Inua Ellams's one-man performance Black T-shirt Collection for Fuel Theatre will be at: Unity Theatre Liverpool 9-10 March; Rose Theatre, Ormskirk 12 March; Contact Theatre, Manchester 13-14 March; Bristol Old Vic 15-17 March; Hawth Studio, Crawley 26-27 March; National Theatre, London 12-24 April; Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham 27 April; Warwich Arts Centre 1-2 May; The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tween 5 May; Merlin Theatre, Frome 14 May.
Gobscure's production of Next swan down the river might be black by Sean Burn, shortlisted for the Alfred Bradley Bursary Award will be at: Tara Arts, London 8 to 11 February; Customs House Studio, South Shields 14 and 15 February; Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham 16 February; The Hawth, Crawley 21 February; Waterman's, London 22 February; The Carriageway, Leeds 23 February; Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton 24 February; Civic Arts Centre, Oswaldtwistle 1 March; Burton Taylor Studio at Oxford Playhouse 20 and 21 March; Key Theatre, Peterborough 22 March; Newcastle Theatre Royal Studio 28 and 29 March.
balletLORENT will tour an interactive contemporary dance performance for under 5s Underneath the Floorboards to: Arts Centre Washington on 1 March; Hull Truck Theatre 3 March; Dance City, Newcastle 6 to 8 March; Deda, Derby 10 March; Lakeside, Nottingham 11 March; Queens Hall, Hexham 15 March; ARC, Stockton on Tees 17 March; Malvern Theatres 21 March; The Lowry, Salford 25 March; The Egg, Bath 29 to 30 March; Carriageworks, Leeds 5 April; Sadler's Wells, London 9 and 10 April; Oxford Playhouse 12 and 13 April; Barnsley Civic 15 April; MacRoberts, Stirling 21 April.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express will tour the UK starting on 10 May at the New Wimbledon Theatre.
Passing Through, a new romantic comedy by Alistair Rutherford produced by Peapod Productions, will tour to: Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh 10-11 February; Eden Court Theatre, Inverness 14 February; FTH Falkirk 16 February; Byre Theatre, St Andrews 18 February; Tron Theatre, Glasgow 22-25 February; Regal Community Theatre, Bathgate 2 March; Maltings Theatre, Berwick-upon-Tweek 4 March.
After a successful run at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, Spike Theatre from Liverpool is to tour its 'undiscovered' Aristophanes comedy The Games: The Met, Bury 21 February; Rose Theatre, Ormskirk 22 February; University of Bedfordshire Theatre 25 February; Chipping Norton Theatre 1 March; Old Town Hall, Hemel Hempstead 2 March; Darlington Arts Centre 10 March; Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham 15 March; Camden People’s Theatre, London 16-17 March; New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich 20 March; Theatre Royal, Margate 21 March; Unity Theatre, Liverpool 23-24 March; Swindon Arts Centre 30 March; Memorial Hall, Northwich 11 May; Barbour Institute, Tattenhall 12 May; Lighthouse Theatre, Poole 19 May; Theatre Mwldan, Cardigan 22 May; Borough Theatre, Abergavenny 24 May; Riverfront Arts Centre, Newport 25 May; Aberystwyth Arts Centre 26 May; The Muni, Pontypridd 29 May; Torch Theatre, Milford Haven 30-31 May; RWCMD, Cardiff 6 June; Middlesborough Theatre 9 June; The Lowry, Salford 11 June; The Brindley, Runcorn 12 June; Alnwick Playhouse 13 June; The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed 14 June; Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 20 June; Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield 23 June; Stamford Arts Centre, Stamford 27 June; The Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham 4 July; Norwich Playhouse 5 July; Electric Theatre, Guildford 6 July; Cornerstone Arts Centre, Didcot 7 July; New Greenham Arts, Newbury 11 July; Forest Arts Centre, New Milton 12 July; Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham 13 July; Spring Arts Centre, Havant 14 July; Hazlitt Arts Centre, Maidstone 18 July; Salisbury Arts Centre 19 July.
