STRICTLY BALLROOM TOUR
The 2020 tour of the Strictly Ballroom musical has been postponed by a year. The production will now open in Portsmouth at the end of September 2021 with tour dates running through to July 2023.
Strictly Ballroom the musical had its UK premiere at London's Piccadilly Theatre in 2018 and is now heading out on an extensive tour of the UK and Ireland in 2020/21. Opening in Nottingham in September 2020, the show will star strictly come dancing professional Kevin Clifton as Scott Hastings. The musical is directed by dancer, choreographer, theatre director and TV Judge, Craig Revel Horwood.
It tells the story of Scott Hastings, a competitive ballroom dancer in '80s Australia who makes up his own moves and finds himself aggravating ballroom-purists. He follows his heart to, not only find his true calling in dance, but also find his true love featuring hit songs from the film including "Love Is in the Air" by John Paul Young, "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps" by Doris Day, and a version of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time.
The musical is based on Based on Luhrmann’s 1992 film, which was about a short play he wrote while he was a student at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney in the ‘80s. After an expanded version of the play was a success at Sydney's Wharf Theatre, Luhrmann was approached to turn it into a film. The writer agreed, on the condition he could direct the movie, and it was Luhrmann’s first film. It went on to be one of the highest grossing Australian films of all time.
Below are the new resheduled tour dates with more still to be announced.
Portsmouth Kings Theatre |
26 September-1 October 2022 |
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Bromley Churchill |
3-8 October |
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Sunderland Empire |
10-15 October |
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Liverpool Empire |
17-22 October |
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Llandudno Venue Cymru |
24-29 October |
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Birmingham Hippodrome |
31 October - 5 November |
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New Wimbledon Theatre |
7-12 November |
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Darlington Hippodrome |
14-19 November |
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Blackpool Opera House |
21-26 November |
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Peterborough New Theatre |
28 November-3 December |
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Sheffield City Hall |
8-13 December |
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Guildford G Live |
20-31 December |
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Ipswich Regent |
9-14 January 2023 |
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Reading The Hexagon |
16-21 January |
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Wales Millennium Centre |
23-28 January |
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Plymouth Theatre Royal |
30 January-4 February |
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre |
13-18 February |
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Southampton Mayflower |
20-25 February |
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Northampton Royal & Derngate |
27 February-4 March |
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Hull New |
6-11 March |
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Canterbury Marlowe |
13-18 March |
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Southend Cliffs |
20-25 March |
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Bradford Alhambra Theatre |
27 March-1 April
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Milton Keynes Theatre |
3-8 April |
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Norwich Theatre Royal |
10-15 April |
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Bournemouth Pavilion |
17-22 April |
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York Grand Opera House |
24-29 April |
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Newcastle Theatre Royal |
1-6 May |
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Edinburgh Playhouse |
8-13 May |
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Aberdeen Performing Arts |
15-20 May |
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Derry Millenium Forum Theatre |
22-27 May |
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Glasgow Theatre Royal |
5-10 June |
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Bristol Hippodrome |
12-17 June |
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Nottingham Theatre Royal |
19-24 June |
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Salford Lowry |
26 June - 1 July |
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Leeds Grand |
3-8 July |
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Aylesbury Waterside |
10-15 July |