End Of The Rainbow UK Tour

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.

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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