Anton Berge's Play Bette and Joan, starring Anita Dobson as Bette Davis and Greta Scacchi as Joan Crawford, is to tour to: Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford (14 - 24 March); Darlington Civic (27 - 31st March); Arts, Cambridge (2 - 7 April); Richmond Theatre (10 - 14 April); Malvern Theatre (16 - 21 April); Swansea Grand (24 - 28 April); Hall for Cornwall, Truro (1 - 5 May); Royal & Derngate, Northampton (8 - 12 May); Belgrade, Coventry (14 - 19 May); Churchill, Bromley (21 - 26) and Brighton Theatre Royal (28 May - 2 June).
Sell a Door Theatre Company will tour their production of Lord of the Flies to (4th Feb) Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham; (7th & 8th Feb) Corn Exchange, Newbury; (9th & 10th Feb); Lighthouse, Poole; (13th, 14th & 15th Feb) Hull New Theatre; (21st Feb) Rhodes Arts Complex, Bishop's Stortford; (22nd Feb) Ocatogon Theatre, Yeovil; (23rd Feb) The Theatre, Greenwich Theatre; (5th, 6th & 7th March) Capstone Theatre, Liverpool; (8th March) Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes; (12th, 13th & 14th March) Lincoln Theatre Royal; (18th March) Buxton Opera House; (19th March) Waterside Arts Centre, Trafford; (25th - 28th April) Exeter Northcott Theatre.
Donna Rutherford’s multi-media one-woman production KIN is to tour from January to April, visiting: The Byre Theatre, St Andrews (27th January); Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, Peeble (2nd February); The Lowry, Salford (3rd February); Live at LICA (Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts) (4th February); An Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway (10th February); Colchester Arts Centre (23rd February); Prema Arts Centre, Uley, Glos. (25th February) and Tron Theatre, Glasgow (19th - 21st April).
Random Accomplice is to tour Double Nugget, a double bill of comedies by Johnny McKnight around Scotland in February and March, visiting: 14-18 Feb - Tron Theatre, Glasgow; 22 Feb - Paisley Arts Centre, Paisley; 23 Feb - Lemontree, Aberdeen; 24 Feb - Howden Park, Livingston; 25 Feb - Arts Guild Theatre, Greenock; 28 Feb - Eastwood Park Theatre, Giffnock; 1 Mar - Falkirk Town Hall, Falkirk; 2 Mar - East Kilbride Arts Centre; 3 Mar Harbour Arts Centre, Irvine; 8 Mar - Tullynessle & Forbes Hall, Alford; 9 Mar - Woodend Barn, Banchory and 10 Mar - Banff Town Hall, Banff.
The Eva Cassidy Story: Over the Rainbow is to tour from January to March, visiting: (26th Jan) Camberley Theatre; (27th & 28th Jan) Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre; (30th Jan) Milton Keynes Theatre; (31st Jan) Swansea Grand Theatre; (1st & 2nd Feb) Worcester Swan Theatre; (3rd & 4th Feb) Darlington Civic Theatre; (6th-8th Feb) Motherwell Theatre; (10th Feb) Derby Assembly Rooms; (11th Feb) Wellingborough, The Castle Theatre; (12th Feb) Richmond Theatre; (13th Feb) Leamington Spa Centre; (14th Feb) York Grand Opera House; (17th Feb) Worthing Pavilion Theatre; (18th Feb) Crawley Hawth Theatre; (22nd & 23rd Feb) Winchester Theatre Royal; (24th Feb) Exmouth Pavilion Theatre; (25th Feb) Chatham Central Theatre; (28th Feb) Edmonton Millfield Theatre; (29th Feb) Bradford St George's Hall; (1st Mar) Yeovil Octagon Theatre; (2nd & 3rd Mar) Mansfield Palace Theatre; (4th Mar) Glasgow Theatre Royal; (5th - 7th Mar) Shrewsbury Theatre Severn; (8th Mar) Rotherham Civic Theatre; (11th Mar) Manchester Opera House; (13th Mar) Chesham Elgiva Theatre; (14th - 16th Mar) Colchester Mercury Theatre; (17th Mar) Lowestoft Marina Theatre and (18th Mar) Scarborough Spa Theatre.
