Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat opens its 2024 – 2025 tour with a colour-filled festive season on the Edinburgh Playhouse – starring the legendary Donny Osmond as Pharaoh – on Tuesday 3 December.
The place and when?
Following its opening run on the Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre, the tour then goes on to go to: Oxford, New Theatre; Sunderland, Empire Theatre; Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre; Nottingham, Theatre Royal; Belfast, Grand Opera Home; Manchester, Opera Home; Bristol, Hippodrome Theatre; Leeds, Grand Theatre; Blackpool, Winter Gardens; Norwich, Theatre Royal; Southampton, Mayflower Theatre; Birmingham, Hippodrome Theatre; Woking, New Victoria; Newcastle, Theatre Royal; Southend, Cliffs Pavilion; Plymouth, Theatre Royal; Liverpool, Empire Theatre; Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre and Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre.
Who’s within the forged?
Donny Osmond performs in Edinburgh solely. Full casting for all different venues is to be introduced.
Artistic crew
Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat is directed by Laurence Connor. Laurence’s credit embrace the acclaimed London manufacturing of College of Rock and the Tony-Award nominated manufacturing on Broadway, the current London productions of Miss Saigon, Chess and Cinderella, the worldwide area tour of Jesus Christ Celebrity and he’s additionally the Co-Director of the brand new model of Les Misérables which has loved worldwide success together with Broadway, UK and US excursions.
JoAnn M Hunter (who has 20 Broadway exhibits to her credit score, together with College of Rock and On A Clear Day You Can See Eternally) is the present’s choreographer, set and costume design are by the award-winning Morgan Massive with Ben Cracknell as Lighting Designer and Gareth Owen as Sound Designer.
What’s the present about?
Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat was Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first main collaboration. Launched as an idea album in 1969, the stage model of Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat has grow to be one of many world’s most beloved household musicals. The multi-award-winning present has been carried out lots of of hundreds of occasions together with a number of runs within the West Finish and on Broadway, worldwide excursions in over 80 international locations worldwide and has grow to be one of many world’s most beloved household musicals. That includes much-loved pop and musical theatre classics, together with Any Dream Will Do, Shut Each Door, There’s One Extra Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go, Joseph, the brand new London Palladium manufacturing obtained a rapturous reception throughout its 2019 and 2021 summer time seasons, forward of its first main UK tour in 2022.
Instructed totally by means of music with the assistance of the Narrator, Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat follows the story of Jacob’s favorite son Joseph and his eleven brothers. After being offered into hardship by the brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar however leads to jail after refusing the advances of Potiphar’s spouse. Whereas imprisoned, Joseph discovers his skill to interpret goals, and he quickly finds himself in entrance of the mighty however troubled showman, the Pharaoh. As Joseph strives to resolve Egypt’s famine, he turns into Pharaoh’s right-hand man and ultimately reunites together with his household.
Assisted performances
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The place can I get tickets?
http://uktour.josephthemusical.com/
2025 UK TOUR DATES
Tue 3 – Solar 29 December 2024
Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre
* Donny Osmond performs the Pharaoh in the course of the Edinburgh Christmas season solely
Tue 7 – Sat 11 January 2025
Oxford, New Theatre
Tue 14 – Solar 19 January 2025
Sunderland, Empire Theatre
Wed 22 Jan – Solar 2 February 8 2025
Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
Wed 5 – Sat 15 February 2025
Nottingham, Theatre Royal
Tues 18 – Solar 23 February 2025
Belfast, Grand Opera Home
Wed 26 Feb – Solar 9 March 2025
Manchester Opera Home
Wed 12 – Sat 22 March 2025
Bristol, Hippodrome Theatre
Tue 25 – Solar 30 March 2025
Leeds, Grand Theatre
Wed 9 – Solar 13 April 2025
Blackpool, Winter Gardens
Wed 30 Apr – Sat 10 Could 2025
Norwich, Theatre Royal
Tue 13 – Solar 18 Could 2025
Southampton, Mayflower Theatre
Tue 20 Could – Solar 1 June 2025
Birmingham, Hippodrome Theatre
Tues 3 – Sat 7 June 2025
Woking, New Victoria
Tues 10 – Solar 15 June 2025
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
Tue 17 – Solar 22 June 2025
Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Tue 24 – Solar 29 June 2025
Plymouth, Theatre Royal
Tue 15 – Solar 20 July 2025
Liverpool, Empire Theatre
Tue 22 – Solar 27 July 2025
Wales Millennium Centre
Wed 6 – Solar 10 August 2025
Milton Keynes Theatre
