PRESS RELEASE - New Take That Musical, The Band, to visit Birmingham Hippodrome in 2018
PRESS RELEASE
TAKE THAT AND DAVID PUGH & DAFYDD ROGERS PRESENT THE NEW MUSICAL
THE BAND
WRITTEN BY TIM FIRTH with THE MUSIC OF TAKE THAT
UK TOUR OPENS AT MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE ON 8 SEPTEMBER 2017
Birmingham Hippodrome is thrilled to announce that Tim Firth’s new musical, THE BAND, will visit the theatre from 1 – 12 May 2018 a part of a major new UK Tour.
The producers, David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Take That announced details of the new UK Tour yesterday, Sunday 2 April, on stage at the Manchester Apollo (where Take That first performed in 1992), following a rapturous reception to a rehearsed reading of the new musical in front of an audience of invited guests, from fans to friends.
The production will open at Manchester Opera House on 8 September, with a national press night on Tuesday 26 September 2017.
Take That said, “We are incredibly proud and excited that our first production as theatre producers is THE BAND – a musical that we think will touch the hearts of not just our fans, but everyone.”
THE BAND is a new musical about what it’s like to grow up with a boyband. For five 16 year-old friends in 1992, ‘the band’ is everything. 25 years on, we are reunited with the group of friends, now 40-something women, as they try once more to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.
THE BAND will be played by AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Yazdan Qafouri Isfahani, Curtis T Johns and Sario Watanabe-Soloman, who, as Five to Five, won BBC’s Let It Shine. Playing the parts of Rachel and Young Rachel will be Rachel Lumberg and Faye Christall respectively. Further casting is to be announced.
THE BAND will be directed by Kim Gavin and Jack Ryder, designed by Jon Bausor and choreographed by Kim Gavin, with lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, video design by Luke Halls and sound design by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster.
THE BAND will be produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams.
Tickets for THE BAND go on sale to the general public at midday on Mon 3 April 2017. For tickets, call 0844 338 5000 or visit www.birminghamhippodrome.com
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For press enquiries please contact Kate Evans (Communications Executive) on 0121 689 3065 or email kateevans@birminghamhippodrome.com
2 April 2017