grease uk tour 2017

First look at Grease 2017 UK tour cast

Since opening on Broadway in 1972 and the smash hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Netown-John, Grease’s place has been firmly established in the cultural Hall of Fame, having seduced the hearts of millions with its back-to-back sizzling tunes. It’s the original high-school musical featuring everyone’s favourite characters- Sandy, Danny, the groovy T Birds, the sassy Pink Ladies and the whole gang at Rydell High – and all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You’re The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin’ and many more.

Voted the “ No 1 Greatest Musical”**, Grease has proved that a musical love story, bursting with denim, cheerleaders, slick hairstyles, rock’n’roll, 1950’s pop culture and an irresistible mix of teenage angst and young romance is timeless and universal. Grease is the ultimate feel-good, pick-me-up musical – an electrifying extravaganza, packed with fun, energy and vibrant physicality. The show is guaranteed to thrill audiences and leave everyone hand-jiving the night away with “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a wop-bam-boom! ”

This award-winning production originally opened in the West End in 1993 where it enjoyed a hugely successful run of 6 years at the Dominion and Cambridge Theatres. The show has since toured throughout the world playing to sell-out audiences and breaking box office records everywhere, having been seen by over 12 million people in the UK alone.

Tom Parker has amassed worldwide success with his band The Wanted, achieving two UK number 1s and 9 top 10 singles as well as 4 Billboard 100 singles, with Glad You Came placing in the top 5 and selling over 900,000 records. The band have had three platinum albums, two sold-out arena tours, and 3 million singles sold in America. Tom is also a winner of BBC Radio 1’s Teen Choice Award and US People’s Choice Award with The Wanted.

Danielle Hope made her professional debut as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, after capturing the hearts of the country and winning the BBC’s smash hit Over The Rainbow having competed against over 9,000 girls. She went on to star as Eponine in the West End production of Les Miserables(Queen’s Theatre) – a role to which she most recently returned, Cathy in The Last Five Years (Greenwich Theatre & Warren Theatre, Brighton), Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (National Tour) and Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music (National Tour).

Louisa Lytton trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and secured her first professional role as the innocent schoolgirl Ruby Allen in EastEnders. Following this Louisa joined The Bill, playing the inexperienced and shy police officer Beth Green. She has since enjoyed a host of varied roles, from parts in the internationally successful American Pie franchise, to the British Shakespeare Company’s productions of both A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. Most recently she has appeared in the new prime-time ITV comedy drama The Edge of Heaven, filmed a thriller due to be released in Oct 2017 called Fractured, appeared in the Canadian period drama Murdoch Mysteries and starred in the touring production of Swap!. Aside from acting, Louisa reached the quarter-finals in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing, and subsequently toured the country as part of the sold-out Strictly Come Dancing arena tour. She also represented the UK in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest. Louisa recently took park in Channel 4’s The Jump.

Darren Day made his stage debut playing Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the West End and on tour internationally establishing him as a star of the stage. His many other leading West End credits include Don in Summer Holiday and Tony in Copacabana. On tour he has played the title role in Alfie, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Pip in Great Expectations, Jesus in Godspell, Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Cornelius Hackle in Hello Dolly and Khashoggi in We Will Rock You. Darren is also a recognised recording artist and a prominent face on television both as an actor and presenter. His television credits include Holby City, Crime Stories, Doctors, The Bill, Mile High, Harry Hill’s Extreme Soap and French and Saunders. He is also known for his role as Hollyoaks bad-guy Danny Houston and won the hearts of viewers when he became a finalist in the 2016 series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, directed by David Gilmore (Daisy Pulls It Off, Happy Days, Song & Dance, Footloose) and choreographed by Arlene Phillips (Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance The Musical & BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing), designed by Terry Parsons, with costumes by Andreane Neofitou. Grease is presented by Paul Nicholas and David Ian.

