Hit musical The Bodyguard will hit the road for its third UK and Ireland tour in 2023, opening at Glasgow King’s Theatre on 28 January.
Produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian, the musical will follow its Glasgow run by visiting Bradford, Sunderland, Edinburgh, Stoke, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Dartford, Manchester, Leicester, Cardiff, Aberdeen, Wolverhampton, Bromley, Southend, Milton Keynes, Leeds, Llandudno, Plymouth and Bristol.
Further venues and casting will be announced at a later date.
Based on Laurence Kasdan’s blockbuster Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner movie, The Bodyguard musical received its world premiere in November 2012. Directed by Thea Sharrock, with a book by Oscar-winning writer Alex Dinelaris (Birdman), the original production featured Tony Award-winner Heather Headley in the extended role of Rachel Marron and Lloyd Owen as her bodyguard, Frank Farmer.
Recording artist Beverley Knight took over the central role a year later, with former X Factor champion Alexandra Burke taking over from Knight in 2014 before playing the role in the show’s first UK and Ireland tour in 2016. Knight stepped back in to play Marron again when the show returned to the West End at the end of 2016 and in to early 2017, while Burke returned to headline the second UK and Ireland tour in 2018.
The Bodyguard has played to over 3.6 million people in 15 countries including the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Canada, Italy, Australia, Spain, France, the US, Austria and Japan.
Angela Thomas
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