The cast and tour dates have been announced for the upcoming UK and Ireland tour of Dirty Dancing. The tour follows the show’s second run at The Dominion Theatre in London from January to April this year.
Heading up the cast and reprising their roles from the West End are Michael O’Reilly (as Johnny) and Kira Malou (as Baby). The rest of the company includes Georgia Aspinall (Penny Johnson), Jack Loy (Dr Jake Houseman), Taryn Sudding (Marjorie Houseman), Daisy Steere (Lisa Houseman), Danny Colligan (Billy Kostecki), Colin Charles (Tito Suarez), Christian James (Neil Kellerman), Mark McKerracher (Max Kellerman) and Lydia Sterling (Elizabeth).
Rounding out the ensemble are Mark Faith, Lowri Hamilton, Tyler Lotzof, Jody Zimmerman, Eva Phillips, Callum Fitzgerald, Michael Nelson, Joel Benjamin, Akeem Ellis-Hyman, Jenna Warne, Taylor Bridges, Daisy West, Aaron J Smith, Ayden Morgan and Thomas Inge.
Of the casting, producer Karl Sydow said: “I am thrilled about the success of the second Dominion Theatre season and to be going out on tour for the fifth time since 2011. We have an amazing cast for this new tour.”
The tour will start on 25 May at the New Wimbledon Theatre in south London. Following that it will visit Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield, Birmingham, Oxford, Newcastle, Cork, Belfast, Dublin, Derry, Blackpool, Bradford, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Canterbury before culminating in Hull in November.
Dirty Dancing takes its inspiration from the popular 1987 film of the same name and features hit songs such as ‘(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life’, ‘Hey, Baby!’, ‘Do You Love Me?’ and ‘Hungry Eyes’.
Tour dates are on sale now and can be found on the Dirty Dancing website.
Words by Jo Elliott
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