Five to Five (AJ, Curtis, Nick, Sario and Yazdan) win the BBC’s ‘Let it Shine’ contest and become the stars of Tim Firth’s new musical ‘The Band’ that will feature the music of Take That.
The show will tour the UK from September
Full casting and creatives to be announced in due course
Tickets on sale Monday 3rd April at midday
Initial UK Tour Dates
Manchester Opera House 8 September 2017 – 30 September 2017
Sheffield Lyceum Theatre 3 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 February 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
THE TONY® AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAL WILL PLAY CINEMAS ON 19 FEBRUARY IN THE UK, GERMANY, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
PRODUCED BY DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS AND DISTRIBUTED BY ARTS ALLIANCE DISTRIBUTION LTD, NEWSIES WILL BE RELEASED IN THE US ON 16 FEBRUARY AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES ON OR AFTER 22 FEBRUARY
BASED ON THE 1992 FILM, NEWSIES BECAME DISNEY’S SINGLE MOST REQUESTED TITLE TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE
Audiences will be able to experience the Tony® Award-winning musical NEWSIES in cinemas for the first time when it makes its cinema debut on Sunday 19 February 2017 in the UK, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand following the US on 16 February and cinemas in certain other countries on or after 22 February. Disney Theatrical Productions is the international distributor alongside Arts Alliance Distribution, Ltd.
Based on the 1992 film and produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, NEWSIES, the Broadway Musical, features a Tony® Award-winning score with music by eight-time Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin) and lyrics by Jack Feldman, Tony Award-winning choreography by Christopher Gattelli, and book by four-time Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein (Kinky Boots). The fan-following for NEWSIES became a phenomenon over the years since its release on home video, becoming Disney’s single most requested title to be adapted for the stage.
Inspired by the real-life ‘Newsboy Strike of 1899,’ NEWSIES is set in New York City at the turn of the century and tells the tale of newsboy Jack Kelly, a charismatic and rebellious leader of a group of “newsies” who dreams of a life far from the hardship of the streets. When publishing titans Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst raise distribution prices at the newsboys’ expense, Jack rallies his army of newsies to strike.
Jeremy Jordan (Supergirl, The Last 5 Years) will be reprising his Tony Award-nominated performance as “Jack Kelly”. NEWSIES played on Broadway from March 2012 – August 2014 and toured the US from October 2014 – October 2016.
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