More dates have been confirmed for the UK tour of the glam rock jukebox musical Rock of Ages which is due to open at the Churchill Theatre in September.
Presented by Dan Looney, Adam Paulden, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Selladoor Worldwide, the production – which will be directed and choreographed by Nick Winston – has added further dates which will keep the show on the road until July 2019.
Following three nights in Bromley from the 20 September, the tour will visit Manchester Opera House (25-29 September), Wycombe Swan Theatre (2-6 October), Darlington Hippodrome (8-13 October), Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin (16-20 October), Liverpool Empire (23-27 October), New Theatre, Cardiff (6-10 November), New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (13-17 November), The Orchard Theatre, Dartford (20-25 November), Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield (26 November-1 December), Glasgow King’s Theatre (22-26 January 2019), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (29 January-2 February), Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (12-16 February), The Hawth, Crawley (19-23 February), New Wimbledon Theatre (26 February-2 March), Ipswich Regent Theatre (5-9 March), Belgrade Theatre, Coventry (12-16 March), New Theatre, Oxford (19-23 March), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (2-6 April), Bristol Hippodrome (16-20 April), Grand Opera House, York (23-28 April), Edinburgh Playhouse (30 April-4 May), Royal and Derngate, Northampton (7-11 May), Swansea Grand Theatre (14-19 May), New Victoria theatre, Woking (21-25 May), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (25-29 June), Winter Gardens, Blackpool (2-6 July) and Sunderland Empire Theatre (23-27 July).
With a book by Chris D’Arienzo and orchestrations and arrangements by Ethan Popp, the musical which celebrates the distinctive soft rock of the 1980s, the original Broadway production opened in 2009 and was the 29th longest-running musical in Broadway history when it closed in 2015. The production was nominated for five Tony Awards in 2009 including Best Musical and Best Actor for the original leading man former American Idol favourite Constantine Maroulis.
The show made its West End debut in 2011, the year before the release of the film version starring Tom Cruise, and three years before the first UK tour.
Designed by Morgan Large, with lighting design by Ben Cracknell, casting for the new touring production will be announced soon.
Angela Thomas
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