THE BOOK OF MORMON TOUR
The Book of Mormon is to go on a UK tour which is due to at the end of this year.
This will be the first time the musical has been performed in the UK outside of the West End.
The cast of The Book of Mormon on tour is led by Robert Colvin as ‘Elder Price’, Conner Peirson as ‘Elder Cunningham’, Aviva Tulley as ‘Nabulungi’, Jordan Lee Davies, Ewen Cummins, Johnathan Tweedie and Thomas Vernal.
The full company on tour includes Loren Anderson, Jed Berry, David Brewis-Scott, Sanchia Amber Clarke, Tre Copeland-Williams, Tom Dickerson, Chanel Edwards-Frederick, Patrick George, Tad Hapaguti, Daniel Haswell, Evan James, Darren John, Michael Lewis, George Littell, Nicole Louise, Fergal McGoff, Ben Middleton, Sasha Monique, David Perkins, Rory Shafford, Chomba S. Taulo, 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.
Below is the news we have on the rescheduled tour dates:
Newcastle Theatre Royal |
15 June-9 July |
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Liverpool Empire |
19 July - 13 August |
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Nottingham Theatre Royal |
17 August - 10 September |
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Edinburgh Playhouse |
13 September-18 October |