Shakespeare's Globe to tour As You Like It
Shakespeare's Globe will tour James Dacre's production of As You Like It with Will Featherstone as Orlando, Deirdre Mullins as Rosalind, Beth Park as Celia, Emma Pallant as Phoebe and Jacques and Will Oxborrow as Oliver and Cronin.
It will visit: Theatre Royal, Margate 5-7 July; Bucharest, Romania 11-12 July; Art Carnuntum, Austria 14-15 July; Vivary Park, Taunton 19-22 July; Groombridge Palace Gardens, Kent 25-27 July; Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex 28-29 July; Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark 1-5 August; Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland 10-19 August; Shugborough Estate, Stafford 22-23 August; Lichfield Festival at Tutbury Castle, Burton-on-Trent 26-27 August; Newby Hall, Ripon 28-29 August; Shakespeare's Globe, London 3-16 September.
Ionesco's Chairs from Blue Raincoat
Blue Raincoat Theatre Company will perform Ionesco's The Chairs directed by Niall Henry at: Project Arts Centre, Dublin 28 May to 2 June; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 7 to 9 June; Tron Theatre, Glasgow 13 to 16 June.
English première of Nobel winner Jelinek's Sports Play
The English language première of Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek's theatrical meditation on sport and violence, which blurs the boundaries between a theatre event and a sporting event, will tour to: Live at LICA, Lancaster 11 July; The Maltings, Berwick-upon-Tweed 13 July; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff 19 and 20 July; The Bike Shed Theatre, Exeter 23 and 24 July; Chelsea Theatre, London 30 July to 4 August.
Oily Cart and RSC In a Pickle for 2- to 4-year-olds
Oily Cart and the Royal Shakespeare Company will present In a Pickle, a multi-sensory introduction to Shakespeare for 2- to 4-year-olds inspired by The Winter's Tale, in the Swan Room at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from 23 May to 17 June, at Stratford Circus, London from 19 to 23 June and at Northern Stage, Newcastle from 27 to 30 June.
Inua Ellams's Knight Watch
Fuel will tour with Knight Watch, the new show from Inia Ellams, set in a city not unlike London in a modern day, magical realist tale of violence and gang culture. It will visit: Greenwich and Docklands Festival 23 to 24 June; International Student Drama Festival 26 June; Camden People's Theatre 29 and 30 June; Almeida Festival 2 and 3 July; Tara Festival, Earlsfield 5 to 7 July; Latitude 14 July; Southbank Centre 22 July; Bridges Festival, Newcastle 4 and 5 August.
Danza Contemporánea de Cuba Triple Bill
Danza Contemporánea de Cuba embarks on a six-week Dance Consortium UK tour with a triple bill of works: the hit of the 2010 programme, George Céspedes’ Mambo 3XX1; new piece Sombriso commissioned by Newcastle Theatre Royal; Carmen?! choreographed by Helsinki Dance Company director Kenneth Kvarnström. It will visit: Theatre Royal, Newcastle 3-5 May; Birmingham Hippodrome 8 and 9 May; Snape Maltings Concert Hall 11 and 12 May; Festival Theatre, Edinburgh 15 and 16 May; Nottingham Playhouse 18 and 19 May; New Victoria Theatre, Woking 22 and 23 May; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 25 and 26 May; Sadler's Wells, London 29 May to 1 June; Milton Keynes Theatre 6 and 7 June; The Lowry, Salford 9 June.
Spinach at the King's Head
Spinach, a "sung play" written by Janine Waters and composed by Simon Waters that premièred last year at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, brings its story about two people who wake up tied together unable to remember a thing to King's Head Theatre from 12 June to 7 July.
Soap stars tour in Soap Opera play
Soap Opera is a spoof murder mystery set behind the scenes of a failing TV soap opera starring Leslie Grantham (Dirty Den from Eastenders), Chris Ellison (DCI Burnside from The Bill). Louis Emerick (Mick Johnson from Brookside), Michelle Gayle (Hattie Tevernier from Eastenders) and actor and comedian Kev Orkian.
