Through the Shortbread Tin – Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh and Touring. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ What this National Theatre of Scotland show achieves in the space of 90 minutes is extraordinary.
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New cast announced for 2025 Hamilton tour dates
New casting has been announced for the successful UK and Ireland tour of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s multi-award-winning musical Hamilton.
Mary Poppins – Bristol Hippodrome and Touring
Mary Poppins was reviewed at Bristol Hippodrome where it continues until 30 November 2024. The tour continues until 22 November 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Coming to England – MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton and Touring
Coming to England was reviewed at MAST Mayflower Studios, Southampton. The tour continues until 23 March 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Coming to England tells Floella Benjamin’s personal story of moving to London in the 1960s at the age of 10, adapted for the stage by David Wood.
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.
Hairspray – Leicester Curve and Touring
Hairspray continues at Leicester Curve until 28 September 2024. The tour continues until 19 April 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Hairspray is a high-haired huge-hearted hit and is always a must-see show whenever it plays our stages.
& Juliet – New Theatre, Oxford and Touring
& Juliet was reviewed at the New Theatre, Oxford. The tour continues until 28 June 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ Featuring the music of songwriter Max Martin, this is such a feel-good show (directed by Luke Sheppard) and arguably one of the best jukebox musicals around.
101 Dalmatians – Leicester Curve and Touring
101 Dalmatians was reviewed at Leicester Curve where it continues until 27 July 2024. The tour continues until 5 January 2025. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ It’s apparent how much work has gone into tightening 101 Dalmatians since the Regent’s Park run, and it’s all the better for it. A colourful and fun musical, with plenty of bark and bite to make it a great watch for all the family.
Tour News: 101 Dalmatians, & Juliet, Burlesque The Musical, Chicago, Heathers The Musical, Tina – The Tina Turner Musical and more
Angela Thomas rounds up some of the latest musical theatre tour news, from 101 Dalmatians to Only Fools and Horses, via & Juliet and Burlesque.
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 ★ ★ ★ ★
Bonnie & Clyde – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and Touring
Bonnie & Clyde was reviewed at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford. The UK and Ireland tour continues until 26 October 2024. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ This production of Bonnie & Clyde enables audiences to become newly captivated by the tragic tale of two Depression-era lovers long romanticised as folk heroes in the public imagination.
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical – Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham and Touring
An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical was reviewed at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham where it runs until 2 March 2024. The UK and Ireland tour continues until 9 November. Star rating: two stars ★ ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ A worrying trend has crept into the world of musical theatre over the last couple of decades, that of […]
Pigs Might Fly – New Victoria Theatre, Woking and Touring
Pigs Might Fly was reviewed at the New Victoria Theatre, Woking on 30 May 2023. The UK tour continues until 16 July 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩
Wicked tour to reunite Carl Man’s Fiyero with Laura Pick’s Elphaba
Carl Man will reunite with Laura Pick when the multi award-winning musical Wicked embarks on its third UK and Ireland tour in December.
More venues added to the first UK and Ireland tour of Hamilton
Producers Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh have added 10 more cities to the itinerary for the eagerly awaited first UK and Ireland tour of Hamilton.
Full cast for Mamma Mia! UK and international tour 2023 dates
Sara Poyzer will return as Donna Sheridan to head the new cast for the multi-award-winning Mamma Mia! as the feel-good musical embarks on the 2023 leg of its UK and international tour.
The Commitments – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
The Commitments continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 29 October 2022 and then tours until 1 July 2023. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ With soul music at its core, The Commitments is a show that will have you dancing in the aisles and laughing throughout.
The Color Purple – Birmingham Hippodrome and Touring
The Color Purple was reviewed at Birmingham Hippodrome and continues touring until 5 November 2022. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Color Purple. A heart-pounding story that began as a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, transformed into a Steven Spielberg award-winning movie, to then take the Broadway stage by storm, winning Tony Awards […]
The Cher Show – Milton Keynes Theatre and Touring
The Cher Show continues at the Milton Keynes Theatre until 13 August 2022 and then tours until 18 March 2023. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ The much-anticipated jukebox musical about Cher’s life struts onto the stage at Milton Keynes Theatre this week. Written by Tony Award-winning Rick Elice (Jersey Boys), directed […]
Yes! Yes! UCS! – Lantern Theatre, Sheffield and Touring
Yes! Yes! UCS! was reviewed at the Lantern Theatre, Sheffield and continues touring until 1 May 2022. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Yes Yes UCS! is a new production by writer Neil Gore, which celebrates the historic ‘work-in’ at the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders between 1971 and 1972. The story centres around […]
Tour planned for Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome’s The Color Purple
Leicester Curve and Birmingham Hippodrome’s hit production of The Color Purple will visit seven venues across England and Wales this autumn. Directed by Tinuke Craig and originally staged in 2019, the award-winning production which was also re-worked as a concert presentation and successful online event during lockdown will take to the road from 13 September […]
