CHICAGO THE MUSICAL TOUR
David Ian for Crossroads Live in association with Barry and Fran Weissler have just announced the new 2024/2025 UK tour of the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO which opens at Milton Keynes Theatre on 12th October 2024. The last UK tour ended in July 2022.
Casting includes Faye Brookes, returning the role of Roxie Hart, with performer, director and personality Brenda Edwards playing Mama Morton. Kevin Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing, Singin’ in the Rain) will play Billy Flynn, while Djalenga Scott (West Side Story, Grease) returns to the role of Velma Kelly, starring alongside Joshua Lloyd (The Lion King) as Amos Hart and Jordan Lee Davies (La Cage aux Folles) as Mary Sunshine. Sinitta will join the UK and Ireland tour as Mama Morton for a strictly limited run, playing Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre (21 – 26 October 2024) and Stoke’s Regent Theatre (25 – 30 November 2024).ç
The cast is completed by Bethany Adamson, Victoria Anderson, Josh Crowther, Joe Dale, Jessica Keable, Robin Kent, Annabelle Laing, Jacob McLay Reid, Jonathan Milton, George Olney, Oliver Ramsdale, Elly Shaw, Lucy Anne Stacey, Matthew Sweet and Ria Tanaka.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her and tries to pin it on her downtrodden husband Amos. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly who is a famous star and also a murderess., by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids
Both women will be hanged for their crimes if they lose their cases and will go to any lengths to escape execution. So they form an unusual nightclub act, which they hope will keep them in the public eye and earn them fame, fortune and freedom. They enlist the help of sleazy lawyer Billy Flynn to assist them.
The musical includes some fantastic numbers including: All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle and Cell Block Tango.The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse. Directed by Walter Bobbie with choreography by Ann Reinking.
Since it opened in New York in 1996, CHICAGO has played in 38 countries worldwide, and been performed in English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, French, Danish, Japanese and Korean. Worldwide it has been seen by an estimated 34 million people, grossed over $1.7 billion has played over 33,500 performances.
Below are the tour dates we have so far with more venues to follow.
Milton Keynes Theatre |
12-19 October 2024 |
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Bradford Alhambra |
21-26 October |
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Newcastle Theatre Royal |
28 October-2 Nov |
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Manchester Palace |
4-9 November |
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Dartford Orchard |
11-16 November |
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Southampton Mayflower |
19-23 November |
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Stoke Regent |
25-30 November |
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Aberdeen His Majesty´s |
14-18 January 2025 |
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Cheltenham Everyman |
20-25 January |
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Sheffield Lyceum |
28 January-1 February |
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Edinburgh Playhouse |
4-8 Februaty |
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Liverpool Empire |
10-15 February |
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Oxford New |
2 February-1 March |
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Southend Cliffs |
3-8 March |
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Dublin Board Gais |
11-15 March |
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Belfast GOH |
17-22 March |
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Bournemouth Pavilion |
31 March-5 April |
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Nottingham Royal CH |
7-12 April |
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Birmingham Alexandra |
14-19 April |
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Truro Hall for Cornwall |
21-26 April |
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Llandudno Venue Cymru |
29 April-3 May |
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Cardiff WMC |
5-10 May |
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Bristol Hippodrome |
19-24 May |
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Wimbledon New |
9-14 June |
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Leicester Curve |
16-21 June |
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Wolverhampton Grand |
23-28 June |
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Hull New |
30 June-5 July |
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Eastbourne Congress |
7-12 July |
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Norwich Theatre Royal |
14-19 July |
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Blackpool Winter Gardens |
21-26 July |
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Woking NewVictoria |
28 July-2 August |
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Sunderland Empire |
4-9 August |
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Crawley Hawth |
11-16 August |
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Glasgow King's |
18-23 August |
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