Touring shows

Touring theatre podcast episodes

Features

SS Great Britain meets Anything Goes cast

Next stop for Anything Goes... Bristol!

4 April 2022

"A pleasure machine from beginning to end"—Anything Goes tours to Bristol Hippodrome.

News

The 2016 production of Bugsy Malone at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

Birmingham Rep Bugsy Malone cast revealed

21 May 2022

Birmingham Rep has announced casting for its blockbuster family musical Bugsy Malone which will run at the venue in summer 2022.

Oily Cart collaborates with autistic young people

20 May 2022

Oily Cart's Sound Symphony sees performers and audiences becoming experimental musicians on stage and online.

Gaiman adaptation for Lowry

12 May 2022

The National Theatre’s production of The Ocean at the End of the Lane will tour to The Lowry in Salford.

Wynter time in Blackpool

12 May 2022

Dreamboats & Petticoats will be bringing on back the good times at Blackpool Grand Theatre, with special guest star Mark Wynter.

TV favourite in political thriller

12 May 2022

TV favourite Jeremy Edwards plays popular politician Peter George in the world première of the fast-moving English thriller Dead Lies at Blackpool’s Grand Theatre.

Right back at Play That Goes Wrong

8 May 2022

The original cast of The Play That Goes Wrong are reprising their roles for two weeks as part of the production’s current UK tour.

Frank and fearless at Grand

8 May 2022

Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em at Blackpool Grand Theatre this week stars Joe Pasquale.

Deafinitely worth celebrating

1 May 2022

Multi-award-winning Deafinitely Theatre marks its twentieth anniversary with a special season of events.

Gary Barlow with new dates

1 May 2022

Gary Barlow has a host of new dates for A Different Stage.

Lee Mead joins Chicago

1 May 2022

Lee Mead will play the role of Billy Flynn in the tour of Chicago.

Christina rises to the challenge

30 April 2022

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is coming to The Lowry in Salford.

Touring George Harrison Story

30 April 2022

Daniel Taylor is to take Something About George—The George Harrison Story on the road ahead of Edinburgh Fringe performances.

The cast of GrimeBoy outside Birmingham University’s Curzon Building, one of the stops on the tour

GrimeBoy for West Midlands community tour

30 April 2022

Birmingham Rep’s GrimeBoy, by the city’s poet laureate Casey Bailey and set in the grime music scene, will tour West Midlands community venues.

“Perfect for a summer outdoor performance”: To the Streets!

New concert musical in Midlands parks

27 April 2022

China Plate and Birmingham Hippodrome's To The Streets! will be performed in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton in summer 2022.

Mikron's 50th anniversary cast: James Mclean Hannah Bainbridge Alice McKenna Thomas Cotran

Old and new mark half a century of Mikron

24 April 2022

Unique Mikron Theatre Company marks 50 years of touring with a première and a revival.

Beautiful back in Blackpool

20 April 2022

Beautiful—The Carole King Musical returns to Blackpool.

Hitting the Heights at Lowry

17 April 2022

Emma Rice's Wuthering Heights tours to The Lowry in Salford.

Mama Sheila for Chicago

16 April 2022

Three Degrees singer Sheila Ferguson will star as Mama Morton in Chicago.

Sister Act back in city

16 April 2022

Sister Act The Musical comes to Manchester Palace Theatre.

Vardimon Diploma tour and bursaries

16 April 2022

Jasmin Vardimon Company’s Professional Development Diploma JV2 dancers take to the road, and the company announces five bursaries.

Play about “revolutionary” MP in Nottingham

6 April 2022

A new play by Caroline Bird about Labour MP Ellen Wilkinson is to have a two-week run at Nottingham Playhouse.

Parkinson’s performers to tour new play

30 March 2022

An East Midlands theatre group of people living with Parkinson’s is to start its first tour, ending at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Gramophones to tour Awesome show

30 March 2022

All-female company The Gramophones is to take its show Aidy the Awesome for 3- to 8-year-olds and their families on a UK tour.

Smeds & Smoos land in Salford

28 March 2022

A new show based on the book The Smeds and The Smoos by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler comes to The Lowry in Salford.

Balletboyz Deluxe return to live performance

25 March 2022

BalletBoyz will return to live performance with the in-person London première of Deluxe plus a UK tour.

Twins in triplicate for Parent Trap

22 March 2022

After a five-year casting search and auditions across the UK, three sets of identical twins are about to become Britain’s latest musical theatre stars.

Reviews

Casanova

Script by Ian Kelly and Kenneth Tindall, adapted from the former’s biography ...

Northern Ballet

The Lowry, Salford

18–21 May 2022

Cluedo

Sandy Rustin

Kilimanjaro Productions

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton

17–21 May 2022

The Cher Show

Book by Rick Elice, music as performed by Cher

Royd, Cuffe and Taylor/ Live Nation, Playing Field, Aria Entertainment, Tilted and Jones Theatrical Group

Opera House, Manchester

17–21 May 2022

Catch Me If You Can

Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert, based on Robert Thomas’s play Trap For a L...

