Following sell-out seasons in the West End and on Broadway, Peter Quilter’s play End Of The Rainbow will tour the UK in a brand new production opening at the Mercury Theatre, Colchester in February 2016.
It’s 1968 and Judy Garland, a once-glittering star, is in London to make her explosive comeback. But off stage, holed up in her hotel room, Judy is battling with her young new fiancé, her devoted accompanist, and her destructive addictions. Will she be able to conquer her demons and reclaim her crown as one of history’s great musical icons? Featuring Garland’s most memorable songs The Man That Got Away, Come Rain Or Come Shine, The Trolley Song and of course Somewhere Over The Rainbow, End of the Rainbow is a fiercely funny and emotionally charged musical play filled with Garland’s legendary tenacity, razor-sharp wit and once-in-a-generation voice.
Lisa Maxwell (The Bill, Loose Women) will play Judy Garland, Gary Wilmot (Me and My Girl, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels) will play Anthony and Sam Attwater (Hollyoaks, Eastenders) will play Mickey.
End of the Rainbow first premiered at the Sydney Opera House in 2005, before playing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2006. It returned to the UK in 2010 in a new production at Northampton Royal & Derngate, transferring to the West End the same year where it ran for 6 months and received four Olivier Award nominations. A Broadway run followed in 2012, where it received three Tony Award nominations. It is written by Peter Quilter, whose plays have been presented in over 40 countries around the world and translated into 30 languages. For End of the Rainbow, Peter received an Olivier Award nomination for Best New Play. Other plays include Glorious!, which opened at the West End’s Duchess Theatre in 2005 starring Maureen Lipman, where it was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
End Of The Rainbow will be directed by Daniel Buckroyd and designed by David Shields. End Of The Rainbow is produced by Paul Taylor-Mills and the Mercury Theatre, Colchester in association with Coventry Belgrade Theatre.
END OF THE RAINBOW UK TOUR HAS NOW FINISHED
END OF THE RAINBOW UK TOUR – PAST DATES
Friday 12 – Saturday 20 February 2016
Mercury Theatre, Colchester
Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 February 2016
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry
Tuesday 1 – Saturday 5 March 2016
Waterside Theatre, Aylesbury
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 March 2016
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 March 2016
Princess Theatre, Torquay
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 March 2016
Theatre Royal, Windsor
Tuesday 29 March – Saturday 2 April 2016
Theatre Royal, Brighton
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 April 2016
Festival Theatre, Malvern
Monday 18 – Wednesday 20 April 2016
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 April 2016
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 May 2016
Opera House, Manchester
Monday 9 – Wednesday 11 May 2016
Billingham Forum Theatre
Thursday 12 – Saturday 14 May 2016
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
