BEST-KNOWN to many as a pop princess and Strictly Come Dancing star, Pixie Lott really comes of age in this stylish production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Gone, for now, is the giggly girl who soared to the top of the charts as a teenager.

Filling her shoes is the classy Holly Golightly, more than doing justice to Truman Capote’s endearing and popular character.

Still only 25-years-old, Pixie Lott has trained in musical theatre from a tender age and can sing and dance with the best of them.

But few people will have witnessed the acting skills so clearly on display this week at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre.

Her depiction of the flighty, but complex, Holly, displayed emotion beyond her years but also reminded the audience of her talent as a vocalist and musician.

The play depicts World War Two New York and is told through the eyes of Fred, a young man who falls in love with the vivacious Holly after moving in to the same apartment block.

But Fred, a struggling writer, has to compete for her affections with many other wealthier and more confident suitors.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s became known the world over when the role of Holly was performed by Audrey Hepburn in the music-filled, 1961 romantic comedy film.

But this is a very different adaptation with those behind it keen to point out it is a play with music, definitely not a musical.

The play is part-way through a tour of the UK and Ireland before it settles at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket for the summer. The 12-week run will be Pixie Lott’s first West End role but certainly won’t be her last.

It runs until Saturday.