Following an acclaimed season at the Barbican Theatre in 2021, The S S American has set sail again as the Anything Goes UK Tour 2022 currently docked at the Bristol Hippodrome prepared to set sail.

The cast of Anything Goes UK Tour. Photo: Marc Brenner Cole Porter's Anything Goes opened last night at the Bristol Hippodrome ahead of a huge tour visiting theatres around the UK. Kathleen Marshall's acclaimed 2021 production features a new cast including Kerry Ellis, Dennis Lawson, Simon Callow, Bonnie Langford and Samuel Edwards. The Anything Goes UK Tour schedule can be seen here.

Anything Goes garnered an incredible nine nominations at this year’s Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, Best Theatre Choreography, Best Costume Design and Best New Orchestration. Plus a further four nominations for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress in a musical with Kathleen Marshall winning for Best Choreography.

Gabrielle Cocca, Alexandra Wright, Kerry Ellis, Billie Kay, Jessica Buckby. Photo: Marc Brenner

When the S.S. American heads out to sea, etiquette and convention head out the portholes as two unlikely pairs set off on the course to true love... proving that sometimes destiny needs a little help from a crew of singing sailors, a comical disguise and some good old-fashioned blackmail. This hilarious musical romp across the Atlantic featuring a collection of some of theatre’s most memorable songs - including ‘I Get A Kick Out of You’, ‘Anything Goes’, ‘You’re the Top’, ‘Blow, Gabriel, Blow’, ‘It’s De-Lovely’, ‘Friendship’ and ‘Buddie Beware’ - will take you back to the Golden Age of high society on the seas.

Simon Callow. Photo: Marc Brenner

Anything Goes has music and lyrics by Cole Porter, an original book by P.G. Wodehouse & Guy Bolton with Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse and a new book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. This production is directed and choreographed by three-time Tony Award Winner Kathleen Marshall.

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The cast of Anything Goes Tour 2022. Photo: Marc Brenner

Bonnie Langford. Photo: Marc Brenner

The cast of Anything Goes. Photo: Marc Brenner

Denis Lawson. Photo: Marc Brenner

Jessica Buckby, Alexandra Wright, Kerry Ellis, Billie Kay and Gabrielle Cocca. Photo: Marc Brenner

Kerry Ellis as Reno Sweeney. Photo: Marc Brenner

Kerry Ellis and the cast of Anything Goes. Photo: Marc Brenner

The cast of Anything Goes. Photo: Marc Brenner

Kerry Ellis and Denis Lawson. Photo: Marc Brenner

Samuel Edwards and Nicole Lily Baisden. Photo: Marc Brenner