HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL
UK TOUR
Directed by Paul Kerryson
Choreographed by Drew McOnie
HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL TOUR TO EXTEND FOR ADDITIONAL EIGHT WEEKS IN 2018
Due to phenomenal public demand, Hairspray has today announced it will continue to tour the UK into August of next year. Having entertained big, bold and beautiful audiences across the country since opening 11 weeks ago, Mark Goucher is pleased to announce eight additional tour venues for summer 2018. This hugely acclaimed production of Hairspray will now tour to Stoke, Oxford, Newcastle, Eastbourne, York, Swansea, Bournemouth and return to Dublin.
Full dates and tickets are available at www.hairsprayuktour.com/tour-dates.
Featuring the iconic music and lyrics by Academy Award, Tony and Emmy winning duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, this much-loved musical comedy currently stars ITV comedy legend Norman Pace as Wilbur Turnblad, Brenda Edwards as Motormouth Maybelle and Layton Williams as Seaweed. Matt Rixon returns to the role of Edna Turnblad and newcomer Rebecca Mendoza makes her professional debut as Tracy Turnblad.
Further cast includes; Gina Murray, Jon Tsouras, Edward Chitticks, Aimee Moore, Annalise Liard-Bailey, Monifa James, Lauren Concannon, Melissa Nettleford and Emily-Mae as The Dynamites, Shay Barclay, Ben Darcy, George Hinson, Jordan Laviniere, Graham MacDuff, Lindsay McAllister, Tracey Penn and Freya Rowley.
Choreographed by Olivier Award-winning Drew McOnie with direction from Paul Kerryson.
It’s Baltimore 1962, where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams and dance her way onto national TV. Tracy’s audition makes her a local star and soon she is using her new-found fame to fight for equality, bagging local heartthrob Link Larkin along the way.
Hairspray is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name which starred Divine and Ricki Lake by cult filmmaker John Waters. With music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Hairspray originally opened to rave reviews on Broadway in 2002 and subsequently won eight Tony Awards. The production opened in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2007 and won four Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical. Proving to be an international success, Hairspray has also opened in South Africa, Japan, South Korea, China and Dubai. Following the musical’s phenomenal success on stage, a film of the musical was released in 2007 which starred John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and James Marsden.
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LISTINGS
DATES AND VENUES
30 October – 4 November 2017
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Box Office: 028 9024 1919
https://www.goh.co.uk/
On Sale Now
6 – 11 November 2017
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Box Office: 0844 871 7627
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/aylesbury-waterside-theatre/
On Sale Now
13 – 18 November 2017
Sands Centre, Carlisle
Box Office: 01228 633766
http://www.thesandscentre.co.uk/
On Sale Now
20 – 25 November 2017
The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Box Office: 01274 432000
http://www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/venues/the-alhambra-theatre
On Sale Now
27 November – 2 December 2017
G Live, Guildford
Box Office: 01483 369 350
https://glive.co.uk/Online/
On Sale Now
15 – 20 January 2018
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Box Office: 01752 267222
http://www.theatreroyal.com/
On Sale Now
22 – 27 January 2018
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Box Office: 023 8071 1811
https://www.mayflower.org.uk/
On Sale Now
29 January – 3 February 2018
The Lyceum, Sheffield
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
https://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/
On Sale Now
5 – 10 February 2018
Eden Court, Inverness
Box Office: 01463 239841
https://www.eden-court.co.uk/
On Sale Now
12 – 24 February 2018
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Box Office: 0115 989 5555
https://trch.co.uk/
On Sale Now
26 February – 3 March 2018
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Box Office: 1902 429212
https://www.grandtheatre.co.uk/
On Sale Now
5 – 10 March 2018
Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol
Box Office: 0844 871 3012
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome/
On Sale Now
12 – 17 March 2018
Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh
Box Office: 0844 871 3014
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/edinburgh-playhouse/
On Sale Now
19 – 24 March 2018
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Box Office: 01224 641122
http://www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/venues/his-majestys-theatre
On Sale Now
26 March – 7 April 2018
Opera House, Manchester
Box Office: 0844 871 3018
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/opera-house-manchester/
On Sale Now
9 – 14 April 2018
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
Box Office: 0844 871 7652
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre/
On Sale Now
16 – 21 April 2018
Empire Theatre, Liverpool
Box Office: 0151 702 7320
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire/
On Sale Now
23 – 28 April 2018
Hull New Theatre, Hull
Box Office: 01482 226 655
http://www.hcandl.co.uk/
On Sale Now
30 April – 5 May 2018
Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Box Office: 01492 872000
https://venuecymru.co.uk/
On Sale Now
8 – 12 May 2018
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Box Office: 01227 787787
http://www.marlowetheatre.com/
On Sale Now
14 – 19 May 2018
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Box Office: 01702 351135
https://southendtheatres.org.uk
On Sale Now
21 May – 26 May 2018
Wycombe Swan
Box Office: 01494 512 000
https://wycombeswan.co.uk
On Sale Now
29 May – 03 June 2018
Cheltenham Everyman
Box Office: 01242 572573
https://www.everymantheatre.org.uk/
On Sale Now
11 – 16 June 2018
Stoke Regent Theatre
Box Office: 0844 871 7649
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/regent-theatre/
On Sale 8 November
18-23 June 2018
Oxford New Theatre
Box Office: 0844 871 3020
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-theatre-oxford/
On Sale 8 November
25-30 June 2018
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Box Office: 08448 11 21 21
https://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/whats-on
On Sale 10 November
2 – 7 July 2018
Eastbourne Devonshire Theatre
Box Office: 01323 412 000
https://www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk/venue/devonshire-park-theatre
On Sale Soon
9 – 14 July 2018
Dublin Bord Gais
Box Office: +353 1 677 7999
http://bordgaisenergytheatre.ie/
On Sale Soon
16-21 July 2018
York Grand Opera House Theatre
Box Office: 0844 871 3024
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/grand-opera-house-york/
On Sale 8 November
23-28 July 2018
Swansea Grand Theatre
Box Office: 01792 475715
http://www.swansea.gov.uk/grandtheatrewhatson
On Sale 8 November
30 July – 4 August 2018
Bournemouth Pavilion
Box Office: 0844 576 3000
https://bhlivetickets.co.uk
On Sale Soon