Angela Thomas rounds up all the latest news in regional and touring theatre in the UK and Ireland.
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UK and Ireland tour of Chicago to launch in February 2027
The 2027 UK and Ireland tour of multi-award-winning musical Chicago will open at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 5 February 2027.
Waitress – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Waitress continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 4 April 2026. The tour continues until 31 October 2026. Star rating: five stars ★ ★★ ★ ★ This touring production is both a celebration of the show’s legacy and a testament to its lasting appeal.
The Choir of Man – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Choir of Man was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 5 December 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
Full cast for UK and Ireland tour of Waitress
The full cast has been confirmed for the upcoming second UK and Ireland tour of the Broadway and West End hit Waitress.
Les Dennis, Sandra Marvin and Evelyn Hoskins join Waitress tour
Les Dennis, Sandra Marvin and Evelyn Hoskins will join the previously announced Carrie Hope Fletcher in the upcoming second UK and Ireland tour of the Broadway and West End hit Waitress.
La Voix to play Miss Hannigan in Annie on tour
RuPaul Drag Race UK favourite and recent Strictly contestant La Voix will play the monstorus Miss Hannigan when Annie embarks on a new UK and Ireland tour next year.
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.
The Gardening Club – New Wimbledon Theatre
The Gardening Club A New Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Only a baby, it deserves a longer life.
Jersey Boys set for 20th anniversary tour
The multi-award-winning Jersey Boys will return for a 20th anniversary tour across the UK and Ireland next year.
Here & Now – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Here & Now was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 9 November 2025. The tour continues until 16 May 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Steps fans were out in force for the gala night of what is a very superior jukebox musical.
UK debut for The Karate Kid – The Musical
The stage musical version of the hit 1980s film The Karate Kid will make its debut in the UK next year with a major tour ahead of its West End and Broadway.
Top Hat – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Top Hat was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 18 October 2025. The tour continues until 11 April 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This is escapist entertainment, pure and simple.
Waitress touring role for Carrie Hope Fletcher
Carrie Hope Fletcher will star as Jenna when Broadway and West End hit Waitress returns to tour the UK and Ireland early next year.
New UK and Ireland tour announced for hit production of Annie
Michael Harrison and David Ian’s hit production of Annie will embark on a new UK and Ireland tour next year.
The Rocky Horror Show – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 5 July 2025. The tour continues until 18 July 2026. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ The energy and atmosphere are sweltering, bawdy and utterly freeing.
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Cruel Intentions: The ’90s Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 1 March 2025. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
The Faaaaaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Faaaaaaabulous Ceri Dupree Show at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London and Touring. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Sure, he could have made a decent living just singing but he did it his way. and long may he continue to do so.
Ghost the Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Ghost the Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it continues until 8 February 2025. The tour continues until 3 May 2025. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ Entertaining to a degree, hitting the mark more often than not, enthusiastically performed and a decent night out, but nothing special.
Come From Away – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Come From Away was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 5 January 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ In a climate where every news bulletin brings reports of more division across the world, there is no better antidote than Irene Sankoff and David Hein’s much-loved, award-winning musical Come From Away.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it runs until 26 May 2024, and then tours until 4 May 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Jesus Christ Superstar – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Jesus Christ Superstar was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it runs until 18 May 2024, and then tours until 17 August 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London where it runs until 6 April 2024. The UK and Ireland tour continues until 9 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★
Pretty Woman The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Pretty Woman The Musical was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 28 September 2024. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩
Annie – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Annie was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 25 November 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
UK tour for new look musical 101 Dalmatians
A new musical version of Dodie Smith’s much-loved 101 Dalmatians will embark on a UK tour next summer.
Shrek The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Shrek The Musical continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 30 September 2023. The tour continues until 21 April 2024. Star rating: two stars ★ ★
Fisherman’s Friends The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre
Fisherman’s Friends The Musical was review at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Dominion’s Johnny and Baby to reunite for Dirty Dancing tour
Following a crowd-pleasing encore season at the Dominion Theatre, Michael O’Reilly and Kira Malou will reprise their performances as Johnny and Baby for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage.