TOUR DETAILS Palace Theatre, Manchester 10 March – 25 March 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com

New Theatre, Oxford 28 March – 1 April 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com

Liverpool Empire, Liverpool 3 April – 8 April 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com

Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on- Sea 11 April – 15 April 2017 Website: www.southendtheatres.org.uk

New Wimbledon Theatre 24th to 29th April Website: New Wimbledon Theatre

Sunderland Empire 1st to 6th May 2017 Website: Sunderland Empire

King’s Theatre Glasgow 9th to 20th May 2017 Website: King’s Theatre Glasgow

Regent’s Theatre Stoke 22nd to 27th May 2017 Website: Regent’s Theatre Stoke

Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham 29 May – 3 June 2017 Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com

Bristol Hippodrome Theatre 5th to 10th June 2017 Bristol Hippodrome

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton 27 June – 8 July 2017 Website: www.mayflower.org.uk

New Victoria Theatre, Woking 10th to 15th July 2017 New Victoria Theatre

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 17 July – 29 July 2017 Website: www.wmc.org.uk

Venue Cymru, Llandudno 14 August – 19 August 2017 Website: www.venuecymru.co.uk

Princess Theatre Torquay 21st to 26th August 2017 Website: Princess Theatre

Milton Keynes Theatre 28th August to 2nd September 2017 Website: Milton Keynes Theatre

Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh 11th to 16th September  Website: Edinburgh Playhouse Website:

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About Grease

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers, the musical is set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School and follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of peer pressure, politics, personal core values, and love. The score borrows heavily from the sounds of early rock and roll.

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Theatre Review: Grease (UK Tour)

• Apr 25, 2017

Grease theatre review (UK Tour): Grease is still the word as the forty six-year-old musical embarks on a 2017 tour, arriving in the capital at the New Wimbledon Theatre.

Grease theatre review by Barbara Jones, April 2017.

The story : Dust off your leather jackets, pull on your bobby-socks and take a trip to a simpler time as Danny and Sandy fall in love all over again. It’s the original high-school musical, featuring all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You’re The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin’ and many more.

Grease UK Tour // Image: Paul Coltas

From the moment the orchestra struck up with the Overture, the expectation for the evening was set, and the audience were not disappointed.

Grease is now forty six years old and is now delighting and exciting its third generation of fans. Energetic and athletic, the dance routines were brilliantly executed, enhanced by the talented and vigorous orchestra – the audience loved every beat and knew every beat.

A skilful dancer and good singer, The Wanted’s Tom Parker gave an excellent performance, but he was unfortunately not quite as convincing as some as Danny, in contrast to a faultless performance by Strictly Come Dancing’s Danielle Hope, she was everybody’s perfect Sandy. The transition from Sandra D to Sandy was total – from virgin to vamp in minutes!

The magnetism of Louise Lyton , as Rizzo, was tangible – her every presence on stage was unmissable, at times poignant and, as hoped, the audience both loved and hated her. The audience were there to love and embrace and reminisce about every moment of the production.  Feet were dancing, hands clapping and, unfortunately, our voices were singing!

Grease continues to enthral its audiences, and the feel good factor is still there.  Could Warren Casey have guessed when he wrote this musical just how iconic it would be? Would he have written it if he had not met Jim Casey at an after show party? How lucky for so many audiences over so many years, that he did!

Grease theatre review by Barbara Jones, New Theatre Wimbledon, April 2017.

Grease plays at the New Wimbledon Theatre, London until Saturday 29th April 2017.

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UK Tour of ‘GREASE’ opens at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on 10 March 2017

Starring Tom Parker, Danielle Hope,  Louisa Lytton & Darren Day

Friday 10 – Saturday 25 March 2017

Palace Theatre, Manchester

Grease  is the word! An all-new tour of the hit musical opens at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in March with an all-star cast.

It’s the original high-school musical featuring everyone’s favourite characters – Sandy, Danny, the groovy T Birds, the sassy Pink Ladies and the whole gang at Rydell High – and all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including  You’re The One That I Want ,  Grease Is The Word ,  Summer Nights ,  Hopelessly Devoted to You ,  Sandy ,  Greased Lightnin’   and many more.

The show stars  Tom Parker  ( The Wanted ) who makes his musical theatre debut playing Danny Zuko,  Danielle Hope  ( Over the Rainbow  winner)   who plays Sandy,  Louisa Lytton  ( Strictly Come Dancing ,  EastEnders ) who plays Rizzo and  Darren Day  ( Celebrity Big Brother ) who returns to  Grease  to play Teen Angel seventeen years after playing Danny in the West End.

