A Simon Friend Entertainment and Leeds Playhouse co-production
SMASH-HIT DOLLY PARTON MUSICAL COMEDY
HERE YOU COME AGAIN ANNOUNCES A
JOLLY DOLLY CHRISTMAS SEASON IN LONDON
AND TOUR EXTENSION
LIMITED FESTIVE RUN PLAYS AT RIVERSIDE STUDIOS AHEAD OF ADDITIONAL UK TOUR DATES
FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL OF DOLLY PARTON’S BIGGEST HITS CAN BE EXPERIENCED TOGETHER IN A ROLLICKING AND JOYOUS MUSICAL COMEDY!
Simon Friend Entertainment and Leeds Playhouse are today delighted to announce that, Here You Come Again – which is currently spreading joy across the country on a UK tour – today confirms a limited festive season at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith where the heartwarming show is set to be a perfect winter tonic from Tuesday 10th December to Saturday 18th January. Tickets are on sale now at www.hereyoucomeagain.co.uk
The tour then resumes with the addition of new 2025 dates including: Grand Opera House, York (Tuesday 28 January – Saturday 1 February); Sunderland Empire (Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 Feb) and New Theatre, Wimbledon (Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 Feb).
For the first time ever, all of Dolly Parton’s biggest hits are brought together in a rollicking and joyful new musical comedy, fully authorised by Dolly herself. Packed with iconic songs like Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream, I Will Always Love You, Here You Come Again and more, this lively and touching new musical tells the story of a diehard fan whose imagined version of international icon Dolly Parton gets him through trying times.
Originally written by multi-Emmy award-winning comedy and songwriter Bruce Vilanch with Gabriel Barre (who also directs) and writer and actor Tricia Paoluccio (who co-writes and stars as Dolly). Acclaimed British TV and theatre writer Jonathan Harvey (Gimme, Gimme, Gimme and Coronation Street) provides additional material for the production’s UK run. Full casting to be announced.
The wider creative team comprises Gabriel Barre as Director; Set and Costume Designer, Paul Wills; Choreographer, Lizzie Gee; Lighting Designer, Tim Deiling; Sound Designer, Tom Marshall; Associate Director/Assistant Choreographer, Teenie MacLeod; Illusion Designer, Richard Pinner; Orchestrator, Eugene Gwozdz; Orchestra Manager, Maurice Cambridge; Production Manager, Ben Arkell and Casting Director, Stuart Burt.
Ahead of Here You Come Again’s London Christmas season, the tour will visit: Richmond Theatre, Richmond; King’s Theatre, Glasgow; Theatre Royal, Norwich; Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham; New Victoria Theatre, Woking; The Lowry, Salford; Theatre Royal, Bath; Chichester, Festival Theatre; Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes; Grand Theatre, Blackpool Grand before concluding at the Empire Theatre, Liverpool.
Here You Come Again is produced by Simon Friend Entertainment and Leeds Playhouse, in association with Jenny King, Patrick Gracey and Vibecke Dahle.
Here You Come Again
London Festive Season Dates
Riverside Studios
Tuesday 10 December – Saturday 18 January
New 2025 Tour Dates
Grand Opera House, York
Tuesday 28 Jan – Saturday 1 February
www.agtickets.com/york
Sunderland Empire
Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 February
www.atgtickets.com/venues/sunderland-empire/
New Theatre, Wimbledon
Tuesday 18 – Sat 22 February
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon-theatre/
Remaining 2024 UK Tour Dates
Richmond Theatre
Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 September
www.atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre/
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 October
www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre-glasgow/
Theatre Royal, Norwich
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 October
Cheltenham Everyman
Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 October
https://www.everymantheatre.org.uk
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 October
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre/
Lowry Theatre, Salford
Tuesday 29 October – Saturday 2 November
Theatre Royal, Bath
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 November
Festival Theatre, Chichester
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 November
Milton Keynes Theatre
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 November
www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre/
Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 November
Liverpool Empire
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 December