Girl From the North Country – New Wimbledon Theatre
Girl From The North Country continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 18 March 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The Bodyguard – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Bodyguard was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 30 December 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Cher Show – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Cher Show was reviewed at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London. The tour continues until 11 March 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Rocky Horror Show – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Rocky Horror Show continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 26 November 2022 and on tour until 2 September 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
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 ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
The Osmonds A New Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
The Osmonds continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 27 August 2022 and tours until 3 December 2022. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The matrons of Wimbledon were out in force revisiting their youth for this unashamedly jukebox musical about that 1970s phenomenon, the wholesome, squeaky-clean Osmond family. It’s predictable, […]
‘It was my dream role’: After two extraordinary decades Sean Jones prepares to bid farewell to Blood Brothers
Welsh actor SEAN JONES has been running around in short trousers playing young Mickey in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers in the West End and on national tours for more than two decades. He has announced that the current nine-month, 15-venue marathon which started at Windsor in January and runs through to Salford in late October […]
Blood Brothers – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Blood Brothers continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 12 February 2022 and on UK tour until 22 October 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ What’s new to be said about the musical theatre institution they call Blood Brothers? Not much. It’s been performed more than 10,000 times in the West […]
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 […]
9 To 5 – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
9 To 5 continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London, then tours until 5 March 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Dolly Parton’s musical 9 To 5 does exactly what it says on the tin… it entertains brilliantly, it has the catchiest title song, it is loud, crude, hilarious and frenetic […]
Jersey Boys to hit the road again from November
Multi award-winning musical Jersey Boys will be back on the road for its third UK and Ireland tour from November. Launching at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 25 November 2020 and currently booking through to 12 November 2022, the tour will visit Oxford, Birmingham, Liverpool, Stoke, Milton Keynes, Bradford, Sunderland, Glasgow, Hull, Llandudno, Inverness, Southampton, […]
Musical Theatre Review critics offer their Top 5 theatre picks from 2020
As each year draws to a close, Musical Theatre Review usually pulls together a round-up of all the productions covered that have received four and five star reviews. After such an extraordinary year, during which any production staged has been a triumph over adversity, such an approach seemed inappropriate. Instead, I asked a small group […]
The Osmonds A New Musical to launch in the UK in 2021
Jay Osmond will bring his famous musical family’s story to UK theatres next year with the world premiere of The Osmonds: A New Musical. Launching at London’s New Wimbledon Theatre on 26 August 2021 as part of a UK and Ireland tour which will run through to April 2022, the show will trace the remarkable […]
Cabaret – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Cabaret was reviewed at New Wimbledon Theatre, London, then tours until 25 April 2020. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Kander and Ebb masterpiece Cabaret, set in the anything-goes, promiscuous last days of the Weimar Republic just as Hitler was starting to change Germany and the world, is a musical I […]
Beyond The Barricade – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Beyond The Barricade at the New Wimbledon Theatre and on tour until 4 July 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Every year I try to see Beyond The Barricade which is one great show song after another and every year it delivers. They are in their 21st year now and founder members Andy […]
Curtains – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Curtains continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 18 January, then on tour until 11 April 2020. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Musical murder mystery Curtains resumed its UK tour in Wimbledon after an unexpected five-week West End run at the Wyndham’s Theatre, rushed in because of the premature closing […]
Dirty Dancing – New Wimbledon Theatre & Touring
Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until 24 November 2018, then on tour until 17 August 2019. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The matrons of Wimbledon squealed with delight when Michael O’Reilly in the role made famous by Patrick Swayze in the 1987 […]
Richard Winsor to lead Saturday Night Fever tour
Former Matthew Bourne principle dancer Richard Winsor will take on the iconic role of Tony Manero in Bill Kenwright’s new touring production of Saturday Night Fever which is due to launch in late August 2018 at the New Wimbledon Theatre. Winsor who starred in some of Bourne’s most celebrated productions including the choreographer’s ground-breaking Swan […]
Madagascar The Musical – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Madagascar The Musical at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London then on tour until 1 June 2019. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ This is a four-star musical only because the two grandchildren I brought along thought it was “pretty awesome”. It is colourful and always lively but not grown-up entertainment. For any adult minus kids […]
Matt Terry makes acting debut in Madagascar musical
X Factor 2016 winner Matt Terry will make his musical theatre debut in the new stage adaptation of Dreamworks’ hit animated movie Madagascar which will debut at the New Theatre Wimbledon next month ahead of a UK tour. Terry will play Alex the lion in the production and he will be joined by a cast including Antoine Murray-Straughan, Timmika […]
Sunset Boulevard – New Wimbledon Theatre and Touring
Sunset Boulevard continues at the New Wimbledon Theatre until 14 April, then tours until 28 April 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ The Sunset Boulevard tour has been on the go since September so it came as a surprise when Wimbledon threw a press night with only two more ports of […]
