HAIR TOUR
The producers of the tour of Hair have filed for bankruptcy and cancelled the tour on 28th February. A statement issued by the Booking Office, the general managers of the show, reads: “We would like to make it clear the sole reason for the cancellation of the UK tour was that the producers, EJB Entertainment, filed for bankruptcy and therefore they were not in a position to fulfil their responsibilities. Whilst every effort was made to secure another producer, sadly it was to no avail. All the cast, their agents and ancillary companies working on the production remained, until the end, 100% committed to the UK tour of Hair.”
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A new tour of Gary Lloyd's international production Hair the Musical starring Gareth Gates will open at the Liverpool Empire in April and tour through to mid-July.
Gates will play the leading role of Claude, who falls in with a group of hippies called the Tribe. Starring alongside him will be fellow Pop Idol finalist Zoe Birkett playing the part of Dionne. She was recently seen in the West End in Priscilla Queen of the Desert, and Thriller Live! BBC1’S Over the Rainbow finalist Amy Diamond will play the role of Sheila.
Joining them will be George Maguire/Berger: Tommy Sherlock/Woof: Aki Omoshaybi/Hud: Michelle Bishop/Jeanine: Nikky Mae/Crissy: Hugo Harold-Harrison/ Margaret Mead. Plus Female Tribe Members: Suzie McAdam, Charlotte Watts, Tori Allen Martin, Raquel Jones, Lakesha Cammock and Male Tribe Ben Morris, Owain Williams, Nick Buther, Michael Watson, Craig Storrod and Rohan Pinnock-Hamilton
Cameron Mackintosh and Broadway Across America brought the award winning 2009 Broadway production to the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End in April 2010 when almost all of the American cast relocated to London. The London revival ran for six months and closed in September 2010.
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot tells the story of a country boy from Oklahoma who arrives in New York in the 1960s and falls in with a group of hippies called the Tribe.
Claude, his good friend Berger, their roommate Sheila and their friends struggle to balance their young lives, loves and the sexual revolution with their rebellion against the war and their conservative parents and society. Their free love and drug-enhanced happiness is disrupted by his Vietnam draft orders.
Hair is a celebration of life, love and freedom, but with a passionate cry for hope and change featuring some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage including Let The Sun Shine In, I Got Life, Good Morning Starshine, Hair and Aquarius.
TOUR CANCELLED
Venue |
Dates |
| Liverpool Empire | 10th-14th April
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| Bromley Churchill Theatre | 16th-21st April
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Manchester Opera House
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23rd-28th April
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Birmingham Alexandra
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30th April-5th May
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Bradford Alhambra |
7th- 12th May |
Edinburgh Playhouse |
15th- 19th May |
Glasgow King's Theatre
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21st-26th May
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Oxford New Theatre
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28th May-2nd June
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre |
5th -9th June |
St Albans Arena
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11th-16th June
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Sheffield Lyceum |
18th-23rd June |
Lowestoft Marina Theatre
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25th-30thJune
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Blackpool Grand
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2nd-7th July
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Nottingham Theatre Royal |
9th- 14th July |
Southampton Mayflower
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16th-21st July
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