Sharlene Hector, Blake Patrick Anderson, Rebecca Lock and Hiba Elchikhe in Here & Now. The show will go on tour from August 2025. Picture: Pamela Raith
Following a record-breaking world premiere run at The Alexandra in Birmingham (due to take its final bow on 30 November 2024), pop group Steps’ new musical Here & Now will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour next summer.
The Alexandra’s fastest-selling show in the venue’s history will head for theatres across the UK and Ireland from August 2025 through to May 2026.
Produced by Steps and ROYO with record producer Pete Waterman, the musical which takes its inspiration from the songs of the chart-topping pop group features an original book by Shaun Kitchener. The production is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, with choreography by Olivier Award winner Matt Cole.
The feel-good musical love story showcases Steps’ most famous hits including ‘Tragedy’, ‘Stomp’, ‘One For Sorrow’, ‘Better Best Forgotten’, ‘5,6,7,8’, ‘Last Thing On My Mind’, ‘Love’s Got a Hold of My Heart’ and ‘Chain Reaction’.
The UK’s most successful mixed-sex pop group, Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins’, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee) have 14 top five singles, four number one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams and 11 sold-out national arena tours to their credit.
Steps’ 2017 comeback tour sold out all 300,000 tickets, making it one of the biggest pop tours of that year. The band has continued to release new music including two further iTunes number one singles – the Sia-penned ‘What the Future Holds’ in 2020 and the Michelle Visage duet ‘Heartbreak in This City’ in 2022. In 2022 Steps celebrated their 25th anniversary with a headline summer tour and released the number one album ‘Platinum Collection’ joining ABBA, the Rolling Stones and the Stereophonics as one of the only groups in UK history to score number one albums in four consecutive decades.
Angela Thomas
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