 Completing the cast are  Tom Senior  as Kenickie,  Michael Cortez  as Sonny,  Oliver Jacobson  as Roger,  Ryan Heenan  as Doody,  Callum Evans  as Eugene,  Lauren Atkins  as Marty,  Rosanna Harris  as Jan,  Rhiannon Chesterman  as Frenchy,  Gabriella Williams  as Patty and  Ailsa Davidson  as Lynch.

The ensemble includes  Charlotte Coggin, Anthony Hughes, Alessia McDermott, Natasha Mould, Anna Murray, George Olney, Rory Phelan  and  Grant Thresh.

Voted the “No 1 Greatest Musical”*,  Grease  has proved that a musical love story, bursting with cheerleaders, slick hairstyles, rock’n’roll, 1950’s pop culture and an irresistible mix of teenage angst and young romance is timeless and universal.

Grease  is the ultimate feel-good musical – an electrifying extravaganza, packed with fun, energy and vibrant physicality.

The show is guaranteed to thrill audiences and leave everyone hand-jiving the night away with “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop, a wop-bam-boom!”

This award-winning production originally opened in the West End in 1993 where it enjoyed a hugely successful run of 6 years at the Dominion and Cambridge Theatres.

The show has since toured throughout the world playing to sell out audiences and breaking box office records everywhere, having been seen by over 12 million people in the UK alone.

Written by  Jim Jacobs  and  Warren Casey , directed by  David Gilmore  ( Daisy   Pulls   It Off ,  Happy Days ,  Song & Dance ,  Footloose ) and choreographed by  Arlene Phillips  ( Starlight Express ,  Saturday Night Fever ,  Flashdance The Musical  & BBC’s  Strictly Come Dancing ), design by  Terry Parsons , with costumes by  Andreane Neofitou , Grease is presented by  Paul Nicholas  and  David Ian .

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GREASE UK Tour Finds Its Pink Ladies and T-Birds; Full Cast Announced!

Grease is the word! Full casting is announced for the hit '70s musical, which returns this year for a UK tour.

Casting for the tour includes Tom Parker (The Wanted) who makes his musical theatre debut playing Danny Zuko, Danielle Hope (Over the Rainbow winner) who plays Sandy, Louisa Lytton (Strictly Come Dancing, EastEnders) who plays Rizzo and Darren Day * (Celebrity Big Brother) who returns to Grease to play Teen Angel seventeen years after playing Danny in the West End.

Completing the cast are Tom Senior as Kenickie, Michael Cortez as Sonny, Oliver Jacobson as Roger, Ryan Heenan as Doody, Callum Evans as Eugene, Lauren Atkins as Marty, Rosanna Harris as Jan, Rhiannon Chesterman as Frenchy, Gabriella Williams as Patty and Ailsa Davidson as Lynch. The ensemble includes Charlotte Coggin, Anthony Hughes , Alessia McDermott, Natasha Mould , Anna Murray, George Olney, Rory Phelan and Grant Thresh .

Since opening on Broadway in 1972 and the smash hit movie starring John Travolta and Olivia Netown-John, Grease's place has been firmly established in the cultural Hall of Fame, having seduced the hearts of millions with its back-to-back sizzling tunes. It's the original high-school musical featuring everyone's favourite characters - Sandy, Danny, the groovy T Birds, the sassy Pink Ladies and the whole gang at Rydell High - and all the unforgettable songs from the hit movie including You're The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Sandy, Greased Lightnin' and many more.

Voted the "No 1 Greatest Musical"**, Grease has proved that a musical love story, bursting with denim, cheerleaders, slick hairstyles, rock'n'roll, 1950's pop culture and an irresistible mix of teenage angst and young romance is timeless and universal. Grease is the ultimate feel-good, pick-me-up musical - an electrifying extravaganza, packed with fun, energy and vibrant physicality. The show is guaranteed to thrill audiences and leave everyone hand-jiving the night away with "A-wop-bop-a-loo- bop, a wop-bam-boom!"

This award-winning production originally opened in the West End in 1993 where it enjoyed a hugely successful run of 6 years at the Dominion and Cambridge Theatres. The show has since toured throughout the world playing to sell-out audiences and breaking box office records everywhere, having been seen by over 12 million people in the UK alone.