The Northern Stage/Live Theatre revival of Close the Coalhouse Door will play at Northern Stage from 13th April to 5th May before touring to: Richmond Theatre (9th - 12th May); The Lowry, Salford (15th - 19th May); Lawrence Batley Theatre, Huddersfield (23rd - 26th May); Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (29th May - 2nd June); Gala, Durham (12th - 16th June); Oxford Playhouse (19th - 23rd Jue) and York Theatre Royal (26th - 30th June).
Supporting Wall is to tour Philip Ridley's Tender Napalm to: (10 - 12 May) Curve, Leicester; (3 - 26 May) Royal Exchange, Manchester; (16 - 17 May) Northern Stage, Newcastle; (18 - 19 May) Hull Truck; (9 May - 2 June) Drum Theatre, Plymouth; (6 June) York Theatre Royal and (11 - 23 June) Southwark Playhouse.
Original Theatre is to tour Timberlake Wertenbaker’s Our Country's Good, with Aden Gillet and Phillip Whitchurch, from January to April, visiting: (25 – 28 Jan) Haymarket, Bassingtstoke; (30 Jan - 4th Feb) The Rose, Kingston; (6 – 7Feb) Hexagon, Reading; (9 – 11 Feb) The Maltings, Berwick; (21 – 25 Feb) The Opera House, Jersey; (28 Feb– 1 Mar) The Corn Exchange, Newbury; (2 – 3 Mar) Key Theatre, Peterborough; (6 – 10 Mar) Harrogate Theatre; (12 – 14 Mar) The Theatre, Chipping Norton; (19 Mar) Buxton Opera House; (20 – 24 Mar) Theatr Clwyd, Mold; (26 – 31 Mar) Greenwich Theatre; (2 – 4 Apr) Venue Cymru, Llandudno; (17 – 21 Apr) Devonshire Park, Eastbourne; (23 – 24 May) South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell, and (25 – 26 May) Arts Depot, Finchley.
Blackeyed Theatre, in association with North Devon Theatres and South Hill Park, is to tour Steven Berkoff's The Trialnationally, visiting: (Jan 24 – 25) Queen's Theatre, Barnstable; (Jan 27) Radlett Centre; (Jan 28) Cornerstone Arts, Didcot; (Jan 31 – Feb 1) Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton; (Feb 2) Castle Theatre, Wellingborough; (Feb 3) Courtyard Theatre, Hereford; (Feb 7) Middlesbrough Theatre; (Feb 10) The Byre Theatre, Fife; (Feb 11) Brunton Theatre, Mussleburgh; (Feb 20) Brewhouse, Taunton; (Feb 21 – 25) Greenwich Theatre; (Feb 27) Buxton Opera House; (Feb 29) Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal; (Mar 2) Queen's Hall, Hexham; (Mar 5 – 6) Mumford Theatre, Cambridge; (Mar 7) The Theatre, Chipping Norton; (Mar 8) The Lights, Andover; (Mar 12) Theatre Royal, Margate; (Mar 13) Key Theatre, Peterborough; (Mar 14) Stahl Theatre, Oundle; (Mar 15) Hertford Theatre; (Mar 16) Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells; (Mar 19) Stantonbury Campus Theatre, Milton Keynes; (Mar 20 - 22) Wilde Theatre, Bracknell; (Mar 23 - 24) Connaught Theatre, Worthing; (Mar 26) Loughborough Town Hall; (Mar 27) Forum Theatre, Malvern; (Mar 29) Grand Theatre, Lancaster; (Mar 30) Venue Cymru, Llandudno and (Mar 31) Royal Spa Centre Studio, Leamington Spa.
Cape Town Opera will bring its production of Porgy and Bess to the UK for short tour in 2012. It will open at Birmingham Hippodrome, before going on to Edinburgh, Cardiff, Canterbury, Southampton and the London Coliseum (11th - 21st July).
Northern Broadsides is to tour Love’s Labour’s Lost which will open at the New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme on 27 January and will run until 18 February and then tour to Dukes Theatre Lancaster; Dean Clough, Halifax; Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; Buxton Opera House; West Yorkshire Playhouse; The Lowry, Salford and York Theatre Royal.
