Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage will follow its record-breaking West End season earlier this year by returning to the Dominion Theatre early in 2022.
Announcing the encore season which will run from 21 January until 29 April 2023, producer Karl Sydow said: “We can’t wait to bring this amazing show back to the Dominion Theatre following its incredible audience reception earlier this year. Now more than ever, theatre needs the excitement and joy that Dirty Dancing brings – you’ll have the time of your life!”
The cast will be announced at a later date.
Written by Eleanor Bergstein, (the script writer of the phenomenally successful 1987 film) the production which is directed by Federico Bellone and choreographed by Austin Wilks, features the much-loved characters and original dialogue from the iconic film, along with extra scenes added for the stage version.
Since its Australian debut in 2004, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage has been breaking box office records across the world. Productions have been staged in the USA, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore and throughout Europe.
The show arrived in the UK at London’s Aldwych Theatre in 2006 with a record-breaking advance of £15 million, making it the fastest ever selling show in West End theatre history. The production became the longest-running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre and played to over two million people during its five-year run.
Sell out tours have hit the road in France, Germany and Australia. The first UK tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, which launched in 2011, took an unprecedented £42,000,000 at theatres across the country. In 2013, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage returned to the West End and played at the Piccadilly Theatre in London until 23 February 2014, prior to launching a second UK and Ireland tour.
Launching with a London Christmas season in 2016, the UK touring production of the revised version of the show (premiered in Milan in 2015) played to packed houses across the UK in 2017. The show took to the road again in September 2018.
Angela Thomas
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