Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show was reviewed at the Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury, where it continues until 30 May 2026. The tour continues until 1 August 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This new take on a trail-blazing show welcomes audiences back with a blast and encourages a fresh peek.
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The Rocky Horror Show – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and Touring
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show was reviewed at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield. The tour continues until 13 June 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Warm up your vocal chords, leave your inhibitions in the foyer and enjoy the experience.
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show – Dominion Theatre
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show was reviewed at the Dominion Theatre, London where it runs until 20 September 2024. The tour continues until 30 August 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Rocky Horror Show – Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham and Touring
The Rocky Horror Show was reviewed at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (playing until 1 April 2023). The tour continues until 14 October 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Rocky Horror Show – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
The Rocky Horror Show continues at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 22 January 2022 and then tours the UK until 9 July 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ As it nears its fifth decade on this planet, there are still many miraculous things to behold about Richard O’Brien’s cult behemoth. Firstly, there’s the […]
Live cinema screening for The Rocky Horror Show hit touring production
A special Halloween performance of Richard O’Brien’s cult classic The Rocky Horror Show will be broadcast live from the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre to over 500 cinemas across the UK and Europe on 28 October 2021. Featuring former Strictly champion turned musical theatre star Ore Oduba (Grease, Curtains) as Brad Majors, the crowd-pleasing production is […]
Ore Oduba to join The Rocky Horror Show on tour this summer
Former Strictly champion Ore Oduba will follow up roles in Grease and Curtains by starring as Brad Majors in Richard O’Brien’s cult classic The Rocky Horror Show. The crowd-pleasing touring production is due to return to UK theatres from July this year with dates already scheduled until June 2022. Commenting on his casting in the […]
The Rocky Horror Show begins a new UK tour in 2021
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show will tour the UK from March to October 2021, beginning at Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre from 4-13 March 2021. Casting will be announced soon. Directed by Christopher Luscombe, the smash hit show features all of the famous musical numbers which have made it such a huge hit for over four decades, […]
‘Bit of Riff Raff’: Kristian Lavercombe notches up more than 1,600 performances in The Rocky Horror Show
With many tours of The Rocky Horror Show in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and throughout Asia, actor KRISTIAN LAVERCOMBE has notched up more than 1,600 performances of the show in which he plays Riff Raff… and he’s still playing it. Here he explains just how he became a record-breaker… You have played Riff Raff […]
The Rocky Horror Show – Theatre Royal, Brighton and Touring
The Rocky Horror Show continues at the Theatre Royal, Brighton until 5 January 2019 and then on tour until 2 November. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ In the 45 years since Richard O’Brien debuted The Rocky Horror Show, it has accrued the kind of fanatical cult status that very few shows can. Corset and […]
Rocky Horror tour – Charlie Condou returns to cast
Former Coronation Street star Charlie Condou will return to Christopher Luscombe’s 40th anniversary re-working of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show for the autumn and winter legs of the current UK tour. The actor, who will share the role of The Narrator with comedian Steve Punt and veteran actor Phillip Franks, returns to the […]
Shakespeare Revue to tour UK before West End run
The hit Bard-inspired musical comedy show The Shakespeare Revue is hitting the road next month ahead of a West End run. The latest event to mark Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary will open at the Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne on Wednesday 3 August. A mixture of sketches and songs, the show features the work of some of […]
Travels With My Aunt – Minerva Theatre, Chichester
Travels With My Aunt continues at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester until 4 June. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ For the first of its musicals this season, Chichester Festival Theatre has looked to the combined and proven talents of composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe, along with book writers Ron Cowen and Daniel […]
The Rocky Horror Show tour – Norman Pace joins cast
Comedian and actor Norman Pace will join fellow comedian Steve Punt and former Coronation Street star Charlie Condou in the new touring version of Christopher Luscombe’s 40th Anniversary re-working of the cult classic The Rocky Horror Show. The trio will share the role of The Narrator in the well-received production, with Pace making his Rocky Horror […]
Chichester Festival Theatre season features Stiles and Drewe double bill
There will be a George Stiles and Anthony Drewe double bill as part of Jonathan Church and Alan Finch’s Chichester Festival Theatre 2016 season – the last under their leadership as artistic director and executive director. The two British musicals will see Rachel Kavanaugh direct a new stage version of Half a Sixpence with book […]
The Rocky Horror Show – Theatre Royal, Brighton and Touring
The Rocky Horror Show continues at the Theatre Royal, Brighton until 2 January 2016 and then tours up to 13 August 2016. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Anyone who has never seen Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show might wonder if the audience is part of the show. Why are so many men dressed in […]
Rocky Horror Show tour – Diana Vickers and Ben Freeman lead cast
Director Christopher Luscombe’s 40th Anniversary re-working of the cult classic Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show will hit the road for a year-long national tour, beginning at Brighton’s Theatre Royal on 17 December. Stars of two of the UK’s most popular TV talent shows will join a former soap star and a founder member of chart-toppers S Club […]
Richard O’Brien return to Rocky Horror Show in West End will be streamed to cinemas in UK and Europe
There will be 11 special performances of The Rocky Horror Show at the Playhouse Theatre, London from 11–19 September 2015 starring the show’s creator Richard O’Brien – who will perform the role of The Narrator. It is the first time he has played the role in the UK for more than 20 years. Tickets go on sale today 9Friday 31 July). […]
Spamalot – New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham and Touring
Spamalot continues at the New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham until 7 February and then tours until 20 June 2015. Star rating: 5 stars ***** Monty Python’s Spamalot is the ultimate musical aimed to take the Mickey out of itself and all musicals before it. Billed as ‘lovingly ripped off’ from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it […]
