesbury Theatre.

Ward’s casting comes as another X Factor winner, 2009’s victor Joe McElderry, takes part in ITV1 series 'Popstar To Operastar'.