Hit show Moulin Rouge! The Musical will embark on its first world tour in 2025 with audiences in the UK lined up to get the first glimpse of the touring production.
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Moulin Rouge The Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ From the moment you enter the Piccadilly Theatre’s transformed auditorium – complete with elaborately wrought red and gold metal work, giant blue elephant, and lounging, corseted performers – the investment of artistic (and financial) resources is inescapably and impressively evident. In almost every way, this is a great thing. The experience is decadent, opulent, beautiful: everything about it is Moulin Rouge.
Strictly Ballroom The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Strictly Ballroom The Musical continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 12 November 2022, then on tour until 15 July 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
New cast for Moulin Rouge! The Musical
The West End production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical will welcome a number of new cast members next month as the hit show enters its second year at the Piccadilly Theatre. From 17 October 2022, Melissa James (The Bodyguard UK tour, Cats, UK tour) will play showgirl Satine, opposite Jamie Muscato (Heathers: The Musical, The […]
Strictly Ballroom 2022/2023 tour – full cast confirmed
Full casting has been confirmed for the Craig Revel Horwood-directed 2022/23 UK tour of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical. As previously announced ex EastEnder, 2020 Strictly Come Dancing finalist and Strictly Come Dancing 2019 Children In Need Special champion Maisie Smith will make her musical theatre debut alongside her 2019 Strictly pro-partner Kevin Clifton in […]
Strictly Ballroom tour to feature musical theatre debut of Maisie Smith
Ex EastEnder and 2020 Strictly Come Dancing finalist Maisie Smith will make her musical theatre debut later this year in the 2022/23 UK tour of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical. Directed and co-choreographed by the hard-to-please King of the Saturday night put-down, Craig Revel Horwood, the hit romantic comedy set within the sequin-studded world […]
Moulin Rouge! The Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Moulin Rouge! The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ It is hard to envisage now, some 20 years on, just how remarkable and visually unique Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! was when it hit cinemas in 2001. Not only was it a period in which movie […]
Moulin Rouge! to celebrate opening night on 9 January 2022
In the week when preview performances of Moulin Rouge! The Musical have resumed in the West End, the show’s producers have announced the production will now celebrate its official opening night at the Piccadilly Theatre on 9 January 2022. To allow the venue to welcome back audiences further Covid health and safety measures are being […]
Cast unveiled for Moulin Rouge’s West End debut
Liisi LaFontaine has won the coveted role of Santine in the first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant movie Moulin Rouge. The actress who previously starred as Deena Jones in the Savoy Theatre production of Dreamgirls, will step into the role famously played by Nicole Kidman on screen opposite West […]
Moulin Rouge musical to open in the West End in November 2021
The producers of the eagerly-anticipated first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge have confirmed the show will now sashay into London’s Piccadilly Theatre in November. Originally due to follow its success on Broadway by opening in London in March, the spectacular show will now begin its West End […]
Moulin Rouge UK debut delayed until autumn 2021
The producers of the eagerly-anticipated first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge have confirmed the show will now sashay into London’s Piccadilly Theatre a few months later than planned in the autumn of 2021. Originally due to follow its success on Broadway by opening in London in March […]
Strictly Ballroom The Musical tour is rescheduled to 2021/2022
The Craig Revel Horwood-directed and choreographed touring production of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical will now hit the road from the autumn of 2021. Reuniting former Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Kevin Clifton with Revel Horwood, the hard-to-please King of the Saturday night put-down, the re-scheduled UK and Ireland tour of the hit romantic […]
Kevin Clifton to star in Strictly Ballroom The Musical tour
Departing Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Kevin Clifton will reunite with everyone’s favourite Mr Nasty, Craig Revel Horwood, when he joins the Revel Horwood- directed touring production of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical. Just days after the former Strictly champion quit the hit TV show to concentrate on his musical theatre career, Clifton has […]
Craig Revel Horwood to take charge of Strictly Ballroom The Musical tour
Strictly Come Dancing’s favourite Mr Nasty Craig Revel Horwood will take charge of a new touring production of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical. The hard-to-please King of the Saturday night put-down will go back to his musical theatre roots to direct and choreograph the 2020/2021 UK and Ireland tour of the hit romantic comedy […]
West End debut for Moulin Rouge! The Musical in 2021
The eagerly-anticipated first UK production of the stage musical version of Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge! will sashay into London’s Piccadilly Theatre in March 2021. Currently wowing the crowds on Broadway, the spectacular show will be brought to the UK by Global Creatures, the Australian company behind the hit musical version of Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom […]
Matt Cardle to join Strictly Ballroom cast
