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Hairspray will continue to tour the UK into August of next year due to popular demand. Having entertained audiences across the country since opening 11 weeks ago, producer Mark Goucher has announced eight additional tour venues for summer 2018.
The show will now tour to Stoke, Oxford, Newcastle, Eastbourne, York, Swansea and Bournemouth, before returning to Dublin.
Featuring the music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan), this much-loved musical comedy currently stars ITV comedy legend Norman Pace as Wilbur Turnblad, Brenda Edwards as Motormouth Maybelle and Layton Williams as Seaweed. Matt Rixon returns to the role of Edna Turnblad and newcomer Rebecca Mendoza makes her professional debut as Tracy Turnblad.
Further cast includes: Gina Murray, Jon Tsouras, Edward Chitticks, Aimee Moore, Annalise Liard-Bailey, Monifa James, Shay Barclay, Ben Darcy, George Hinson, Jordan Laviniere, Graham MacDuff, Lindsay McAllister, Tracey Penn and Freya Rowley. Lauren Concannon, Melissa Nettleford and Emily-Mae Walker will play The Dynamites.
Choreographed by Drew McOnie, with direction from Paul Kerryson, Hairspray is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name which starred Divine and Ricki Lake by cult filmmaker John Waters.
Hairspray originally opened on Broadway in 2002 and subsequently won eight Tony Awards. The production opened in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2007 and won four Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical.
Proving to be an international success, Hairspray has also opened in South Africa, Japan, South Korea, China and Dubai. Following the musical’s success on stage, a film of the musical was released in 2007 which starred John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and James Marsden.
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