THE BOOK OF MORMON TOUR
The Book of Mormon is to go on a UK tour which is due to open in Manchester in June 2019
This will be the first time the musical has been performed in the UK outside of the West End.
Specific dates and venues are yet to be announced.
The company will be led by Kevin Clay as Elder Price and Conner Peirson as Elder Cunningham, who both played their respective roles in the Broadway and US touring productions of the musical.
Joining them will be Nicole-Lily Baisden as Nabulungi, William Hawksworth as Elder McKinley, Ewen Cummins as Mafala Hatimbi, Johnathan Tweedie as Joseph Smith and Thomas Vernal as the General.
The company will include Sanchia Amber Clarke, Jed Berry, David Brewis, Melissa Brown-Taylor, Chinasa, Tre Copeland-Williams, George Crawford, Jordan Lee Davies, Jemal Felix, Patrick George, Isaac Hesketh, M-Jae Cleopatra Isaac, Evan James, Alex James-Hatton, Nicole Louise, Fergal McGoff, Jesus Reyes Ortiz, Lawrence Rowe, Lukin Simmonds, Chomba S Taulo, Brad Veitch, Tommy Wade-Smith, Sharon Wattis and Jacob Yarlett.
The musical religious satire lampoons organized religion and traditional musical theatre. It tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries sent to a remote village in northern Uganda where a brutal war lord is threatening the local population.
It tells the story of two young Mormon missionaries sent to a remote village in northern Uganda where a brutal war lord is threatening the local population.
The missionaries are very naive and optimistic and try to share one of their scriptures (the Book of Mormon) with the locals, but they are more worried about war, famine, poverty and AIDS.
Book, lyrics and music are by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone. Best known for creating the animated comedy South Park, Parker and Stone co-created the music with Lopez, who co-wrote and co-composed Avenue Q.
The show opened on Broadway in March 2011 winning nine Tony Awards and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album. An original Broadway cast recording was released in May 2011 and became the highest-charting Broadway cast album in over four decades reaching No. 3 on the Billboard charts.
The Book of Mormon is also running in London's West End at the Prince of Wales Theatre where it is booking until 25th May 2019 .
Below is the newswe have on the tour dates so far.
Manchester Palace |
6 June-10 August 2019 |
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Sunderland Empire |
28th August- 7th September
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