SIDONIE SMITH TO PLAY ‘RACHEL MARRON’,
ADAM GARCIA ‘FRANK FARMER’,
SASHA MONIQUE ‘NICKI MARRON’
AND
MATT MILBURN ‘SY SPECTOR’
IN THE UK AND EUROPE TOUR
OF
THE AWARD-WINNING
SMASH HIT MUSICAL
THE BODYGUARD
OPENING AT BIRMINGHAM ALEXANDRA THEATRE
ON SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER 2025
Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce that the UK and Europe tour of the award-winning smash hit musical THE BODYGUARD will star international leading lady Sidonie Smith as Rachel Marron, Olivier Award nominee Adam Garcia as Frank Farmer, Sasha Monique as Nicki Marron and Coronation Street and Hollyoaks star Matt Milburn as Sy Spector. At certain performances, the role of Rachel Marron will be played by Mireia Mambo. The production opens at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre on Saturday 20 September 2025.
Full tour schedule can be found below. Further casting to be announced soon. www.thebodyguardmusical.com.
Sidonie Smith is an international musical theatre artist and no stranger to the role of Rachel Marron, having starred in The Bodyguard in Stuttgart, Germany, to critical acclaim. Her other theatre credits include the role of Kala in Disney’s Tarzan at the Colosseum, Stuttgart, Anita in West Side Story at Schlossfestspiele Schwerin, Sally Bowles in Cabaret at Theater Trier, Deloris van Cartier in Sister Act at L’theatre Switzerland, Velma Kelly in Chicago at Staatstheater Augsburg, Aida in Aida at Clingenburger Festspiele, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar at Bad Hersfelder Festspiele, Lucy in Jekyll and Hyde at Theater an der Rott, Pilar in Legally Blonde at Ronacher Theater Vienna, Maureen in RENT at Theater Trier, and Johanna in Sweeney Todd and Felicia Farrell in Memphis, both on German tours.
Adam Garcia recently starred as Caractacus Potts in the UK tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. His musical theatre credits include Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever and Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, for which he received Olivier Award nominations for both roles. His other theatre credits include Fiyero in Wicked, The Artilleryman in The War of the Worlds, Damien Karras in The Exorcist and Julian Marsh in Curve and Sadler’s Wells production of 42nd Street. His film credits include Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Coyote Ugly and Riding in Cars with Boys. Adam recently appeared as a finalist in the UK series of The Masked Dancer, finishing in second place.
Sasha Monique recently starred in the UK tour of Hairspray as one of the Dynamites and cover Motormouth Maybelle. Her other theatre credits include The Book of Mormon at The Prince of Wales Theatre, and on its UK and European tour.
Matt Milburn most recently appeared on screen in ITV’s Coronation Street, returning to the role of Tommy Orpington. He is best known for his role as Joe Spencer in Channel 4’s Hollyoaks, alongside its spin-off series Hollyoaks: After Hours. His other television credits include the role of Nicky Pritchard in ITV’s Emmerdale, as well as roles in Doctors and Brassic. Matt’s theatre credits include The House On A Cold Hill, Heartbeat, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and To Kill a Mockingbird.
Mireia Mambo was recently seen as Richie Walters in Curve’s production of A Chorus Line at Sadler’s Wells and on a UK tour. Her other theatre credits include Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, Newsies at the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, West Side Story at Curve Leicester, Hairspray at the London Coliseum, Motown the Musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre, the original cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and Ragtime and Evita, both at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Mireia has also starred in Spanish tours of Sister Act as Deloris Van Cartier and The Bodyguard as Rachel Marron.
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A romantic thriller, THE BODYGUARD features a host of irresistible classics including Queen of the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, Run to You, I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of the biggest hit songs of all time – I Will Always Love You.
Based on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, THE BODYGUARD, directed by Thea Sharrock with book by Oscar winning Alex Dinelaris, had its world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End and was nominated for four Olivier Awards. A sell out 18 month UK and Ireland tour followed, before the show returned to the West End at the Dominion Theatre ahead of two further sell out tours of the UK and Ireland in 2018/19 and 2023.
To date, THE BODYGUARD has played to over 3.9 million people in 15 countries and 45 US cities. Countries include the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Canada, Italy, Australia, Spain, France, the US, Austria and Japan.
THE BODYGUARD – 2025/2026 TOUR LISTINGS
SATURDAY 20 – SATURDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2025
THE ALEXANDRA, BIRMINGHAM
https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-bodyguard/the-alexandra-theatre-birmingham
ON SALE NOW
WEDNESDAY 1 – SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER 2025
WINTER GARDENS, BLACKPOOL
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 6 – SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 2025
NEW THEATRE, OXFORD
https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-bodyguard/new-theatre-oxford
ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 14 – SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER 2025
HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE, ABERDEEN
https://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/the-bodyguard-2
ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 21 – SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER 2025
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-bodyguard/milton-keynes-theatre
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 3 – SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER 2025
REGENT THEATRE, STOKE
https://www.atgtickets.com/venues/regent-theatre
ON SALE SOON
TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER – SUNDAY 14 DECEMBER 2025
ZURICH, THEATER 11
https://www.eventim.de/artist/the-bodyguard-the-musical
ON SALE NOW
WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2025 – SUNDAY 4 JANUARY 2026
MUNICH, DEUTSCHES THEATER
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ON SALE NOW
2026
TUESDAY 13 – SATURDAY 17 JANUARY 2026
SOUTHEND, CLIFFS PAVILION
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 19 – SATURDAY 31 JANUARY 2026
MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE
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ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 3 – SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY 2026
TRURO, HALL FOR CORNWALL
https://www.hallforcornwall.co.uk/
ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 10 – SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2026
SHEFFIELD LYCEUM THEATRE
https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/events/the-bodyguard-2026
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 16 – SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2026
WIMBLEDON NEW THEATRE
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ON SALE NOW
WEDNESDAY 11 – SUNDAY 29 MARCH 2026
BERLIN, ADMIRALSPALAST
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ON SALE NOW
WEDNESDAY 1 – SUNDAY 12 APRIL 2026
FRANKFURT, ALTE OPER
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ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 21 – SATURDAY 25 APRIL 2026
MAYFLOWER THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 27 APRIL – SATURDAY 2 MAY 2026
SUNDERLAND EMPIRE
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ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 5 – SATURDAY 9 MAY 2026
BELFAST GRAND OPERA HOUSE
ON SALE NOW
TUESDAY 12 – SATURDAY 16 MAY 2026
CURVE, LEICESTER
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MONDAY 18 -SATURDAY 23 MAY 2026
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 25 – SATURDAY 30 MAY 2026
GLASGOW KING’S THEATRE
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 1 – SATURDAY 6 JUNE 2026
VENUE CYMRU, LLANDUDNO
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 8 – SATURDAY 13 JUNE 2026
ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD
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ON SALE 12 MAY 2025
MONDAY 15 – SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2026
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 22 – SATURDAY 27 JUNE 2026
NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 29 JUNE – SATURDAY 4 JULY 2026
NEW VICTORIA THEATRE, WOKING
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 6 – SATURDAY 11 JULY 2026
PLYMOUTH THEATRE ROYAL
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MONDAY 13 – SATURDAY 18 JULY 2026
NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 20 – SATURDAY 25 JULY 2026
WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE, CARDIFF
ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 27 – SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 2026
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL
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ON SALE SOON
TUESDAY 4 – SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2026
BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
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ON SALE SOON
MONDAY 10 – SATURDAY 15 AUGUST 2026
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
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ON SALE NOW
MONDAY 17 – SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 2026
EASTBOURNE CONGRESS THEATRE
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ON SALE SOON