42nd Street continues at Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire until 13 July 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ It dances up a storm, delivering some of the finest footwork you’ll see this year, and celebrates the timelessness of the heart of New York theatre.
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Jersey Boys – Churchill Theatre, Bromley and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley until 11 June 2022 and then tours until 18 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Following the true life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, this jukebox musical weaves the group’s most known and loved songs around the narrative of their rise […]
New dates for Jersey Boys tour
The producers of multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys have announced new dates for the hit show’s current UK and Ireland tour. With casting for the second leg of the tour to be announced soon, the new dates will include return visits to venues including Edinburgh Playhouse, the Grand Theatre in Wolverhampton and the Wales Millennium Centre […]
Jersey Boys – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 5 March and then tours until 3 December 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The iconic Jersey Boys struts onto the stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week and ‘Oh, What a Night’ audiences have in store. Following the formation, international success and […]
Cast for third Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour
Michael Pickering and Lewis Griffiths will return to the roles of Frankie Valli and Nick Massi when multi-award-winning musical Jersey Boys hits the road for its third UK and Ireland tour next month. Pickering and Griffiths will be joined by Blair Gibson as Bob Gaudio and Dalton Wood as Tommy DeVito. Luke Suri will play […]
Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour extended into 2019
A dozen extra dates have been added to the second UK and Ireland tour of the hit show Jersey Boys which is due to begin at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre on 16 December. Following on from the success of the show’s debut tour which ended in March last year, the second batch of extra venues […]
Dirty Dancing – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
Dirty Dancing continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 29 April, then tours until 23 September. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Based on the hit 1987 movie of the same name and featuring music by Eric Carmen and The Ronettes, Dirty Dancing comes to the Milton Keynes Theatre as the 14th stop on its nationwide tour. […]
Dirty Dancing tour extended to include return visits
Return dates in Manchester, Blackpool, Liverpool, Woking and Sunderland have been added to the schedule of the newest touring production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage. Following a successful Christmas season at London’s Phoenix Theatre and dates in Bremen and Cannes, Baby and Johnny are having the time of their lives once again […]
Dirty Dancing – Phoenix Theatre
Dirty Dancing continues at the Phoenix Theatre, London until 31 December. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dirty Dancing has become one of the most loved dance musical romance films of all time; even those who have never seen the 1987 film know to not put Baby in a corner. The classic has now […]
Dirty Dancing tour has Christmas season in the West End
Baby and Johnny will be having the time of their lives this Christmas when the new touring production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage moves into the West End for 30 performances. Re-conceived in an all-new production, the much-loved love story of dance instructor Johnny Castle and shy Baby Houseman features Lewis Griffiths […]
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage – Blackpool and Touring
Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage continues at Blackpool Opera House until 30 August and then tours until 3 June 2017. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Threatened protests by Musicians’ Union members to disrupt the opening night of the latest tour of this stage version of the 1987 box office […]
Dirty Dancing tour – new dates added
Box office takings for the new touring production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage have already topped £5 million with more than 150,000 tickets already sold over a month before the tour is due to open. With a number of performances already sold out, the show’s producers Karl Sydow and Paul Elliott this week announced […]
Casting for Dirty Dancing 2016 UK tour
Recent drama school graduate Katie Hartland has won the pivotal role of Baby Houseman in the new touring production of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage. Hartland, who graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama last year, will make her professional musical theatre debut alongside seasoned performer Lewis Griffiths (UK tours of […]
New cast for the Jersey Boys UK and Ireland tour from 18 August
From Tuesday 18 August 2015, Matt Corner will play the role of Frankie Valli in the ongoing UK and Ireland tour of Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys. Corner previously played the role at certain performances. Sam Ferriday as Bob Gaudio, Lewis Griffiths as Nick Massi and Stephen Webb as Tommy DeVito will […]
Jersey Boys – further tour dates added
The producers of the current UK and Irish tour of the Tony, Olivier and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical Jersey Boys have announced the addition of further dates to the tour schedule. The newly announced dates are the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (28 April to 9 May), Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (21 July to 1 August), Sunderland Empire (8 to 19 September), […]
Jersey Boys – Palace Theatre, Manchester and Touring
Jersey Boys continues at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until 4 October, before touring until August 2015. “It’s a classic American story. It’s rags to riches, and back to rags,” says book co-writer Marshall Brickman on why he took up the challenge of bringing the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to the stage. Unlike […]
Casting news for Jersey Boys UK and Irish tour
Joining previously announced West End star Tim Driesen as Frankie Valli in the UK and Irish tour of Jersey Boys, Stephen Webb, Sam Ferriday and Lewis Griffiths have been cast as Tommy DeVito, Bob Gaudio and Nick Massi respectively. Also in the cast will be Sean Kingsley as Gyp DeCarlo, Matt Gillett as Bob Crewe, Nathaniel Morrison as […]