Hull Truck is to produce the first national tour of Dennis Kelly's DNA, which will visit: (1st – 4th Feb) Drum Theatre Plymouth; (6th – 8th Feb) Rose Theatre, Kingston; (9th – 11th Feb) Crucible Studio, Sheffield; (14th – 18th Feb) Hull Truck Studio; (20th & 21st Feb) Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham; (22nd – 25th Feb) Curve, Leicester; (28th & 29th Feb) New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich; (1st & 2nd Mar) North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford; (5th – 7th Mar) Salisbury Playhouse; (8th – 10th Mar) Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon; (20th – 24th Mar) The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester; (17th – 28th April) Unicorn Theatre, London; (30th April – 2nd May) Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough; (3rd & Fri 4th May) The Civic, Barnsley; (8th – 9th May) Watford Palace Theatre; (10th – 12th May) The Brewery, Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol; (14th – 16th May) The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath; (17th – 19th May) Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne; (21st – 23rd May) Lyceum Theatre, Crewe; (24th – 25th May) Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden City.
Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph will star in a touring version of TV sitcom Birds of a Feather. It will visit (6 - 10 March) New Theatre, Cardiff; (12 - 17 March) Cliffs Pavilion, Southend; (19 - 24 March) Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; (26 - 31 March) New Victoria Theatre, Woking; (2 - 7 April) Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent; (9 - Saturday 14 April) Theatre Royal, Bath; (16 - 21 April) Richmond Theatre; (23 - 28 April) Grand Theatre, Blackpool; (7 - 12 May) Festival Theatre, Malvern; (14 - 19 May) Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; (21 - 26 May) Venue Cymru, Llandudno; (28 May - 2 June) The Lowry, Salford Quays; (4 - 9 June) Churchill Theatre, Bromley: (11 - 16 June) Theatre Royal, Norwich; (18 - 23 June) Swan Theatre, High Wycombe; (25 - 30 June) Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and (2 - 7 July) Theatre Royal, Nottingham.
KG Productions and Pink Lane Productions are to tour To Wit: To Woo - Lessons in Love from William Shakespeare, devised and directed by BTG editor Peter Lathan, to Infinity, Sunderland (11th February), the Customs House, South Shields (14th February) and Arts Centre Washington (16th February).
The Merry Opera Company is to present the premiere of Kit Hesketh-Harvey's translation/adaptation of La Traviata at Upstairs at the Gatehouse from 8th February to 3rd March, after which it will tour to: (7 & 8 March) Rondo Theatre, Bath; (10 March) Memorial Theatre, Broadstairs; (17 March) West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge; (25 March) Wetherspoon Opera House Pub, Tunbridge Wells; (29 March) The Theatre, Chipping Norton; (30 Mar) Kenton Theatre, Henley; (31 March) The Playhouse, Norwich; (20 - 22 June) The Scoop, London; (23 June) Wallingford Corn Exchange; (5 July) Pentillie Castle, Plymouth.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Radio Show - Live!, adapted, written and directed by Dirk Maggs from the novels of Douglas Adams with members of the original radio and TV casts, is to tour nationally in summer 2012, visiting: (8-9 June) Theatre Royal, Glasgow; (10 June) Theatre Royal, Newcastle; (12 June) New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; (14 June The Anvill, Basingstoke; (15-16 June) Derngate, Northampton; (17 June) Blackpool Grand Theatre; (18-19 June) Liverpool Empire Theatre; (20 June) De Montfort Hall, Leicester; (24 June) Theatre Royal, Plymouth; (26-27 June) New Victoria Theatre, Woking; (8-30 June) Churchill Theatre, Bromley; (2-4 July) Opera House, Manchester; (5 July) Opera House, York; (6 July) Venue Cymru, Llandudno; (9-10 July) Aylesbury Waterside Theatre; (12-14 July) Theatre Royal Brighton; (15 July) Mayflower, Southampton; (16-17 July) Cambridge Corn Exchange; (18 July) Southend Cliffs Pavilion and (21 July) Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre.