The play will visit: Woodville Gravesend 12-15 September; Wyvern Theatre Swindon 17-19 September; Hawth Theatre Crawley 20-22 September; Fairfield Halls Croydon 25-29 September; Beck Theatre Hayes 2-3 October; Pavilion Theatre Weymouth 6-7 October; Corn Exchange Newbury 8-11 October; Theatre Royal Margate 12-13 October; Civic Theatre Chelmsford 16-20 October; Key Theatre Peterborough 22-24 October; Princes Theatre Clacton-on-Sea 25-27 October; Stag Theatre Sevenoaks 29-31 October; The Playhouse Weston Super Mare 1-3 November; Alban Arena St Albans 5-7 November; White Rock Theatre Hastings 8-10 November.
Adventures of Icelandic sheep to tour nationally
Crying Out Loud will presnet Kindur: The adventurous life of Icelandic sheep by Italian visual theatre company TPO for children from five years upwards at: Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh as part of Bank of Scotland Imaginate Festival 10 to 12 May; Eden Court, Inverness 16 May; Pavilion Dance, Bournemouth 19 May; Norfolk and Norwich Festival 23 to 26 May; The Core, Corby as part of Jump In, East Midlands Children's Theatre and Dance Festival 31 May; South Holland Centre, Spalding as part of Jump In 8 June; Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham as part of Jump In 9 and 10 June; Droichead Arts Centre, Louth, Ireland 13 June; Draiocht Blanchardstown Dublin, Ireland 17 and 18 June; Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork, Oreland 21 and 22 June.
Fringe First Minsk, 2011 national tour
2011 Fringe First winner Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker from Fuel and Belarus Free Theatre will tour the UK: West Yorkshire Playhouse 26 and 27 April; Tobacco Factory, Bristol as part of Mayfest 21 to 26 May; Sherman Cymru, Cardiff 29 and 30 May; North Wall, Oxford 31 May to 2 June; Contact Theatre, Manchester 6 and 7 June; Northern Stage, Newcastle 8 and 9 June; Young Vic, London as part of LIFT 2012 12 to 23 June.
Bee Detective outdoors for deaf & hearing children
Tin Bath Theatre will present Bee Detective by Sophie Woolley for both deaf and hearing children in parks and squares across the UK this summer, visiting St Nicholas Rest Garden for the Brighton Festival 5 to 6 May, Wales Millennium Centre for the Unity Festival 23 and 24 June, Alnwick Garden 13 to 15 July and Southbank Centre for Unlimited Festival 31 August to 2 September.
New End's Jerusalem Tango
New End Theatre Beyond will perform Jerusalem Tango, a new play by Pat Rowe set between the end of World War II and Israeli independence about a British officer who falls for a young Jewish woman as they dance the tango at the King David Hotel. It will be at The Carriageworks in Leeds from 1 to 26 May and Arts Depot, London on 30 and 31 May.
NToS Prudencia Hart
The National Theatre of Scotland's production of The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart written by David Greig and directed by Wils Wilson will tour Scotland in April and May and then tour the UK and internationally until 2013: Adam Smith Theatre, Kirkcaldy 10 & 11 April; Blair Atholl Village Hall 13 April; Nethy Bridge Community Centre 14 April; Ghillie Dhu, Rutland Place, Edinburgh 17 & 18 April; Old Torry Community Centre, 2 Abbey Place 20 & 21 April; Kippen Village Hall 24 April; Crianlarich Village Hall 26 April; Cove Burgh Hall Kilcreggan 27 & 28 May; West Kilbride Village Hall 7.30pm 1 May; Carlops Village Centre 2 May; Tait Hall, Kelso 4 & 5 May; Norfolk and Norwich Festival 11-13 May; Mayfest, Bristol 17-27 May; Brighton Festival 22-27 May; Aberdour Hotel, Dumfries 31 May; The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm on 1 June
Baroque Theatre's Great Expectations
Baroque Theatre Company is touring with Hugh Leonard's adaptation of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens with Dickens's great great grandson, Gerald Dickens, as production advisor. It visits: The Maddermarket Theatre, Norwich 9 and 10 March; Coronation Hall, Ulverston 22 March; Clonter Opera Theatre, Congleton 23 and 24 March; The Plaza, Stockport 2 April; Diss Corn Hall, Norfolk 5 April; Granary Theatre, Wells-next-the-Sea 6 to 9 April; Seckford Theatre, Woodbridge 13 and 14 April; Grove Theatre, Dunstable 18 April; The Tower Theatre, Folkstone 20 and 21 April; Memorial Theatre, Broadstairs 28 and 29 April; Astor Theatre, Deal 4 May; The Lights, Andover 9 May; The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage 10 and 11 May; Playhouse Theatre, Whitstable 18 and 19 May; The Lighthouse Theatre, Kettering 25 and 26 May; Mumford Theatre, Cambridge 31 May; Fisher Theatre, Bungay 1 and 2 June; St James's Church, Cooling 6 June; Woolpit Festival, Woolpit Village Hall, Suffolk 8 June; St George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth 9 June.
