After a successful year in London at the Savoy Theatre, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will be moving on to pastures new with international productions in Australia, South Korea and Germany and on a two-year national UK tour. London theatregoers have until 7 March to book tickets.
Starting at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 5 May, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels will tour the UK with runs at the Manchester Opera House, Sunderland Empire and the King’s Theatre in Glasgow, followed by international productions in Australia, Germany and South Korea.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels opened in February 2014. Since then the show has been seen by more than 200,000 audience members.
Olivier, Tony and BAFTA award-winning Robert Lindsay stars as the French Riviera’s chief conman, Lawrence Jameson, alongside Bonnie Langford as Muriel Eubanks, a glamorous divorcee looking for love, Ben Fox as Andre Thibault, Beaumont-Sur-Mer’s Chief of Police and Lawrence’s sidekick and partner in crime. Katherine Kingsley also stars as Christine Colgate, with Alex Gaumond as the newest conman on the block, Freddy Benson, in tcomedy about two conmen competing for the riches and the heart of a young impressionable heiress.
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award-winning Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots – currently Broadway’s biggest Tony Award winning hit and Legally Blonde) in his debut production for Jerry Mitchell Productions, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels has music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by Jeffrey Lane. Yazbek and Lane are now opening their second London musical in the West End, Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, starring Tamsin Grieg and Hayden Gwynne.
This musical is based on the legendary 1988 film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin, directed by Frank Oz. It is the UK premiere of this new production, which has been reconceived and reimagined for the UK stage.
The rest of the cast includes: Lizzy Connolly as Jolene, Gavin Alex, Darren Bennett, Niamh Bracken, Lisa Bridge, Darren Carnall, Andy Conaghan, Phoebe Coupe, Claire Doyle, Alice Fearn, Selina Hamilton, Ian Knauer, Lisa Mathieson, Zak Nemorin, Genevieve Nicole, Javier Santos, Todd Talbot, Dominic Tribuzio, Jon Tsouras and Zara Warren.
Jerry Mitchell Productions is a partnership between the Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) and Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell. Jerry Mitchell Productions will work to develop, create and produce new productions, focusing on a wide range of projects from new commissions to fresh, innovative versions of classic pieces for ATG Theatres in London, New York and around the World.
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