Brooke Kinsella, Leslie Ash and Tara Flynn are to tour in Abigail Burdess' All the Single Ladies until April 2012, visiting: (7th – 11th February) Bromley Churchill Theatre; (13th – 15th February) Leeds City Varieties; (16th February) Harlow Playhouse; (17th February) Horsham Capitol Theatre; (18th February) The Camberley Theatre; (19th February) Swindon Wyvern Theatre; (23rd – 25th February) Malvern Festival Theatre; (29th February) Reading Hexagon Theatre; (1st – 3rd March) Blackpool Grand Theatre; (17th March) Newbury Corn Exchange; (20th – 21st March) Wimbourne Tivoli Theatre; (22nd – 24th March) Chelmsford Civic Theatre; (26th – 28th March) Billingham Forum; (29th – 30th March) Newcastle New Tyne Theatre; (31st March) Bradford St George’s Hall; (3rd April) Tunbridge Wells Assembly Halls; (4th April); Exeter Corn Exchange; (5th April) Leamington Spa Theatre; (7th April) Weston-super-Mare Playhouse Theatre; (10th – 11th April) Westcliff-on-Sea Palace Theatre; (12th April) Worthing Connaught Theatre; (13th April) Ipswich Regent Theatre; (18th April) Stevenage Gordon Craig Theatre; (19th April) Buxton Opera House and (20th April) Eastbourne Congress Theatre.
Headlong is to tour Romeo and Juliet from February to April 2012, visiting Southampton Nuffield (2nd to 18 February) , Guilford's Yvonne Arnaud (21 to 25 February), Salisbury Playhouse (28 February to Saturday 3 March), Cambridge Arts Theatre (6 to 10 March), Nottingham Playhouse (13 to 24 March) and Hull Truck (27 March to 7 April). Daniel Boyd and Catrin Stewart star and Robert Icke directs.
The Agatha Christie Theatre Company is to tour a new production of Death on the Nile starring Kate O'Mara, Denis Lill, Susie Amy, Chloe Newsome, Ben Nealon and Mark Wynter, to: (23 - 28 January) Theatre Royal, Bath; (30 January - 4 February) Richmond Theatre; (6 - 11 February) Hall for Cornwall, Truro; (13- 18 February) Connaught Theatre, Worthing; (20 - 25 February) Palace Theatre, Southend; (27 February - 3 March) Derby Theatre, Derby; (5 - 10 March) Churchill Theatre, Bromley; (12 - 17 March) Devonshire Park, Eastbourne; (19 - 24 March) Civic Theatre, Darlington; (26 - 31 March) Malvern Festival Theatre; (2 - 7 April) New Theatre Wimbledon; (10 - 14 April) Marina Theatre, Lowestoft; (17 - 21 April) New Theatre, Cardiff; (23 - 28 April) Floral Pavilion, New Brighton; (30 April - 5 May) Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford; (21 - 26 May) Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton: (28 May - 2 June) Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham; (5 - 9 June) Theatre Royal, Plymouth; (11 - 16 June) Theatre Royal, Brighton; (18 - 23 June) Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury; (25 - 30 June) Glasgow Theatre Royal; (2 - Saturday 7 July) Milton Keynes Theatre; (9 - 14 July) Swan Theatre, High Wycombe; (23 - 28 July) Journal Tyne Theatre, Newcastle.
Leonard Bernstein's Wonderful Town, directed by Braham Murray and starring Connie Fisher is to tour to: (31 March - 14 April) The Lowry, Salford Quays; (24 - 28 April) Milton Keynes Theatre; (1 - 5 May) Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield; (8 - 12 May) King's Theatre, Glasgow; (15 - 19 May) Theatre Royal, Nottingham; (22 - 26 May) Birmingham Hippodrome; (29 May - 2 June) Mayflower Theatre, Southampton; (5 - 9 June) Theatre Royal, Norwich; (12 - 16 June) Theatre Royal, Newcastle; (19 - 23 June) New Victoria Theatre, Woking; (26 - 30 June) Theatre Royal, Plymouth; (2 - 6 July) Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff.
