Sixteen major West End musicals, plus two operas and numerous other music-based shows are coming to Sunderland Empire between now and June 2018:
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1 – 5 August
La Cage aux Folles
Starring Adrian Zmed and Marti Webb -
11 – 16 September
Flashdance – the Musical
Starring Joanne Clifton and Ben Adams - 19 – 23 September
Son of a Preacher Man
Starring Diana Vickers and Debra Stephenson, and directed by Craig Revel Horwood
- 25 – 30 September
Hairspray -
10 – 14 October
Spamalot -
17 October – 11 November
MAMMA MIA! -
14 – 18 November
Bring It On The Musical
Inspired by the hit film -
27 November – 2 December
Blood Brothers
By Willy Russell -
31 January – 11 February 2018
Shrek the Musical -
15 – 17 February
Thriller Live -
6 – 10 March
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical -
20 – 31 March
Jersey Boys -
16 – 21 April
Legally Blonde the Musical
Starring Rita Simons, Lucie Jones and Bill Ward -
24 – 28 April
Crazy for You
Starring Tom Chambers and Charlotte Wakefield -
May – 2 June
Matilda the Musical -
5 – 9 June
Sunset Boulevard
Starring Ria Jones
Then there’s Ellen Kent’s La Traviata (26 January 2018) and Madama Butterfly (27 January 2018), Tango Moderno (20 to 22 November) with Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace, plus a whole range of one-night stands, including Joe McElderry’s Saturday Night at the Movies Live on 10 August, The Roy Orbison Story (2 September) and The Cat Steven’s Story (4 September).