Tom Parker has amassed worldwide success with his band The Wanted, achieving two UK number 1s and 9 top 10 singles as well as 4 Billboard 100 singles, with Glad You Came placing in the top 5 and selling over 900,000 records. The band have had three platinum albums, two sold out arena tours, and 3 million singles sold in America. Tom is also a winner of BBC Radio 1's Teen Choice Award and US People's Choice Award with The Wanted.

Danielle Hope made her professional debut as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz at the London Palladium, after capturing the hearts of the country and winning the BBC's smash hit Over The Rainbow having competed against over 9,000 girls. She went on to star as Eponine in the West End production of Les Miserables (Queen's Theatre) - a role to which she most recently returned, Cathy in The Last Five Years (Greenwich Theatre & Warren Theatre, Brighton), Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (National Tour) and Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music (National Tour).

Louisa Lytton trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School and secured her first professional role as the innocent schoolgirl Ruby Allen in EastEnders. Following this Louisa joined The Bill, playing the inexperienced and shy police officer Beth Green . She has since enjoyed a host of varied roles, from parts in the internationally successful American Pie franchise, to the British Shakespeare Company's productions of both A Midsummer Night's Dream and Much Ado About Nothing. Most recently she has appeared in the new prime-time ITV comedy drama The Edge of Heaven, filmed a thriller due to be released in Oct 2017 called Fractured, appeared in the Canadian period drama Murdoch Mysteries and starred in the touring production of Swap!. Aside from acting, Louisa reached the quarter-finals in the fourth series of Strictly Come Dancing, and subsequently toured the country as part of the sold- out Strictly Come Dancing arena tour. She also represented the UK in the 2008 Eurovision Dance Contest. Louisa recently took park in Channel 4's The Jump.

Darren Day made his stage debut playing Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat in the West End and on tour internationally establishing him as a star of the stage. His many other leading West End credits include Don in Summer Holiday and Tony in Copacabana. On tour he has played the title role in Alfie, Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Pip in Great Expectations, Jesus in Godspell, Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Show, Cornelius Hackle in Hello Dolly and Khashoggi in We Will Rock You. Darren is also a recognised recording artist and a prominent face on television both as an actor and presenter. His television credits include Holby City, Crime Stories, Doctors, The Bill, Mile High, Harry Hill 's Extreme Soap and French and Saunders. He is also known for his role as Hollyoaks bad-guy Danny Houston and won the hearts of viewers when he became a finalist in the 2016 series of Celebrity Big Brother.

Written by Jim Jacobs and War Ren Casey , directed by David Gilmore (Daisy Pulls It Off, Happy Days , Song & Dance, Footloose) and choreographed by Arlene Phillips (Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance The Musical & BBC's Strictly Come Dancing), designed by Terry Parsons , with costumes by Andreane Neofitou . Grease is presented by Paul Nicholas and David Ian .

For more information, visit www.greasethemusical.co.uk .

TOUR DETAILS :

Palace Theatre, Manchester 10 March - 25 March 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3019

New Theatre, Oxford 28 March - 1 April 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3020

Liverpool Empire, Liverpool 3 April - 8 April 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3017

Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea 11 April - 15 April 2017 Website: www.southendtheatres.org.uk Box Office: 01702 351135

New Wimbledon Theatre, Wimbledon 24 April - 29 April 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 7646

Sunderland Empire, Sunderland 1 May - 6 May 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3022

King's Theatre, Glasgow 9 May - 20 May 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 7648

Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent 22 May - 27 May 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 7649

Birmingham Hippodrome, Birmingham 29 May - 3 June 2017 Website: www.birminghamhippodrome.com Box Office: 0844 338 5000

Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol 5 June - 10 June 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3012

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton 27 June - 8 July 2017 Website: www.mayflower.org.uk Box Office: 02380 711811

New Victoria Theatre, Woking 10 July - 15 July 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 7645

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff 17 July - 29 July 2017 Website: www.wmc.org.uk Box Office: 029 2063 6464

Bord Gáis Energey Theatre, Dublin 1 August - 12 August 2017 Website: www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie Box Office: +353 (1) 677 7999

Venue Cymru, Llandudno 14 August - 19 August 2017 Website: www.venuecymru.co.uk Box Office: 01492 872000

Princess Theatre, Torquay 21 August - 26 August 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3023

Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes 28 August - 2 September 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 7652