English Touring Theatre will tour the Shakespeare’s Globe production of Anne Boleyn from March to May 2012, visiting Cambridge Arts Theatre (15-17 March), New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (20-24 March), Grand Theatre Blackpool (27-31 March), Theatre Royal Brighton (3-7 April), Hall for Cornwall, Truro (10-14 April), Darlington Civic Theatre (17-21 April), Malvern Theatres (24-28 April), Theatre Royal Bath (1-5 May) and Festival Theatre, Edinburgh (8-12 May).
Shakespeare's Globe in association with Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse will tour Henry V from April to June 2012, visiting Liverpool Playhouse (12 – 28 April), New Theatre, Cardiff (1 – 5 May), Oxford Playhouse (8 – 12 May), Cambridge Arts Theatre (15 – 19 May), Theatre Royal Bath (22 – 26 May) and Salisbury Playhouse (29 May – 2 June).
Now in its 60th year in the West End, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is to tour for the first time in 2012, visiting Canterbury Marlowe Theatre (September 11 - 15); Glasgow Theatre Royal (September 17 - 22 ); Milton Keynes Theatre (September 24 - 29); Belfast Grand Opera House (October 1 - 6 ); Cardiff New Theatre (October 9 - 13); Plymouth Theatre Royal (October 15 - 20); Manchester Opera House (October 22 - 27); Edinburgh King's Theatre (October 29 - November 3); Southampton Mayflower (November 5 - 10); Woking New Victoria Theatre (November 12 - 17) and Bradford Alhambra Theatre (November 26 - December 1).
A new 1960s musical, Save the Last Dance for Me, written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran and featuring the music of Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman, is to tour nationally in 2012. Directed by Bill Kenwright and Keith Strachan, it will visit: 23 – 28 January, Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield; 30 January – 4 February, Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh; 6 – 12 February, Hippodrome, Bristol; 13 – 18 February, Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury; 20 – 25 February, Civic Theatre, Darlington; 27 February – 3 March, Opera House, Manchester; 5 – 10 March, Kings Theatre, Glasgow; 12 – 17 March, Alhambra Theatre, Bradford; 26 - 31 March, Empire Theatre, Liverpool; 2 – 7 April, New Victoria Theatre, Woking; 9 – 14 April, The Theatre, Milton Keynes; 16 – 21 April; Theatre Royal, Nottingham; 23 – 28 April, New Theatre, Hull; 30 April – 5 May, Pavilion Theatre, Worthing; 7 – 12 May, Congress Theatre, Eastbourne; 14 – 19 May, Empire Theatre, Sunderland; 28 May – 2 June, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton; 11 – 16 June, Hall for Cornwall, Truro; 18 – 23 June, Grand Theatre, Blackpool; 25 – 30 June, Derngate Theatre, Northampton.
Kacey Ainsworth (Annelle), Isla Blair (M’Lynn), Cheryl Campbell (Ouiser), Cherie Lunghi (Clairee), Sadie Pickering (Shelby) and Denise Welch (Truvy) comprise the cast for the National Tour of Steel Magnolias, written by Robert Harling and directed by David Gilmore, which will open at the Theatre Royal Bath on 2 April 2012, before touring nationally to the New Theatre, Cardiff (9-14 April), Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (16-21 April), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (23-28 April), Theatre Royal, Brighton (30 April – 5 May), Grand Opera House, York (7 -12 May), Richmond Theatre, Richmond (14 -19 May), Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham (21 -26 May), Theatre Royal, Newcastle (28 May – 2 June), The Mayflower, Southampton (4 -9 June) and Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes (11 – 16 June).
Gareth Gates is to star as Claude in a new UK tour of Hair in 2012. No further details have been announced yet.
I Dreamed a Dream, the musical about the life of Susan Boyle, will tour to Aberdeen, Bradford, Liverpool, Dublin, Bristol, Southend, Cardiff, Birmingham, Inverness and Manchester after opening in Newcastle on 23rd March, 2012.
DV8 is to tour Can We Talk About This? which deals with freedom of speech, Islam & multiculturalism and premiered at Sydney Opera House, will tour to (29 Feb – 3 Mar 2012) Corn Exchange, Brighton; (9 - 22 March 2012) The National Theatre and (18-19 May 2012) The Lowry, Salford.