X Factor winner Matt Cardle will take over from Will Young in the West End premiere run of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical later this month. Cardle, who made his award-winning West End debut in 2015 in Memphis will return to the London stage to play band leader Wally Strand at the Piccadilly Theatre […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical – Piccadilly Theatre
Strictly Ballroom the Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ Pictures: Roy Tan Making a musical out of that fabulous Australian movie Strictly Ballroom must have seemed a good idea at the time but sadly it hasn’t quite worked out for creator Baz Luhrmann who directed […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical launch – interviews with the cast and creatives plus exclusive images…
The Strictly Ballroom The Musical cast, lead by Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and Will Young, will be waltzing their way to their new home at the Piccadilly Theatre as the show makes its West End debut in March. The show is based on Baz Luhrmann’s classic film of the same name that inspired many to […]
Strictly Ballroom The Musical – Anna Francolini and Gerard Horan join cast
Performers Anna Francolini and Gerard Horan have joined the cast of the West End premiere run of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical. Taking on the comic roles of ambitious stage mum, Shirley Hastings, and corrupt ballroom king Barry Fife, Francolini will join the previously announced Jonny Labey, Zizi Strallen and Will Young in the […]
Strictly Ballroom The Musical – Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen cast
Will Young, Jonny Labey and Zizi Strallen will lead the cast of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical when it makes its West End debut in 2018. Based on Baz Luhrmann’s classic film, Strictly Ballroom The Musical will begin performances at the Piccadilly Theatre on Friday 16 March 2018 (Press night is Wednesday 11 April). […]
West End opening for Strictly Ballroom The Musical in 2018
Strictly Ballroom The Musical is to make its West End debut at the Piccadilly Theatre in 2018. Following the success of its UK premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2016, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical will open in London on Wednesday 11 April (previews from 16 March). Based on the multi award-winning movie, […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical – West Yorkshire Playhouse
Strictly Ballroom the Musical at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds until 21 January 2017. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Baz Luhrmann’s original vision for Strictly Ballroom was a student musical presenting a primary myth (one generation renewing life by breaking with entrenched ritual and tradition) in the unlikely context of ballroom […]
Feathers fly as Strictly Ballroom the Musical prepares for UK stage
The West Yorkshire Playhouse has revealed production details of its much-anticipated UK premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom the Musical two months ahead of its opening on 30 November. Co-produced by West Yorkshire Playhouse and international producers Global Creatures, the romantic comedy set within the sequin-studded world of competitive ballroom dancing is due to play […]
Moulin Rouge being developed into stage musical
Baz Luhrmann’s vibrant Moulin Rouge is to follow his Strictly Ballroom in the journey from screen to stage. Global Creatures, the co-producers of West Yorkshire Playhouse’s upcoming production of Strictly Ballroom The Musical, have turned their attention to the Australian director’s double Oscar-winning romantic drama. Tony and Golden Globe-winning writer John Logan (Red, TV’s Penny […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical at West Yorkshire Playhouse – full casting
The full cast has been announced for Strictly Ballroom the Musical, with an international company coming together ahead of the first UK staging of the show, which is to premiere on Wednesday 30 November at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds (press night is Tuesday 6 December). Gemma Sutton, who starred in the hugely-acclaimed production of Gypsy and is currently in […]
Strictly Ballroom premiere is finale of packed West Yorkshire Playhouse autumn season
An eclectic autumn/winter season culminating in the much-anticipated UK premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom The Musical has been unveiled by the West Yorkshire Playhouse. Revealing a line-up, which also includes the premieres of musical-in-development Wasted and a re-imagination of Charlotte Brontë’s Villette, artistic director James Brining promises a diverse season celebrating both Yorkshire’s cultural […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical premieres at West Yorkshire Playhouse – Drew McOnie directs
The first UK staging of Strictly Ballroom the Musical – based on the much-loved film that inspired the world to dance – is to premiere at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds on Wednesday 30 November 2016, playing a season through until Saturday 21 January 2017 (press night is 6 December). Drew McOnie (In The Heights, Hairspray) will direct and choreograph the production, which […]
Strictly Ballroom the Musical – Sydney Lyric Theatre
Strictly Ballroom The Musical premiered on 12 April 2014 and continues at the Sydney Lyric Theatre, Sydney, Australia. Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 classic film Strictly Ballroom lends itself perfectly to reinvention as musical theatre. The first of the so-called Red Curtain Trilogy, it tells the larger-than-life tale of competitive dancer Scott Hastings, whose chances of winning the […]
The Great Gatsby – Riverside Studios, London
Playing at the Riverside Studios, London until 8 June. It is clear from the outset that a Fringe musical of F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel The Great Gatsby could never compete on scale or budget with Baz Luhrmann’s $100 million-plus Hollywood adaptation. But nor should it attempt to – and Ruby in the Dust’s production […]