New Perspectives tours Huggins's Honey Man
New Perspectives Theatre Company and Derby Live are to tour The Honey Man by Tyrone Huggins about an unlikely relationship that develops one summer between a 15-year-old girl and an "ancient" Afro-Caribbean man living in a derelict cottage, visiting: Guildhall, Derby 16 to 31 March; Tennyson D'Eyncourt Memorial Hall, Tealby 17 April; West Deeping Village Hall 18 April; Terry O'Toole Theatre, North Hykeham 19 April; Cottesmore Village Hall 20 April; Thringstone Community Centre 21 April; Bottesford Victory Commemoration Hall 22 April; Glentworth Village Hall 25 April; Maycliffe Hall, Stapleford 26 April; Lowdham Village Hall 27 April; Aslockton Thomas Cranmer Centre 28 April; Burnley Youth Theatre 3 May; The Rainhall Centre 4 May; Brilley Village Hall 5 May; Ashford Memorial Institute 8 May; Monks Kirby Village Hall 9 May; Bishop Purseglove School 10 May; Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw Village Hall 11 May; Salt Village Hall 12 May; Lower Broadheath Memorial Hall 13 May; Ticknall Village Hall 15 May; Whitby Hall Studio 17 May; Electric Picture House 18 May; The Kirkgate Centre; 25 May; Pegswood Community Project 26 May; Arnside Eduncational Institute 27 May.
Coronation Street musical arena tour
Street of Dreams the musical based on popular TV soap Coronation Street, will go on a national arena tour in May, calling at Manchester Arena on 9 and 10 May, Dublin Arena on 18 and 19 May, Belfast Arena on 21 and 22 May and Newcastle Arena on 29 and 30 May.
Unfolding Theatre's first national tour with Best in the World
Gateshead-based Unfolding Theatre's first ever national tour will be a one man show about darts called Best in the World from performer Alex Elliot, writer Carina Rodney, designer Andrew Stephenson and director Annie Rigby visiting: Northern Stage, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 25 to 28 April; BAC, London 3 to 5 May; ARC, Stockton 15 May; Pomegranate, Chesterfield 16 May; Rosehill, Whitehaven 18 to 19 May; Oxford Playhouse 20 to 21 June; Arts Centre, Washington 22 June; Latitude Festival 15 July.
Blue Apple Hamlet with learning disabled performers
Blue Apple Theatre reinvents Hamlet with an adaptation by William Jessop for a cast of learning disabled artists with founder member Tommy Jessop, who has Down's Syndrome, in the title role. It will visit: West End Arts Centre, Aldershot 3 May; Unicorn Theatre, Abingdon 8 May; The Berry Theatre, Eastleigh 10 May; Minack Theatre, Cornwall 12 May; Tacchi Morris Theatre, Taunton 14 May; The Regal Theatre, Minehead 15 May; The Lights, Andover 17 May; Forest Arts, New Milton 18 May; Normansfield, Teddington 26 May; Yvonne Arnaud Mill Studio, Guildford 31 May; Theatre Royal, Winchester 28 to 30 June; Rose Theatre, Kingston 4 July; Hat Fair, Winchester (extracts) 7 July.