Dates for the tour of South Pacific have been announced: (6 - 13 February) New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham; (21 - 27 February) Liverpool Empire; (6 – 17 March) Regent, Stoke On Trent; (20 – 21) March New Wimbledon Theatre; (3 – 14 April) Edinburgh Playhouse and (1 – 12 May) Sunderland Empire.
David Seidler's play The King’s Speech, on which the film was based, is to tour in 2012, starting at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (1-11 February), and going on to Nottingham Theatre Royal (13-18 February), Bath Theatre Royal (20-25 February), Theatre Royal Brighton (27 February-3 March), Richmond Theatre (5-10 March) and Theatre Royal, Newcastle (12-17 March). Adrian Noble directs.
The national tour of Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera will premiere at the Theatre Royal Plymouth from 25th February to 31st March, 2012, before going on to Manchester Palace, Bristol Hippodrome, Dublin Grand Canal, Leeds Grand Theatre, Edinburgh Playhouse, Milton Keynes Theatre, Cardiff Millennium Centre, Southampton Mayflower, Liverpool Empire and Birmingham Hippodrome.
Eugene O'Neil's Long Day's Journey into Night, starring David Suchet, will tour prior to its run at the Apollo, Shaftesbury Avenue, visiting Richmond Theatre (22 February - 3 March 2012), Nottingham Theatre Royal (5 -10 March 2012), Milton Keynes Theatre (12 - 17 March 202), Theatre Royal Bath (19 - 24 March 2012) and Glasgow Theatre Royal (26 - 31 March 2012).
All The Fun Of The Fair, starring David Essex and Louise English, is to tour until April 2012, visiting (24 January) Opera House, Manchester; (31 January) Theatre Royal, Nottingham; (7 February) Milton Keynes Theatre; (14 February) TBA; (20 February) Belgrade Theatre, Coventry; (28 February) King's Theatre, Glasgow; (5 March) Wyvern Theatre, Swindon; (13 March) TBA; (20 March) Hull New Theatre; (26 March) Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield; (3 April) Congress Theatre, Eastbourne and (10 April) Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.
Cheek By Jowl is to tour a new production of 'Tis Pity She's a Whore, directed by Declan Donnellan and will be seen in Paris and Sydney before touring the UK. No UK dates or venues have been announced.
Edward Hall's Propeller theatre is to tour all-male productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale to Sheffield Lyceum (Winter's Tale only) (Jan 31-Feb 4); The Lowry, Salford (Feb 7-11); Marlowe, Canterbury (March 26-31); Theatre Royal, Newcastle (April 24-28); Coventry Belgrade (May 1-5); Theatre Royal, Norwich (May 8-12); Theatre Royal, Plymouth (May 15-19); Hampstead Theatre (July 4-21).
Cameron Mackintosh is to tour the revised staging of Oliver! throughout the UK into 2013. Neil Morrisey and Brian Conley will alternate the role of Fagin. It will tour to Manchester (24th Jan - 10th March, 2012), Birmingham (13th March - 1st April, 2012), Leeds (6th Nov. - 8th Dec.), Dublin (11th Dec. - 12th Jan., 2013) and Bristol (15th Jan. - 2nd March, 2013). Conley will appear for the second part of the Birmingham run (3rd - 21st April, 2012), continuing to Southampton (1st - 26th May , 2012), Edinburgh (30th May - 23rd June, 2012), Norwich (3rd July - 4th Aug., 2012), Plymouth (8th Aug. - 8th Sept., 2012) and Newcastle (12th Sept. - 13th Nov., 2012).
The full tour schedule for Dirty Dancing has been announced: His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen: 6th to 31st March 2012; Mayflower Theatre, Southampton: 3rd to 28th April 2012; Milton Keynes Theatre: 1st to 26th May 2012; Leeds Grand Theatre: 29th May to 23rd June 2012; Birmingham Hippodrome: 4th July -25th August 2012; Norwich Theatre Royal: 28th August -15th September 2012; Sunderland Empire: 18th September -6th October 2012; Liverpool Empire: 9th October -27th October 2012; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff: 6th November -1st December 2012 and Edinburgh Playhouse: 4th December 2012 -12th January 2013.