Last Updated on 29th October 2022
Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments UK Tour is back in 2022. The musical about the world’s hardest-working and most explosive soul band
THE COMMITMENTS MUSICAL TOUR
Over 30 years since The Commitments first burst from the pages of Roddy Doyle’s best-selling novel, the world’s hardest working and most explosive soul band are set to return to embark on a brand new 2022 UK & Ireland tour, kicking off in September next year. Casting announcements will be made in the coming months.
The Commitments musical has been adapted from the novel by Booker prize-winning author Roddy Doyle and is directed by Caroline Jay Ranger. Featuring an electric playlist, The Commitments showcases more than 20 soul classics performed live on stage, including Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, River Deep, Mountain High, In The Midnight Hour, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Save Me, Mustang Sally, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Reach Out, Uptight, Knock On Wood, I Can’t Turn You Loose and many more!
In 2013 The Commitments musical received universal critical acclaim while enjoying a record-breaking two-year residency at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End, after which it hit the road for a major tour, invigorating audiences up and down the country throughout 2016 and 2017.
Roddy Doyle says: “I’m delighted that The Commitments is coming back. I’ve been saying for years that ‘Mustang Sally’ is a traditional Irish song and this new tour will help prove my point.”
Featuring an electric playlist, The Commitments showcases more than 20 soul classics performed live on stage, including Night Train, Try A Little Tenderness, River Deep, Mountain High, In The Midnight Hour, Papa Was A Rolling Stone, Save Me, Mustang Sally, I Heard It Through The Grapevine, Thin Line Between Love and Hate, Reach Out, Uptight, Knock On Wood, I Can’t Turn You Loose and many more!
THE COMMITMENTS – FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT IS THE COMMITMENTS ABOUT?
The Commitments tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young working-class music fan, who transforms an unlikely bunch of amateur musicians into an amazing live act, which becomes the finest soul band Dublin has ever produced. Placing a classified advert in a music paper, Jimmy auditions a number of wannabes before finalsing the members of his new band, which he names ‘The Commitments’.
Humour kicks in as the band get to know each other and their instruments, grappling with inter-group differences as they muddle their way through early rehearsals for the band’s first gig. Just as they improve and begin to get a name for themselves, they combust. The backing singers are more interested in the middle-aged horn playing legend, the singer has entered Eurovision, the drummer has walked out mid-gig and the saxophone player has dangerous leanings towards a jazz career.
WHAT IS THE RUNNING TIME FOR THE COMMITMENTS?
The Commitments musical runs for 2 hours and 15 mins including interval of 15 minutes
IS THE COMMITMENTS STAGE SHOW BASED ON THE FILM?
The Commitments film is based on Roddy Doyle’s novel as is the stage musical.
The Commitments Tour Dates
Churchill Theatre Bromley
24 September – 1 October 2022
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King’s Theatre Portsmouth
3 – 8 October 2022
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Wolverhampton Grand
10 – 15 October 2022
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Lyceum Theatre Sheffield
17 – 22 October 2022
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Milton Keynes Theatre
24 – 29 October 2022
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New Theatre Hull
31 October – 5 November 2022
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Grand Opera House York
7 – 12 Novcember 2022
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Alhambra Theatre Bradford
14 – 19 November 2022
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His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen
21 – 26 November 2022
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Edinbugh Playhouse
28 November – 3 December 2022
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Theatre Royal Glasgow
5 – 10 December 2022
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THE COMMITMENTS TOUR 2023 DATES
New Wimbledon Theatre
9 – 14 January 2023
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Hall for Cornwall Truro
16 – 21 January 2023
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Theatre Royal Plymouth
23 – 28 January 2023
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Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
30 January – 4 February 2023
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Olympia Theatre Dublin
6 – 18 February 2023
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Grand Opera House Belfast
20 – 25 February 2023
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Ipswich Regent
27 February – 4 March 2023
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Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
6 – 11 March 2022
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Orchard Theatre Dartford
13 – 18 March 2022
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Bristol Hippodrome
20 – 25 March 2023
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Mayflower Theatre Southampton
27 March – 1 April 2023
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Theatre Royal Nottingham
3 – 8 April 2023
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Royal and Derngate Northampton
10 – 15 April 2023
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Liverpool Empire
17 – 22 April 2023
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Birmingham Hippodrome
24 – 29 April 2023
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Blackpool Opera House
1 – 5 May 2023
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Darlington Hippodrome
8 – 13 May 2023
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New Theatre Peterborough
15- 20 May 2023
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Millennium Centre Cardiff
22 – 27 May 2023
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Manchester Opera House
5 – 10 June 2023
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The Hexagon Reading
13 – 17 June 2023
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Theatre Royal Newcastle
26 June – 1 July 2023
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Theatre Royal Brighton
3 – 8 July 2023
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