Tony [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]

Author(s): Book by Harry Hill, music and lyrics by Steve Brown Company: Park Theatre Running time: 2h 10min approx

A reckless reappraisal of the life of former Ugly Rumours front man and Britain’s first pop Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The story of how one man went from peace-loving, long-haired hippy and would-be pop star to warmongering multimillionaire in just a couple of decades.

A tragedy of political intrigue, religion, power and romance that plays fast and loose with the facts, owing as much to Citizen Kane as it does to The Marx Brothers: Karl and Groucho.

Throw in a stellar cast of larger-than-life characters—Cherie Blair, Princess Diana, John Prescott, Peter Mandelson, Alastair Campbell, Osama Bin Laden, George W Bush, Saddam Hussein and Gordon Brown—and you’ve got one hell of a weapon of mass distraction.

With crowd-pleasers like "Macro Economics" and the haunting ballad "I Never Did Anything Wrong"—it’s Yes, Minister meets The Rocky Horror Show and a musical like no other.

Reviews

TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]

Harry Hill and Steve Brown

Nicholson Green Productions and the Park Theatre Productions

Pleasance at EICC

2–27 August 2023

Tony (Jack Whittle) and Peter 'Mandy' (Howard Samuels)

Tony! (The Tony Blair Rock Opera)

Harry Hill and Steve Brown

Nicholson Green Productions; Park Theatre

Malvern Theatres, Malvern

18–22 July 2023

Jack Whittle as Tony Blair & Howard Samuels as Peter Mandelson

Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]

Book by Harry Hill; music and lyrics by Steve Brown

Nicholson Green Productions and Park Theatre

Leicester Square Theatre

15 April–21 May 2023

Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]

Harry Hill & Steve Brown

Park Theatre in association with Nicholson Green Productions

Park Theatre (Park 200)

2 June–9 July 2022

News items

Tony in town for the Tories

4 September 2023

Tony! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] is heading to The Lowry, Salford (coinciding with the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester).

Tony Blair musical for Lowry

7 May 2023

A reckless reappraisal of the life of Tony Blair, that’s Tony! by Harry Hill and Steve Brown coming to The Lowry in Salford October 2–7.

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