Last Updated on 9 June 2022 by Showcall Editorial Team
Hairspray UK Tour 2022
Hairspray the musical UK Tour has now concluded. This big, bright, happy musical is the tonic we need at the moment.
WHAT IS HAIRSPRAY THE MUSICAL ABOUT?
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 the musical is 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 Academy Award, Tony and Emmy winning duo 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 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 Zac Efron.
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HAIRSPRAY MUSICAL UK TOUR CAST
Musical theatre star and television presenter Brenda Edwards (Chicago, We Will Rock You, The X Factor, Loose Women and Songs of Praise) will star as Motormouth Maybelle in the UK and Ireland tour of Hairspray. Comedy legend Norman Pace (ITV’s The Hale and Pace Show) will play Wilbur Turnblad alongside West End leading man Alex Bourne (Annie, Mamma Mia!, We Will Rock You) as Edna Turnblad.
Katie Brace will make her professional stage debut as Tracy Turnblad with Rebecca Thornhill as Velma, Richard Meek as Corny Collins, Ross Clifton as Link Larkin, Jessica Croll as Amber Von Tussle, Rebecca Jane Davies as Penny Pingleton and Charlotte St. Croix as Little Inez.
The full cast includes: Elizabeth Armstrong, Bernadette Bangura, Natalia Brown, Shaquille Brush, Liam Dean, Andrew Dillion, Amandla Elynah, Zoe Heighton, Ceris Hine, Paul Hutton, Jamie Jonathan, Hayley Johnston, Joshua Nkemdilim, Rosie O’Hare, Alexanda O’Reilly, Joshua Pearson, Joseph Poulton and Elliotte Williams-N’Dure.
HAIRSPRAY UK TOUR CREATIVES
Hairspray is directed by Paul Kerryson with choreography by Drew McOnie, designs by Takis, lighting design by Philip Gladwell and sound design by Ben Harrison.
HAIRSPRAY UK TOUR DATES 2022
13 December 2021 – 2 January 2022
BLACKPOOL Winter Gardens
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10 – 15 January 2022
SUNDERLAND Empire
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17 – 29 January 2022
Everyman Theatre CHELTENHAM
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31 January – 5 February 2022
NORTHAMPTON – Royal and Derngate
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7 – 12 February 2022
Churchill Theatre BROMLEY
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14 – 19 February 2022
New Theatre CARDIFF
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28 February – 5 March 2022
Lighthouse POOLE
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14 – 19 March 2022
EDINBURGH Playhouse
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21 – 26 March 2022
Orchard Theatre DARTFORD
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28 March – 2 April 2022
King’s Theatre GLASGOW
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Production photography by Mark Senior
