Rehearsal photos for the UK & Ireland premiere of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, starring Samantha Womack as Morticia Addams, Les Dennis as Uncle Fester, Carrie Hope Fletcher as Wednesday Addams, Cameron Blakely as Gomez Addams, Valda Aviks as Grandma Addams, Charlotte Page as Alice Beineke, Dale Rapley as Mal Beineke, Grant McIntyre as Pugsley Addams, Dickon Gough as Lurch and Oliver Ormson as Lucas Beineke. THE ADDAMS FAMILY will open at the Festival Theatre, Edinburgh on 20 April where it will run until 29 April before embarking on a UK & Ireland tour until 4 November 2017.
Directed by Matthew White, THE ADDAMS FAMILY is a musical comedy, with book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, the creators of multi award-winning Jersey Boys, and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa, based on the characters created by Charles Addams.
Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and has a shocking secret that only Gomez knows; she’s fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family! Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. All the usual clan are present – Uncle Fester, Lurch, Pugsley et al.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY is produced by Aria Entertainment and Music & Lyrics Limited, in association with the Festival Theatre Edinburgh, and is presented through special arrangement with Theatrical Rights Worldwide.
2017 TOUR SCHEDULE
20-29 April 2017 Festival Theatre, Edinburgh www.edtheatres.com 0131 529 6000
9-13 May 2017 Royal & Derngate, Northampton www.royalandderngate.co.uk 01604 624811
16-20 May 2017 New Wimbledon Theatre www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon-theatre 0844 871 7646
23-27 May 2017 Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury www.marlowetheatre.com 01227 787787
30 May – 3 June 2017 Cliffs Pavilion, Southend www.southendtheatres.org.uk 01702 351 135
6-10 June 2017 Birmingham Hippodrome www.birminghamhippodrome.com 0844 338 5000
13-17 June 2017 Theatre Royal, Bath www.theatreroyal.org.uk 01225 448844
20-24 June 2017 Hall for Cornwall, Truro www.hallforcornwall.co.uk 01872 262466
27 June – 1 July 2017 Nottingham Theatre Royal www.trch.co.uk 0115 989 5555
4-8 July 2017 The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford www.bradford-theatres.co.uk 01274 432000
18 – 29 July 2017 Mayflower Theatre, Southampton www.mayflower.org.uk 02380 711811
1-12 August 2017 Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre www.wmc.org.uk 029 2063 6464
15-26 August 2017 Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie 0844 847 2455
29 August – 9 September 2017 The Lowry, Salford www.thelowry.com 0843 208 6000
12-16 September 2017 Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 0114 249 6000
19-23 September 2017 Bristol Hippodrome www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome 0844 871 3012
26-30 September 2017 New Victoria Theatre, Woking www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre 0844 871 7645
3-7 October 2017 Grand Opera House, Belfast www.roh.org.uk 028 9024 1919
10-14 October 2017 Glasgow King’s Theatre www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre 0844 871 7648
17-21 October 2017 Wolverhampton Grand www.grandtheatre.co.uk 01902 429 212
24-28 October 2017 Milton Keynes Theatre www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre 0844 871 7652
31 October – 4 November 2017 Orchard Theatre, Dartford www.orchardtheatre.co.uk 01322 220000