Edinburgh Playhouse, Edinburgh 11 September - 16 September 2017 Website: www.atgtickets.com Box Office: 0844 871 3014

Regent Theatre, Ipswich 2 October - 7 October 2017 Website: www.apps.ipswich.gov.uk Box Office: 01473 433100

His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen 13 November - 18 November 2017 Website: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com Box Office: 01224 641 122

Orchard Theatre, Dartford 21 November - 25 November 2017 Website: www.orchardtheatre.co.uk Box Office: 01322 220 000

Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton 27 November - 2 December 2017 Website: www.grandtheatre.co.uk Box Office: 01902 429 212

Further tour dates to be announced.

*Darren will be playing all venues up until 29 April 2017. ** (100 Greatest Musicals, Channel 4)

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Grease UK tour – casting complete

Completing the cast are Tom Senior as Kenickie, Michael Cortez as Sonny, Oliver Jacobson as Roger, Ryan Heenan as Doody, Callum Evans as Eugene, Lauren Atkins as Marty, Rosanna Harris as Jan, Rhiannon Chesterman as Frenchy, Gabriella Williams as Patty and Ailsa Davidson as Lynch. The ensemble includes Charlotte Coggin, Anthony Hughes, Alessia McDermott, Natasha Mould, Anna Murray, George Olney, Rory Phelan and Grant Thresh.

The cast also includes the previously announced Darren Day who, 17 years after he played Danny in the show in the West End, will return to play Teen Angel until 29 April.

Opening at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on 10 March the touring production will feature Hope, who made her professional debut as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz , as Sandy opposite boyband singer Parker who will make his professional music theatre debut in the iconic role of Danny Zuko. Former Strictly contestant and star of ITV’s The Bill, Lytton will take on the role of tough girl Rizzo.

Presented by Paul Nicholas and David Ian, the award-winning production originally opened in the West End in 1993 where it ran for six successful years at the Dominion followed by the Cambridge Theatre.

The show has since toured the world, attracting sell-out audiences and breaking box office records. The production has been seen by more than 12 million people in the UK alone.

Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, with additional songs by John Farrar, the story of Sandy, Danny and Rydell High made its debut on stage in Chicago in 1971 before arriving in Broadway in 1972 and first appearing in the West End a year later.

The new production will be directed by David Gilmore and choreographed by Arlene Phillips with design by Terry Parsons and costumes by Andreane Neofitou.

Following the Palace Theatre run which ends on 25 March, the tour will move on to the New Theatre, Oxford (28 March-1 April); Liverpool Empire (3-8 April); Southend-on-Sea’s Cliffs Pavilion (11-15 April); New Wimbledon Theatre (24-29 April); Sunderland Empire (1-6 May); King’s Theatre, Glasgow (9-20 May); Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent (22-27 May); Birmingham Hippodrome (29 May-3 June); Bristol Hippodrome (5-10 June); Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre (27 June-8 July); New Victoria Theatre, Woking (10-15 July); Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (17-29 July); Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin (1-12 August); Venue Cymru, Llandudno (14-19 August); Princess Theatre, Torquay (21-26 August); Milton Keynes Theatre ( 28 August-2 September); Edinburgh Playhouse (11-16 September); Regent Street, Ipswich (2-7 October); His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (13-18 November); Orchard Theatre, Dartford (21-25 November); and Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton (27 November-2 December).

Further tour dates will be announced.

Angela Thomas

www.greasethemusical.co.uk

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The Wanted’s Tom Parker To Star As Danny Zuko In Grease UK Tour

The Wanted’s Tom Parker is to make his theatrical debut in the upcoming 2017 tour of Grease the Musical which launches at the Palace Theatre, Manchester on 10 March 2017. Parker will play the role of Dany Zuko.

The Wanted achieved two Uk Number q’s and 9 Top 10 Singles as well as 4 Billboard 100 singles. The band had two sold out arena tours, had three platinum albums, and sold 3 million singles in America. Tom is also a winner of BBC Radio 1’s Teen Choice Award and US People’s Choice Award with The Wanted.

The original high school musical, Grease started life in a nightclub in Chicago in 1971. It wasn’t long before the show made its way to Broadway in 1972. At the time that it closed in 1980, Grease ‘ s 3,388-performance run was the longest yet in Broadway history at that time.

