The multi-award-winning Jersey Boys will return for a 20th anniversary tour across the UK and Ireland next year.
Opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 17 June 2026, the tour is currently booking up to 24 July 2027 with further dates to be announced.
Announcing the tour, producer Michael David of the Dodgers, said: “We are thrilled for Jersey Boys to return to the road across the United Kingdom and Ireland. When the show first opened on Broadway 20 years ago, little did we know the story of these four blue collar kids from the wrong side of the tracks would resonate across the UK. We are so grateful to work our way back to you and celebrate 20 years of, as Frankie says, chasing the music, trying to get home.”
Written by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice with music by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe, the hit-packed jukebox musical tells the true rags to riches story of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The Jersey Boys 20th anniversary UK and Ireland tour will be staged by the original Broadway creative team led by the Tony Award-winning team of Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo with scenic design by Klara Zieglerova, costume design by Jess Goldstein, lighting by Howell Binkley, sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy and projection design by Michael Clark. The orchestrations are by Steve Orich and the music supervision and vocal arrangements are by Ron Melrose.
Winner of Tony, Olivier and Helpmann Awards for Best New Musical, Jersey Boys has won 65 major international awards and has been seen by over 30 million people worldwide.
After debuting on Broadway in 2005, the musical ran for 11 years, taking its final bow in January 2017 as the twelfth longest-running musical in Broadway history. Jersey Boys returned to New York with a new production in November 2017 and the US national tour broke house records in cities across the country.
Jersey Boys first opened in London’s West End at the Prince Edward Theatre on 18 March 2008 before moving to the Piccadilly Theatre in March 2014 where it ran for another three years. At the time it was the sixth longest-running musical in the West End. The musical returned to the West End as the first show to play the reinstated Trafalgar Theatre from 14 April 2021 to 4 January 2024. Jersey Boys completed its third record-breaking UK and Ireland tour in 2022.
Angela Thomas
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