Sunny Afternoon was reviewed at Milton Keynes Theatre where it continues until 28 March. Star rating: five stars ★ ★★ ★ ★ Upbeat yet real, with a rich and absorbing story set to some of music’s most classic hits.
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Sunny Afternoon – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Sunny Afternoon was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre where it continues until 29 November 2025. The tour continues until 30 May 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I had an absolute blast.
Award-winning Sunny Afternoon to return to UK theatres
The multi Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon will embark on a new UK tour this autumn, opening at the Manchester Opera House from 10-18 October 2025.
Sunny Afternoon – Opera House, Manchester and Touring
Sunny Afternoon at the Opera House, Manchester, then touring until 6 May 2017. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Hopes weren’t massively high for this Kinks musical when it first appeared in the West End in 2014. Before then, jukebox musicals had typically been either great big audience-pleasing but critically derided behemoths (Mamma Mia!, We […]
Sunny Afternoon UK tour – news on cast and dates
The full cast and additional dates have been announced for the upcoming UK tour of the multi Olivier Award-winning Sunny Afternoon which begins a national tour at the Manchester Opera House on 19 August. Ryan O’Donnell will return to the role of Ray Davies for the tour alongside Mark Newnham (All Or Nothing) as Ray’s […]
Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon – CD review
Michael Darvell reviews the original cast recording of Sunny Afternoon, the new musical based on the music of The Kinks. Sunny Afternoon has been the surprise hit musical show of 2014. Opening at the Hampstead Theatre, it immediately sold out for the entire run and transferred to the West End in October. It is now at […]
Sunny Afternoon – Harold Pinter Theatre
Sunny Afternoon continues at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London until 23 May 2015. The music of The Kinks, the north London rock group that made a mint (and lost it) shortly after The Beatles and the Rolling Stones had transformed the British pop scene in the early 1960s, rather washed over me at the time – I was more […]
Sunny Afternoon – behind the scenes in video and new images
A rehearsal room video feature (just click HERE) and images for the critically acclaimed new musical Sunny Afternoon have been revealed today. Sunny Afternoon tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks and begins previews at the Harold Pinter Theatre on 4 October 2014 with press night on 28 October. […]
Kinks musical Sunny Afternoon transfers to Harold Pinter Theatre
Sunny Afternoon, the critically acclaimed new musical which tells the story of the early life of Ray Davies and the rise to stardom of The Kinks, will open at the Harold Pinter Theatre in October 2014. Following a sold-out run at Hampstead Theatre, this world premiere production, with music and lyrics by Ray Davies, new […]