Grease has been voted Number 1 Greatest Musical in polls around the world, thanks to its score which includes You’re The One That I Want , Grease Is The Word , Summer Nights , Hopelessly Devoted to You , Sandy , and Greased Lightnin’. This musical love story,bursting with denim, cheerleaders, Rock ‘n’ roll, and teenage angst make this an electrifying night in the theatre.

Seen by over 12 million people in the UK alone, Grease will tour the UK in 2017 in the award-winning production that ran for 6 years at the Dominion and Cambridge Theatres.  Written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey, directed by David Gilmore ( Daisy Pulls It Off , Happy Days , Song & Dance , Footloose ) and choreographed by Arlene Phillips ( Starlight Express , Saturday Night Fever , Flashdance The Musical & BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing ), design by Terry Parsons, with costumes by Andreane Neofitou, Grease is presented by Paul Nicholas and David Ian.

Further casting is to be announced.

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Grease’s UK Tour is here. The world’s greatest musical, is back and better than ever. The original high school musical is a West End production that features Tom Parker. Parker is a key member of the Wanted, the UK’s top boy band. Parker will take on the role of Danny.

Danielle Hope plays the role of Danny’s love interest, Sandy.

The cast’s experience shines on the stage with Parker using his vocals to ignite the crowd. World famous, Parker began his career in 2009, and his band, The Wanted, produced three platinum albums. Parker’s bad boy look is perfect for the role of the leather wearing Danny.

Hope is a highly trained actress that debuted as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Jumping right into leading roles, she has been in several big-name productions, including Les Misérables and The Last Five Years. Hope is also an accomplished musician that won Over The Rainbow, taking on 9,000 other girls. Her win led to her releasing the hit single Over The Rainbow. She has also made several appearances on television, including appearances on The One Show and Tonight’s the Night.

Grease is a mega production with 140 costume changes and sets that will provide the musical’s backdrop.

The love story comes to life on stage with the show starting with the entire cast singing Grease is the Word. Parker doesn’t show any signs that this is his first major production. He works hard on stage, and it comes through with an amazing performance that John Travolta would be proud of seeing. Hope’s talent leads the show with a stunning rendition of Hopelessly Devoted to You.

The song is a highlight of the show.

Grease the Musical is filled with high-energy, feel-good music. The cast’s “big hair” and “big skirts” will bring the audience back to the 70s.

The musical is never a dull moment with the night’s songs including Greased Lightnin’, Summer Nights, Sandy and You’re the One That I Want among the night’s performances.

Rizzo, a fan favorite, is played by the witty and talented Louisa Lytton. Lytton has been performing since a young age and is a prodigy from Sylvia Young Theatre School. The former EastEnders star has an impressive resume with credits including The Bill, American Pie, The Edge of Heaven, Fractured and several others.

An accomplished dancer, she brings flare to the musical offering a rendition of Rizzo that the audience will appreciate. Grease is back with tour dates spanning through the end of 2017.

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Grease UK Tour

Grease announces full cast for uk and ireland tour.

They go together like… Well, you know the rest!

Complete casting has been revealed for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of  Grease .

Nikolai Foster directs the teen musical that follows Danny and Sandy through their senior year at Rydell High and Arlene Phillips choreographs the piece that WhatsOnStage hailed a “thunderously good evening out” during a previous run at the West End’s Dominion Theatre. Phillips also picked up a WhatsOnStage Award for Best Choreography in 2023.

The cast will be led by Marley Fenton ( Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends ) as Danny and Hope Dawe (a Mountview graduate) as Sandy, alongside Rebecca Stenhouse ( Legally Blonde ) as Rizzo, George Michaelides (Disney’s Newsies ) as Kenickie, Kieran Lynch ( The Adventures of Peter Pan ) as Doody, Lewis Day ( Beauty and the Beast ) as Roger, Sario Solomon ( Pacific Overtures ) as Sonny, Alicia Belgarde ( Bugsy Malone ) as Frenchy, Emerald B ( The National Lottery’s New Years Eve Bash ) as Jan, India Chadwick ( P.S I’m A Terrible Person ) as Marty, Jayd’n Tyrone ( Grease  at the Dominion Theatre) as Eugene, Phoebe Roberts ( Mamma Mia! ) as Patty Simcox, Dominique Planter ( The Lion King ) as Miss Lynch, Joe Gash ( Rock of Ages ) as Vince Fontaine and Teen Angel, Deena Kapadia ( Death Note ) as Cha Cha and Adam Davidson ( Mary Poppins ) as Johnny Casino.

