2019 DATES ANNOUNCED WITH TICKETS
ON SALE FROM FRIDAY 23 MARCH
OPENING AT BRIGHTON THEATRE ROYAL SEPTEMBER 2018
Producer Karl Sydow is delighted to announce further dates for the all new tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage, which will be mamboing back into theatres in 2018/19.
As previously announced the sensationally sexy show opens at Brighton Theatre Royal on Thursday 20 September 2018 before touring to Dartford, York, Stoke, Hastings, Southend, Birmingham, Preston, London (New Wimbledon Theatre) Plymouth and Oxford.
Announced today are further dates for 2019 including Sage Gateshead, Bradford Alhambra Theatre, High Wycombe Swan, Torquay Princess Theatre, Swansea Grand Theatre, Bromley Churchill Theatre, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, Woking New Victoria Theatre and Aylesbury Waterside Theatre – with further dates to be announced.
The new dates are on sale from Friday 23 March.
Full of passion and romance, heart-pounding music and sensational dancing, the classic story of Baby and Johnny, featuring the hit songs ‘Hungry Eyes’, ‘Hey! Baby’, ‘Do You Love Me?’ and the heart-stopping ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’, is hitting the road again by popular demand. This new tour follows the 2016/17 tour, which played to sold out audiences over a 12 month period and took over £13 million in ticket sales, 3 blockbuster West End runs, multiple sell out UK tours and numerous international productions.
Casting to be announced.
It’s the summer of 1963, and 17 year-old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman is about to learn some major lessons in life as well as a thing or two about dancing.
On holiday in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents, she shows little interest in the resort activities, and instead discovers her own entertainment when she stumbles across an all-night dance party at the staff quarters. Mesmerised by the raunchy dance moves and the pounding rhythms, Baby can’t wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of Johnny Castle, the resort dance instructor.
Her life is about to change forever as she is thrown in at the deep end as Johnny’s leading lady both on-stage and off, and two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives.
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage originally opened at London’s Aldwych Theatre in 2006 with a record-breaking advance of £15 million, making it the fastest ever selling show in West End theatre history. The production became the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre and played to over 2 million people during its triumphant 5 year run.
Since its Australian debut in 2004, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage has become a worldwide phenomenon, with productions staged in the USA, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore and throughout Europe, consistently breaking box office records. Recent tours in France, Germany and Australia were all sell out smash hits. The first ever UK tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage launched in 2011 and then returned to the West End in 2013 playing at the Piccadilly Theatre in London, prior to launching a second UK and Ireland tour. A further tour and West End Christmas season followed in 2016/17.
Produced by Karl Sydow & Joye Entertainment in association with Lionsgate, Magic Hour Productions and Triple A Entertainment Group, and written by Eleanor Bergstein – script writer of the phenomenally successful 1987 film – the production features the much-loved characters and original dialogue from the iconic film, as well as exciting extra scenes.
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NEW DATES
Sat 19 – Fri 25 January 2019
Sage Gateshead
0191 443 4661
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 28 January – Sat 2 February 2019
Bradford Alhambra Theatre
01274 432 000
On sale Monday 16 April 2018
Mon 4 – Sat 9 February 2019
High Wycombe Swan
01494 512 000
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 11 – Sat 16 February 2019
Torquay Princess Theatre
0844 871 3023
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 18 – Sat 23 February 2019
Swansea Grand Theatre
www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre
01792 475715
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 25 February – Sat 2 March 2019
Bromley Churchill Theatre
020 3285 6000
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 4 – Sat 9 March 2019
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
0131 529 6000
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 18 – Sat 23 March 2019
Woking New Victoria Theatre
0844 871 7645
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
Mon 25 – Sat 30 March 2019
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
0844 871 7607
On sale Friday 23 March 2018
PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED 2018 TOUR DATES
Thu 20 – Sat 29 September 2018
Brighton Theatre Royal
0844 871 7650
On sale now
Mon 1 – Sat 6 October 2018
Dartford Orchard Theatre
01322 220 000
On sale now
Mon 8 – Sat 13 October 2018
York Grand Opera House
0844 871 3024
On sale now
Mon 15 – Sat 20 October 2018
Stoke Regent Theatre
www.atgtickets.com/regent-theatre
0844 871 7649
On sale now
Mon 22 – Sat 27 October 2018
Hastings White Rock Theatre
01424 462 288
On sale now
Mon 29 October – Sat 3 November 2018
Southend Cliffs Pavillion
01702 351 135
On sale now
Mon 5 – Sat 10 November 2018
Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre
0844 871 7647
On sale now
Mon 12 – Sat 17 November 2018
Preston Guild Hall
01772 804 444
On sale now
Mon 19 – Sat 24 November 2018
London New Wimbledon Theatre
www.atgtickets.com/new-wimbledon-theatre
0844 871 7646
On sale now
Mon 26 November – Sat 1 December 2018
Plymouth Pavilions
0845 146 1460
On sale now
Mon 3 – Sat 8 December 2018
Oxford New Theatre
0844 871 3020
On sale now
FURTHER DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED