INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT
GHOST THE MUSICAL
RETURNS TO THE UK
UNCHAINED AND REIMAGINED, THE MUSICAL PRODUCTION BASED ON THE MUCH-LOVED MOVIE MASTERPIECE WILL TOUR FROM JANUARY 2019
Bill Kenwright’s ‘BEAUTIFUL’ and ‘SPECTACTULAR’ production of GHOST – THE MUSICAL returns to the UK in 2019, following a spectacular international tour in Dubai, Istanbul and Trieste. The 2019 UK tour opens on Tuesday 8 January 2019 at Churchill Theatre, Bromley.
The double Academy Award-winning movie Ghost is a huge success story, both critically and at the box office, where it was the highest grossing film in the year of its release. It starred the late Patrick Swayze alongside Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Goldberg and was directed by Jerry Zucker. Bruce Joel Rubin’s script won the Oscar® for Best Original Screenplay and Whoopi Goldberg won the Oscar® for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film’s most iconic and moving scene was famously performed to The Righteous Brother’s Unchained Melody, which also features in the musical version.
Bill Kenwright said; “Ghost is a story full of hope and is one of those films which never leaves you. The book by Bruce Joel Rubin and score by Dave Stewart and Glenn Ballad come together wonderfully.”
Bruce Joel Rubin said; “This is a show with such a strong emotional and musical life that it can mould to many visions and interpretations. It can be performed on any scale, and its vibrant heart will still captivate an audience and allows the imagination to flourish. It is purely theatrical in the greatest sense”.
Walking back to their apartment late one night a tragic encounter sees Sam murdered and his beloved girlfriend Molly alone, in despair and utterly lost. But with the help of Oda Mae Brown, a phony storefront psychic, Sam, trapped between this world and the next tries to communicate with Molly in the hope of saving her from grave danger…
Rebekah Lowings (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar) will join Bill Kenwright’s production of this timeless story of love, despair and hope in the part of Molly alongside Niall Sheehy (Titanic The Musical, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Wicked) as Sam.
West End musical theatre star Jacqui Dubois (original London cast of Rent and Children of Eden,other credits include The Lion King, Fela and most recently People, Places and Things) returns to play ‘Oda Mae Brown’, the part made famous in the film by Whoopi Goldberg.
Sergio Pasquariello (Original London cast of Heathers the Musical, other credits include West Side Story, Les Miserables) plays ‘Carl’ alongside Jules Brown as ‘Willie’, James Earl Adair with hishaunting performance as the ‘Hospital Ghost’ and Lovonne Richards as the ‘Subway Ghost’. Jochebel Ohene Maccarthy plays ‘Louise’ and Sadie-Jean Shirley is ‘Clara’. Completing the cast is Chanelle Anthony, Josh Andrews, Samantha Noel, Charlotte-Kate Warren, Kage Douglas and Michael Ward.
BILL KENWRIGHT presents
GHOST – THE MUSICAL
Book and Lyrics by BRUCE JOEL RUBIN
Music and Lyrics by DAVE STEWART AND GLEN BALLARD
Based on the Paramount Pictures film written by BRUCE JOEL RUBIN
Directed by Bob Tomson
Choreographed by Alistair David
Designed by Mark Bailey
Lighting Designed by Nick Richings
Sound Designed by Dan Samson
GHOST – THE MUSICAL | UK TOUR DATES 2019
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 January Box Office: 020 3285 6000
Churchill Theatre, Bromley Website: www.churchilltheatre.co.uk
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 January Box Office: 0114 249 6000
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield Website: www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 January Box Office: 0192 429212
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton Website: www.grandtheatre.co.uk
Tuesday 29 January – Saturday 1 February Box Office: 0116 242 3560
Curve Theatre, Leicester Website: www.curveonline.co.uk
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 February Box Office: 0844 871 7645
New Victoria Theatre, Woking Website: www.atgtickets.com/woking
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 February Box Office: 028 7126 4455
Millennium Forum, Londonderry Website: www.millenniumforum.co.uk
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 February Box Office: 0844 871 7650
Theatre Royal, Brighton Website: www.atgtickets.com/brighton
Monday 25 – Saturday 2 March Box Office: 0131 529 6000
Edinburgh Festival Theatre Website: www.capitaltheatres.com
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 March Box Office: 01244 409113
Chester Storyhouse Website: www.storyhouse.com
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 March Box Office: 0844 871 3022
Sunderland Empire Website: www.atgtickets.com/sunderland
Monday 18 – Saturday 23 March Box Office: 029 2087 8889
New Theatre, Cardiff Website: www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
Monday 25 – Saturday 30 March Box Office: 0844 871 7648
Kings Theatre, Glasgow Website: www.atgtickets.com/glasgow
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 April Box Office: 01228 633766
The Sands Centre, Carlisle Website: www.thesandscentre.co.uk
Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 April Box Office: 028 924 1919
Grand Opera House, Belfast Website: www.goh.co.uk
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 April Box Office: 0844 871 3019
Palace Theatre Manchester Website: www.atgtickets.com/manchester
Monday 22 – Saturday 27 April Box Office: 0844 871 3017
Liverpool Empire Website: www.atgtickets.com/liverpool
Tuesday 30 April – Saturday 4 May Box Office: 01274 43200
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford Website: www.bradford-theatres.co.uk