The company is completed by Zera Aitken, Dylan Gordon-Jones, Sergi Ibanez, Thomas Inge, Lauren Hampton, Imogen Malone, Ben Middleton and Carly Miles.

The production also features designs by Colin Richmond, orchestrations and musical supervision by Sarah Travis, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall and Richard Brooker, video and projection design by Douglas O’Connell and casting by David Grindrod CDG.

The tour is set to launch at Bromley’s Churchill Theatre (12 to 20 April 2024), before heading to Dublin (23 April to 4 May), Hull (7 to 11 May), Northampton (13 to 18 May), Ipswich (21 to 25 May), Liverpool (27 May to 1 June), Norwich (3 to 8 June), Newcastle (10 to 15 June), Glasgow (17 to 22 June), Edinburgh (25 to 29 June), Aberdeen (2 to 6 July), Birmingham (15 to 20 July), Truro (23 to 27 July), Bradford (29 July to 3 August), Milton Keynes (5 to 10 August), Eastbourne (12 to 17 August), Blackpool (19 to 24 August), Nottingham (27 to 31 August), Cardiff (2 to 7 September), Canterbury (9 to 14 September), Bristol (16 to 21 September), Oxford (24 to 28 September), Dartford (30 September to 5 October), Manchester (8 to 12 October), High Wycombe (21 to 26 October), Southampton (29 October to 2 November), Southend (5 to 9 November), and Sheffield (11 to 16 November).

Tickets for select dates are on sale below.

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Grease the Musical comes back to Palace Theatre Manchester for 2017 tour

A new tour kicks off next year starring Tom Parker from The Wanted

• 13:15, 28 FEB 2017

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The original West End production of hit musical Grease is going on a national tour, opening at the Palace Theatre in Manchester on Friday 10 March 2017.

The cast will be led by Bolton-born pop star Tom Parker, formerly of The Wanted, in his first ever theatrical role as heart-throb Danny Zuko.

Parker gained worldwide success with The Wanted, achieving two UK number 1s and nine top 10 singles as well as four Billboard 100 singles, with Glad You Came placing in the top 5 and selling over 900,000 records.

The band had three platinum albums, two sold out arena tours, and three million singles sold in America. Tom is also a winner of BBC Radio 1’s Teen Choice Award and US People’s Choice Award with The Wanted.

Tom said: "I'm delighted to be confirmed as Danny Zuko in the national tour of ‘Grease’. For the tour to start in Manchester is even more exciting for me, being born not too far down the road in Bolton."

Parker is even putting his wedding on hold to go on tour with Grease. He got engaged to fiance Kelsey Hardwick last year but admitted recently that there won't be a wedding until 2018 - as Danny prepares to take over his life for most of this year.

"We want to make sure we plan it right and I don't want to take two weeks off, get married, do a week on honeymoon, then go back on tour. I didn't think that was something I'd be comfortable with. So next year we'll have a big wedding," Tom told Hello! recently.

Parker and Lytton have worked together before - on celebrity winter sports show The Jump.

"We get on well working together and we always just take the mickey out of each other," said Tom. "You need that – we're on the road for ten months and it'll be tedious at times, with eight shows a week, so I think it's good that we've got that humour and that good working relationship."

Since breaking out on Broadway in 1972, Grease has seduced the hearts of millions thanks to Sandy, Danny, the T Birds, the Pink Ladies and the whole gang at Rydell High. Songs including You’re The One That I Want, Grease Is The Word, Summer Nights, Hopelessly Devoted to You, Sandy, and Greased Lightnin’ have all made the transition to stage from the movie version, which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.

It first opened in the West End in 1993 where it ran for six years. The show has since toured the world, having been seen by more than 12 million people in the UK alone.

The show is directed by David Gilmore (Daisy Pulls It Off, Happy Days, Song & Dance, Footloose) and choreographed by Arlene Phillips (Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance The Musical & BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing).

Tickets are on sale from www.atgtickets.com and Ticketmaster .

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