Amelia Lily will reprise her role in American Idiot when the show goes on a national tour. Picture: Roy Tan
Green Day’s Tony Award–winning Broadway musical American Idiot will now embark on a national tour from 19 March 2016, following on from its successful West End run, which is currently running at the Arts Theatre, Leicester Square until 22 November 2015.
American Idiot will begin its UK tour from 19 March 2016, commencing at the Curve Theatre, Leicester, directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with designs by Sara Perks, lighting by Tim Deiling, sound by Chris Whybrow and musical supervision by Richard Morris.
Other confirmed venues for the American Idiot UK tour include the Palace Theatre, Manchester (5–9 April), New Theatre, Cardiff (19–23 April), Kings Theatre, Portsmouth (26–30 April), New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (10–14 May), Exeter Northcott Theatre (18–22 May), Sunderland Empire (24–28 May) and King’s Theatre, Glasgow (31 May–4 June) with further dates announced shortly.
Amelia Lily (The X Factor) will be reprising her critically acclaimed role, Whatsername, from 5 April at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, with full casting to be confirmed in due course.
Amelia Lily said: “I’m so excited to be a part of American Idiot on tour! It’s been an amazing experience playing Whatsername in the West End and now I get to do it all over again next year around the UK, bringing this incredible show to a wider audience who haven’t had a chance to see it in London!”
The musical features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, and book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer. It is the story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9-11 world. Winner of two Tony Awards and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, the show premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009, moving onto a critically acclaimed Broadway run in April 2010.
Book Tickets for American Idiot – www.musicaltheatrereview.entstix.com/tickets/american-idiot
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