David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Take That have today announced that UK tour of Tim Firth’s new musical The Band featuring the music of Take That will embark on a UK tour from September.
Beginning at the Manchester Opera House on the 8th September, producers made the announcement of the UK tour on Sunday 2nd April on stage at the Manchester Apollo following a rehearsed reading of the musical in front of invited guests.
Talking about the news Take That said: “We are incredibly proud and excited that our first production as theatre producers is THE BAND – a musical that we think will touch the hearts of not just our fans, but everyone.”
This brand new musical explores what it is like growing up with a boyband. For a group of sixteen year olds in 1992, The Band were everything to them. 25 years on, audiences will follow them as they try once again to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.
The band will be played by AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Yazdan Qafouri Isfahani, Curtis T Johns and Sario Watanabe-Soloman, who, as Five to Five won the recent BBC programme Let it Shine. It has also been announced that he parts of Rachel and Young Rachel will be Rachel Lumberg and Faye Christall respectively, with further casting yet to be announced.
Meanwhile, the production will be directed by Kim Gavin and Jack Ryder, designed by Jon Bausor and choreographed by Kim Gavin, with lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, video design by Luke Halls and sound design by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster.
The tour dates for the production are as follows:
Manchester Opera House
8 September 2017 – 30 September 2017
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre
4 October 2017 – 14 October 2017
Bradford Alhambra Theatre
17 October 2017 – 28 October 2017
Southampton Mayflower Theatre
31 October 2017 – 11 November 2017
Llandudno Venue Cymru
14 November 2017 – 25 November 2017
Stoke Regent Theatre
28 November 2017 – 9 December 2017
Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre
9 January 2018 – 20 January 2018
Liverpool Empire Theatre
23 January 2018 – 3 February 2018
Norwich Theatre Royal
6 February 2018 – 17 February 2018
Canterbury Marlowe Theatre
20 February 2018 – 3 March 2018
Hull New Theatre
6 March 2018 – 17 March 2018
Leeds Grand Theatre
20 March 2018 – 31 March 2018
Newcastle Theatre Royal
3 April 2018 – 14 April 2018
Bristol Hippodrome
17 April 2018 – 28 April 2018
Birmingham Hippodrome
1 May 2018 – 12 May 2018
Plymouth Theatre Royal
15 May 2018 – 26 May 2018
Northampton Royal & Derngate
29 May 2018 – 9 June 2018
Nottingham Theatre Royal
12 June 2018 – 23 June 2018
Glasgow King’s Theatre
26 June 2018 – 7 July 2018
Edinburgh Playhouse
10 July 2018 – 14 July 2018
For more information and to book tickets visit: https://www.thebandmusical.com/