THE BODYGUARD MUSICAL TOUR
Producers Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced a new UK and Ireland tour of The Bodyguard musical opening at Glasgow King’s Theatre on Saturday 28 January 2023 with Melody Thornton playing Rachel Marron/Zoe Birkett at Hawth Theatre, Crawley,Bournemouth Pavilion,, Newcastle Theatre Royal,, Cheltenham Everyman Theatre and Norwich Theatre Royal- both at evening performances only Joining them will be Emmerdale actor Ayden Callaghan as Frank Farmer with Emily-Mae as Nicki Marron, John Macaulay as Bill Devaney, Graham Elwell as Tony, James Groom as Sy Spector, Marios Nicolaides as Stalker and Fergal Coghlan as Ray Court. The role of Fletcher will be shared by Kaylenn Aires Fonseca, Iesa Miller, Frankie Keita and Reneo Kusi-Appauh.
The cast is completed by Alexandros Beshonges, Kayne Gordon, Jack Hardwick, Kalisha Johnson, James Lee Harris, Samantha Mbolekwa, Abbie Quinnen, Kellie Rhianne, Charlotte Scally, Yiota Theo and Marco Venturini.
Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A romantic thriller, THE BODYGUARD features classics including Queen of the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, Run to You, I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of the biggest hit songs of all time – I Will Always Love You.
Based on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, THE BODYGUARD, directed by Thea Sharrock with book by Oscar winning Alex Dinelaris, had its world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End and was nominated for four Olivier Awards. A sell out 18 month UK and Ireland tour followed, before the show returned to the West End at the Dominion Theatre ahead of a second sell out tour of the UK and Ireland in 2018/19. To date, THE BODYGUARD has played to over 3.6 million people in 15 countries and 45 US cities. Countries include the Netherlands, Germany, South Korea, Canada, Italy, Australia, Spain, France, the US, Austria and Japan..
Below are the tour dates we have so far with more to follow
Southend Cliffs Pavilion |
20-27 May |
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Milton Keynes Theatre |
29 May-3 June |
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Leeds Grand Theatre |
12-17 June |
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Llandudno Venue Cymru |
19-24 June |
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Plymouth Theatre Royal |
27 June-1 July |
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Nottingham Theatre Royal |
3-8 July |
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Hull New | 10-15 July | Buy tickets |
Bristol Hippodrome |
17-22 July |
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Crawley, Hawth Theatre %% |
24-29 July |
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Bournemouth Pavilion %% |
7-12 August |
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Newcastle Theatre Royal %% |
15-19 August |
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Cheltenham Everyman Theatre %% |
21-26 August |
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Norwich Theatre Royal %% |
28 August-2 Sept |
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Liverpool Empire && |
12-16 September |
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Dublin Bord Gais Energy |
18-23 September |
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Belfast GOH |
25-30 September | |
Inverness Eden Court | 2-7 October | |
Sheffield Lyceum | 10-14 October | |
Eaatbourne Congress | 16-21 October | |
Woking New Victoria |
23-28 October |
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Southampton Mayflower |
30 Oct-4 Nov |
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Blackpool Winter Gardens |
6-11 November |
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Truro Hall for Cornwall |
14-18 November |
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Oxford New |
27 November-2 December |
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Birmingham Alexandra |
4-30 December |
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Glasgow Theatre Royal |
2-6 January 2024 |
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%% Zoe Birkett playing Rachel Marron
&& casting to be announced for Liverpool and following dates