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FIRST LOOK: The Band Musical UK Tour
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October 5, 2017
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We are pleased to bring you this great new trailer and first look production images by Matt Crockett of Tim Firth's new musical The Band with the music of Take That which is now touring the UK.
The Band stars Rachel Lumberg, Alison Fitzjohn, Emily Joyce and Jayne McKenna, along with AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Curtis T Johns, Yazdan Qafouri and Sario Solomon, collectively known as Five To Five, winners of BBC’s Let It Shine, and Faye Christall, Katy Clayton, Rachelle Diedericks, Sarah Kate Howarth, Lauren Jacobs, Martin Miller and Andy Williams.
The Band is a 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 is directed by Kim Gavin and Jack Ryder, designed by Jon Bausor and choreographed by Kim Gavin. It is produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams.
THE BAND UK TOUR SCHEDULE
A J Bentley, Curtis T Johns, Sario Solomon, Yazdan Qafouri and Nick Carsberg
Rachel Diedricks, Sarah Kate Howard, Faye Christall, Lauren Jacobs and Katy Clayton
Alison Fitzjohn, Jayne McKenna, Rachel Lumberg, Emily Joyce, with Five to Five
Alison Gitzjohn, Rachel Lumberg, Emily Joyce, Jayne McKenna
Kayne McKenna, Rachel Lumberg, Emily Joyce, Alison Fitzjohn, with Five to Five
Alison Fitzjohn, Emily Joyce, Jayne McKenna and Rachel Lumberg
Rachellee Diedricks, Fay Christall, Katy Clayton, Sarah Kate Howarth and Lauren Jacobs
Faye Christall with Five to Five
A J Bentley, Curtis T Johns, Sario Solomon, Nick Carsberg and Yazdan Qafouri
A J Bentley, Curtis T Johns, Sario Solomon, Yazdan Qafouri and Nick Carsberg
The cast of The Band
Rachel Diedricks, Sarah Kate Howarth, Faye Christall, Lauren Jacobs, Katy Clayton
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