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Meet The Ladies Of The Hairspray 2015 Tour
Published on
March 4, 2015
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The ladies of Hairspray:- Tony Maudsley, Brenda Edwards, Freya Sutton and Claire Sweeney. Photo: Hugo Glendinning.
Casting was announced today for the Hairspray 2015 tour commencing in September at the Curve Theatre in Leicester before visiting over 25 venues across the UK.
Tony Maudsley (ITV1’s Benidorm) will play Edna Turnblad. He will be joined by TV and stage actress and presenter Claire Sweeney (Educating Rita, Guys and Dolls) as Velma Von Tussle, Olivier Award nominated actor and much-loved Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan (BBC1 Tumble) as Wilbur Turnblad and British singer and West End performer Brenda Edwards (Chicago, We Will Rock You, The X Factor) as Motormouth Maybelle. Freya Sutton will reprise the role of Tracy Turnblad alongside established musical theatre performer Jon Tsouras (A Chorus Line) who will play the role of Corny Collins. Dex Lee (The Scottsboro Boys) will play Seaweed, Ashley Gilmour (Miss Saigon) will play Link Larkin, Lauren Stroud (Wicked) will play Amber, Monique Young (Top Hat) will play Penny, and Karis Jack (Urinetown) will play Little Inez.
It’s Baltimore 1962, where Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart, is on a mission to follow her dreams and dance her way onto national TV. Tracy’s audition makes her a local star and soon she is using her new-found fame to fight for equality, bagging local heartthrob Link Larkin along the way.
Hairspray is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name which starred Divine and Ricki Lake by cult filmmaker John Waters. With music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, Hairspray originally opened to rave reviews on Broadway in 2002 and subsequently won eight Tony Awards. The production opened in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2007 and won four Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical. Proving to be an international success, Hairspray has also opened in South Africa, Japan, South Korea, China and Dubai. Following the musical’s phenomenal success on stage, a film of the musical was released in 2007 which starred John Travolta, Michelle Pfeiffer and James Marsden.
Hairspray 2015 / 16 UK Tour
2015 UK Tour - Hairspray
9 – 19 September 2015
Curve theatre, Leicester
60 Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1SB
21 – 26 September 2015
New Theatre Oxford
George Street, Oxford, OX1 2AG
28 September – 3 October 2015
Royal and Derngate, Northampton
Guildhall Road, Northampton, NN1 1DP
5 – 10 October 2015
Malvern Theatre
Grange Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 3HB
12 – 17 October 2015
Liverpool Empire
Lime Street, Liverpool, L1 1JE
19 – 24 October 2015
Hull New Theatre
Kingston Square, Hull, HU1 3HF
26 – 31 October 2015
Manchester Palace Theatre
97 Oxford Street, Manchester, Lancashire, M1 6FT
2 – 7 November 2015
New Wimbledon Theatre
93 The Broadway, London SW19 1QG
9 – 14 November 2015
The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Morley Street, Bradford, BD7 1AJ
16 – 21 November 2015
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
22 – 26 Commercial Road, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 1GE
23 – 28 November 2015
Ipswich Regent Theatre
3 St Helen’s Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, 1P4 1HE
30 November – 12 December 2015
Theatre Royal Brighton
New Road, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 1SD
14 December 2015 – 9 January 2016
Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
Station Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B5 4DS
18 – 30 January 2016
Newcastle Theatre Royal
100 Grey Street, Newcastle, NE1 6BR
1 – 6 February 2016
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Rosemount Viaduct, Aberdeen, AB25 1GL
8 – 13 February 2016
The Lyceum, Sheffield
55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA
ON SALE SOON
15 – 20 February 2016
Cambridge Corn Exchange
2 Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QB
ON SALE SOON
22 – 27 February 2016
Edinburgh Playhouse
18 – 22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3AA
29 February - 5 March 2016
Eden Court, Inverness
Bishops Road, Inverness, IV3 5SA
ON SALE SOON
7 – 12 March 2016
Bristol Hippodrome
St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol, BS1 4UZ
14 – 19 March 2016
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
The Ambassadors, Peacocks Centre, Woking, GU21 6GQ
21 – 16 March 2016
Cardiff New Theatre
Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3LN
ON SALE SOON
4 – 9 April 2016
Milton Keynes Theatre
500 Malborough Gate, Buckinghamshire, MK9 3NZ
18 – 23 April 2016
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Royal Parade, Plymouth, PL1 2TR
ON SALE SOON
25 – 30 April 2016
The Marlowe, Canterbury
The Friars, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2AS
ON SALE SOON
2 – 7 May 2016
The Churchill Theatre, Bromley
High Street, Bromley, Kent, BR1 1HA
9 – 14 May 2016
Regent Theatre, Stoke
Piccadilly, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1AP
16 – 21 May 2016
Southend Palace Theatre
430 London Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9LA
BOOK ONLINE Read more about Hairspray here.
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