This big, bold and beautiful musical comedy will begin its UK tour at Leicester’s Curve theatre on 9 September 2015 and will then tour to more than 25 venues across the UK, including a Christmas residency at Birmingham Alexandra Theatre in December 2015.
Hairspray will star Tony Maudsley (ITV1’s Benidorm) as Edna Turnblad, TV and stage actress and presenter Claire Sweeney (Educating Rita, Guys and Dolls) as Velma Von Tussle, Olivier Award nominated actor and much-loved Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan (BBC1 Tumble) as Wilbur Turnblad and British singer and West End performer Brenda Edwards (Chicago, We Will Rock You, The X Factor) as Motormouth Maybelle.
Freya Sutton will reprise the role of Tracy Turnblad alongside established musical theatre performerJon Tsouras (A Chorus Line) who will play the role of Corny Collins. Dex Lee (The Scottsboro Boys) will play Seaweed, Ashley Gilmour (Miss Saigon) will play Link Larkin, Lauren Stroud (Wicked) will play Amber, Monique Young (Top Hat) will play Penny, Karis Jack (Urinetown) will play Little Inez, Adam Price (Hairspray) will play Male Authority Figure, Tracey Penn (Made in Dagenham) will play Female Authority Figure and Layton Williams (Bad Education, Billy Elliot) will play Duane.
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.
Hairspray is produced by Mark Goucher and Laurence Myers, Tom O’Connell for QNQ, Just for Laughs Theatricals, Gale King Productions and Curve theatre, Leicester.
LISTINGS INFORMATION
2015 / 16 UK Tour
9 – 19 September
Curve theatre, Leicester
60 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB
Box Office: 0116 242 3595
www.curveonline.co.uk
21 – 26 September
New Theatre Oxford
George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AG
Box Office: 0844 871 7607
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-theatre-oxford
28 September – 3 October
Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP
Box Office: 01604 624 811
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
5 – 10 October
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HB
Box Office: 01684 892 277
www.malvern-theatres.co.uk
12 – 17 October
Liverpool Empire
Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JE
Box Office: 0844 871 3017
www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire
19 – 24 October
Hull New Theatre
Kingston Square, Hull, HU1 3HF
Box Office: 01482 300 300
http://www.hullcc.gov.uk/hullnewtheatre
26 – 31 October
Manchester Palace Theatre
97 Oxford Street, Manchester, Lancashire, M1 6FT
Box Office: 0844 871 3019
www.atgtickets.com/venues/palace-theatre-manchester
2 – 7 November
New Wimbledon Theatre
93 The Broadway, London SW19 1QG
Box Office: 0844 871 7646
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon-theatre/
9 – 14 November
The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Morley Street, Bradford, BD7 1AJ
Box Office: 01274 432 000
www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/venues/the-alhambra-theatre
16 – 21 November
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
22 – 26 Commercial Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 1GE
Box Office: 023 8071 1811
www.mayflower.org.uk
23 – 28 November
Ipswich Regent Theatre
3 St Helen’s Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1P4 1HE
Box Office: 01473 433 100
https://apps.ipswich.gov.uk/PEO/
30 November – 12 December
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1SD
Box Office: 0844 871 7627
http://www.atgtickets.com/venues/theatre-royal-brighton
14 December – 9 January 2016
Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
Station Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4DS
Box Office: 0844 871 3011
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-alexandra-theatre-birmingham
18 – 30 January
Newcastle Theatre Royal
100 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6BR
Box Office: 0844 811 2121
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
1 – 6 February
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GL
Box Office: 0845 270 8200
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/venues/his-majestys-theatre
8 – 13 February
The Lyceum, Sheffield
55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
15 – 20 February
Cambridge Corn Exchange
2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB
Box Office: 01223 357 851
www.cornex.co.uk
22 – 27 February
Edinburgh Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
ON SALE SOON
Box Office: 0844 871 7627
www.atgtickets.com/venues/edinburgh-playhouse
7 – 12 March
Bristol Hippodrome
St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol, BS1 4UZ
Box Office: 0844 871 3012
www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome
14 – 19 March
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
The Ambassadors, Peacocks Centre, Woking, GU21 6GQ
ON SALE SOON
Box Office: 0844 871 7645
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre
21 – 16 March
Cardiff New Theatre
Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3LN
Box Office: 02920 878 889
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
4 – 9 April
Milton Keynes Theatre
500 Malborough Gate, Buckinghamshire, MK9 3NZ
ON SALE SOON
Box Office: 0844 871 7652
www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre
18 – 23 April
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Royal Parade, Plymouth, PL1 2TR
ON SALE SOON
Box Office: 01752 267 222
www.theatreroyal.com
25 – 30 April
The Marlowe, Canterbury
The Friars, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AS
Box Office: 01227 787 787
www.marlowetheatre.com
2 – 7 May
The Churchill Theatre, Bromley
High Street, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1HA
ON SALE SOON
Box Office: 0844 871 7620
www.atgtickets.com/venues/the-churchill-theatre-bromley
9 – 14 May
Regent Theatre, Stoke
Piccadilly, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1AP
ON SALE SOON
Box Office: 0844 871 7627
www.atgtickets.com/venues/regent-theatre
16 – 21 May
Southend Palace Theatre
430 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9LA
Box Office: 01702 351 135
www.southendtheatres.org.uk