Bill Kenwright Ltd

Theatre Royal Bath

16–21 May 2022

School of Rock

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, book by Julian Fellowes and lyrics by Glenn Slater

David Ian for Crossroads Live, Warner Music Group, Access Industries Inc and the Really Useful Group Ltd

Bristol Hippodrome

10–14 May 2022

Singin' in the Rain

Book by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Songs by Nacio Herb Brown and Arthur Freed

Michael Harrison and Jonathan Church , The Chichester Festival and Stage Entertainment

Opera House, Manchester

9–14 May 2022

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Jim Cartwright

Aria Entertainment and Glass Half Full Productions with Bonnie Comley and Stewart F Lane, Neil Gooding Productions and Tiny Giant Productions

Derby Theatre

3–7 May 2022

Ladyfriends

Clodagh Chapman

Sarah Allen

53two, Manchester

3–4 May 2022

Lucy McCormick (Cathy) and Liam Tamne (Heathcliff)

Wise Children's Wuthering Heights

Adapted by Emma Rice, based on the novel by Emily Brontë

Wise Children

The Lowry

3–7 May 2022

Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Lyrics: Tim Rice; Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Michael Harrison, David Mirvish, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Crossroads Live, Adam Blanshay by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Limited

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

26–30 April 2022

Tom Babbage as Reverend Green, Judith Amsenga as Mrs Peacock, Wesley Griffiths as Colonel Mustard, Michelle Collins as Miss Scarlett, Daniel Casey as Professor Plum and Etisyai Philip as Mrs White in Cluedo

Cluedo

Sandy Rustin, based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn

Kilimanjaro Theatricals, Gabriel Creative Partners, The Araca Group and Lively McCabe Entertainment

Theatre Royal Bath

25–30 April 2022

Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart and The Company

Chicago

Music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb; book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse

Crossroads Live

Bristol Hippodrome

25–30 April 2022

Translations

Brian Friel

Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Abbey Theatre, Dublin

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

23 April–29 May 2022

Edward Hawkins (Polkan), Grant Doyle (King Dodon) and Alys Mererid Robers (Cockerel)

The Golden Cockerel

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, libretto by Vladimir Belsky after Pushkin

English Touring Opera

Cambridge Arts Theatre

21 April–30 May 2022

The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields

Mischief Comedy

Theatre Royal Bath

20–24 April 2022

SIX

Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss

SIX UK Tour

Sheffield Lyceum

19–30 April 2022

The Addams Family

Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice, music and lyrics Andrew Lippa from ...

Aria Entertainment, Music and Lyrics, Jason Haigh-Ellery and Guy James

The Opera House, Manchester

19–23 April 2022

Maureen Brathwaite as Hilde, the Baroness, Omar Ebrahim as the Baron, Andee-Louise Hypolite as Gossip, Bethan Langford as Maria Theresia von Paradis and Chandrika Gopalakrishnan (interpreter)

The Paradis Files

Music by Errollyn Wallen, libretto by Nicola Werenowska, Selina Mills, origin...

Graeae Theatre Company in partnership with BBC Concert Orchestra and Curve Theatre

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre

13–14 April 2022

Private Peaceful

Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Simon Reade

Jonathan Church Theatre Productions / Nottingham Playhouse

Theatre Royal Bath

12–16 April 2022

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon

National Theatre

Leeds Grand Theatre

12–16 April 2022

Luciano Botelho (Rodolfo) and Francesca Chiejina (Mimi)

La bohème and The Golden Cockerel

Giacomo Puccini and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

English Touring Opera

York Theatre Royal

8–9 April 2022

La Bohème

Giacomo Puccini

English Touring Opera

Sheffield Lyceum

8 April–3 June 2022

Jake Sharp (Dewey Finn) and child ensemble

School of Rock

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber; lyrics by Glenn Slater; book by Julian Fellowes...

David Ian, Crossroads Live, Warner Music Group, Access Industries Inc and the Really Useful Group Ltd

Leeds Grand Theatre

4–9 April 2022

The Rise and Fall of Little Voice

Jim Cartwright

Aria Entertainment and Glass Half Full Productions with Bonnie Comley and Stewart F Lane, Neil Gooding Productions and Tiny Giant Productions

Northcott Theatre, Exeter

4–9 April 2022

Courtney Stapleton as Belle and Shaq Taylor as Beast

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast

Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, book by Linda Woo...

Disney Theatre Productions

Palace Theatre, Manchester

31 March–2 June 2022

Adam Woodyatt (Tom Bryce) and Laurie Brett (Kellie Bryce)

Peter James’ Looking Good Dead

Shaun McKenna, adapted from Peter James’ novel

Joshua Andrews and Peter James

Grand Opera House, York

29 March–2 April 2022

Red Ellen

Caroline Bird

Northern Stage

29 March–9 April 2022

Animal Farm

George Orwell adapted by Robert Icke

Children's Theatre Partnership in association with Birmingham Rep

The Lyric, Theatre Royal Plymouth

29 March–2 April 2022

Joshua Hawkins (Ren) and Lucy Munden (Ariel)

Footloose the Musical

Book by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie

Selladoor Worldwide, Runaway Entertainment and Jason Haigh Ellery

York Theatre Royal

28 March–2 April 2022

The Birds and the Bees

Mark Crawford, adapted by James McDermott

The New Wolsey Theatre, John Stalker Productions, Norwich Theatre & Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds

New Wolsey, Ipswich

25 March–9 April 2022

Animal Farm

George Orwell, adapted by Robert Icke

Children's Theatre Partnership in association with Birmingham Rep

The Lowry

22–26 March 2022