Tim Firth’s new musical, The Band, with the music of Take That, will now play extra dates on the UK and Ireland tour. The newly announced 2018/19 dates are Cliffs Pavilion, Southend (19-29 September 2018), His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (3-13 October 2018), Sheffield Lyceum Theatre (16-20 October 2018), New Wimbledon Theatre (23-27 October), New Theatre, […]
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The Band – Opera House, Manchester and Touring
The Band continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 30 September, then tours until 14 July 2018. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ There were raised eyebrows and mutterings of mild outrage back in March when it emerged that the winners of Let It Shine, BBC1’s shiny-floored search for new stars to […]
Take That inspired musical The Band – record-breaking ticket sales as full cast revealed
Advanced sales for the UK tour of the Take That-inspired musical The Band have now hit a record breaking £10 million. Due to launch on 8 September at the Manchester Opera House, the venue where Take That first performed in 1992, the show will play its national press night on 26 September. Revealing details of the […]
Take That inspired musical The Band becomes ‘fastest selling theatre tour ever’
The UK tour of new musical The Band, featuring the music of Take That, went on sale at 12 noon today (Monday 3 April) and within the first two hours the box office took £2 million, reportedly making it the fastest-selling theatre tour ever. Gary Barlow, Howard Donald and Mark Owen took to the stage of the Manchester Apollo on Sunday […]
Take That musical The Band – Gary Barlow reveals first details and dates
With Gary Barlow’s Let It Shine TV talent search now over, work has already begun on preparing the star’s latest foray into musical theatre which is expected to make its debut at the end of August. The fast turnaround means rehearsals have already begun for the stage show The Band, which will feature the winners of […]
