Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Picture: Tristram Kenton
The first ever professional UK touring production of Alan Parker’s exuberant musical Bugsy Malone will hit the road next summer.
Presented by Theatre Royal Bath Productions, Birmingham Rep and Kenny Wax, the revival of the Lyric Hammersmith’s Olivier Award-nominated production will open at the Theatre Royal Bath from 2 July 2022 followed by Birmingham Rep from 27 July 2022 before embarking on a national tour which will include dates at the Southampton Mayflower. Further venues will be announced at a later date.
Featuring a young company of 39 actors (including three teams of seven youngsters in rotation), the production which delighted audiences at the Lyric in 2015 and 2016 is directed by Sean Holmes and choreographed by Drew McOnie. The creative team also includes designer Jon Bausor and musical supervisor Phil Bateman.
Based on filmmaking legend Parker’s imaginative 1976 feature film directorial debut, the mob musical comedy with a youthful twist and lashings of custard pies and whipped cream, the stage musical which was adapted by Parker and features Paul Williams’ original music, premiered in the West End in 1983.
The production at Her Majesty’s Theatre was directed by Michael Dolenz, the drummer in 1960s pop band The Monkees, and starred a young Catherine Zeta-Jones as Tallulah, the role famously played by Jodie Foster on screen.
Angela Thomas
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