ACT's Crave and Illusions
Actors' Touring Company will tour Crave by Sarah Kane and Illusions by Ivan Viripaev translated by Caz Liske (some dates only one will be performed) to: North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford 29 and 30 March; Lincoln Performing Arts Centre 31 March; Northern Stage Newcastle 3 to 6 April; Manchester Royal Exchange Studio 19 to 21 April; Bristol Old Vic at the Wickham Studio, University of Bristol 24 to 28 April; Hull Truck 10 to 12 May; The Point, Eastleigh 17 May; Quarterhouse, Folkestone 18 May; Gulbenkian Theatre Canterbury 19 May; York Theatre Royal 21 to 23 May; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 25 to 26 May.
RSC Julius Caesar to tour
The Royal Shakespeare Company's pan-African production of Julius Caesar will tour the UK after its performances in Stratford, Newcastle and London as part of the World Shakespeare Festival. The full dates are: Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon 28 May to 7 July; Theatre Royal, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 16 to 28 July; Noël Coward Theatre, London 8 August to 15 September; Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury 19 to 22 September; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 25 to 29 September; The Lowry, Salford 2 to 6 October; Theatre Royal, Norwich 16 to 20 October; New Theatre, Cardiff 23 to 27 October.
Wildboyz takes "four celebrity hunks" on the road
Adult comedy Wildboyz starring reality TV stars Alex Reid and Dale Howard plus Hollyoaks's Marcus Patrick and Coronation Street's Danny Young is about a group of amateur male strippers and will visit: Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage 24 April; St George's Hall, Bradford 24 April; Forum Theatre, Billingham 26 April; De Montford Hall, Leicester 27 April; Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn 29 April; Charter Hall, Colchester 1 May; City Hall, Sheffield 2 May; Central Theatre, Chatham 3 May; Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells 4 May; Plymouth Pavilions 5 May; Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 6 May; Dorking Halls 8 May; Newcastle City Hall 9 May; Rhyl Pavilion 10 May; Albert Hall, Bolton 11 May; Bournemouth Pavilion 12 May; Margate Winter Gardens 13 May; Woodville Halls, Gravesend 14 June; Fairfield Halls, Croydon 15 June; Floral Pavilion, New Brighton 16 June.
Spike Theatre tours The Games
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.
Bette and Joan on tour
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).
Close the Coalhouse Door
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).
Ridley's Tender Napalm
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.
Our Country's Good
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.
Cape Town Opera Porgy and Bess
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 Love's Labours Lost
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.
Birds of a Feather
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.
Merry Opera Traviata
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.
Hitch Hiker's Guide live
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.
Agatha Christie Co Death on the Nile
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.
Wonderful Town
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.
Shakespeare's Globe Henry V
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).
Mousetrap first ever tour
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).
New Marks and Gran 1960s musical
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.
National Theatre Steel Magnolias
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 in Hair
Gareth Gates is to star as Claude in a new UK tour of Hair in 2012. No further details have been announced yet.
Susan Boyle bio-show I Dreamed A Dream
I Dreamed a Dream, the musical about the life of Susan Boyle, will tour to: Theatre Royal, Newcastle 23 to 31 March; His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 3 to 7 April; Alhambra Theatre, Bradford 10 to 14 April; Liverpool Empire 17 to 21 April; Grand Canal Theatre, Dublin 24 to 28 April; Bristol Hippodrome 1 to 5 May; Cliffs Pavilion, Southend 9 to 12 May; New Theatre, Cardiff 22 to 26 May; Birmingham Hippodrome 29 May to 2 June; Eden Court, Inverness 11 to 16 June; Palace Theatre, Manchester 19 to 23 June.
Phantom to tour
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.
Cheek By Jowl's Pity She's A Whore
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.
Propellor Henry V and Winter's Tale
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).
Oliver!
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).
Dirty Dancing
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.
