23 February 2018
Newsdesk
Brand new stage musical Summer Holiday is set to tour the UK from May 2018, with the famous red double-decker bus making its first stop at the Liverpool Empire on Tuesday 8th May.
Based on the iconic 1960’s film of the same name, starring Cliff Richard and The Shadows, Summer Holiday will include all of the number one hits from the movie, plus some additional Cliff Richard classics.
Taking on the lead role of Don made famous by Cliff Richard, is singer-songwriter Ray Quinn. Ray shot to fame as the runner-up in ITV1’s The X Factor in 2006. This spurned a career in both music and of late musicals, with his debut album ‘Doing it My Way’ entering the charts at Number 1, and quickly gaining platinum status. Ray is perhaps best known of late for ‘doing the double’ on ITV1’s hugely successful show Dancing on Ice, winning for the first time in 2009, and then again on Dancing on Ice: Champion of Champions in 2014. Ray’s theatre credits include Danny Zuko in Grease (West End), Dirty Dancing (West End), Legally Blonde (UK Tour) and most recently, The Wedding Singer (UK Tour).
Summer Holiday tells the story of Don and his fellow London Transport mechanics as they journey together in a red double-decker bus through Paris, the Alps, Italy and Greece. Along the way they pick up a girl singing group and a young American pop star who is on the run from her domineering mother!
This hit - filled musical features many of 1960’s biggest songs including In the Country, Summer Holiday, Travellin’ Light, Bachelor Boy, Move It, Living Doll, The Young Ones and On the Beach.
Tickets for Summer Holiday are on sale now. Further casting to be announced in due course.
Stage Adaptation by Michael Gyngell and Mark Haddigan
Based on the film SUMMER HOLIDAY, Directed by Peter Yates
Screenplay by Ronald Cass and Peter Myers
By special arrangement with StudioCanal
Orchestrations by Keith Strachan
Presented by arrangement with
Music Theatre International (Europe) Limited
On behalf of Josef Weinberger Limited
Executive Producer
David King
Director and Choreographer
Racky Plews
SUMMER HOLIDAY – 2018 UK TOUR DATES
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 May Box Office: 0844 871 3017
Liverpool Empire Website: www.atgtickets.com/liverpool
Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 May Box Office: 0844 871 7652
Milton Keynes Theatre Website: www.atgticket.com/miltonkeynes
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 May Box Office: 0844 871 7645
New Victoria Theatre, Woking Website: www.atgtickets.com/woking
Tuesday 29 May – Saturday 2 June Box Office: 0844 871 3024
Grand Opera House, York Website: www.atgtickets.com/york
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 June Box Office: 020 3285 6000
Churchill Theatre, Bromley Website: www.churchilltheatre.co.uk
Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 June Box Office: 0844 871 3011
New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham Website: www.atgtickets.com/birmingham
Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 June Box Office: 0844 871 3014
Edinburgh Playhouse Website: www.atgtickets.com/edinburgh
Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 June Box Office: 01752 267222
Theatre Royal, Plymouth Website: www.theatreroyal.com
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 July Box Office: 0844 871 7650
Theatre Royal, Brighton Website: www.atgtickets.com/brighton
Tuesday 24 – Saturday 28 July Box Office: 0844 856 1111
Blackpool Winter Gardens Website: www.wintergardensblackpool.co.uk
Tuesday 30 July – Saturday 4 August Box Office: 0844 848 2700
Leeds Grand Theatre Website: www.leedsgrandtheatre.com
Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 August Box Office: 029 2063 6464
Wales Millennium Centre Website: www.wmc.org
Tuesday 22 - Saturday 27 August Box Office: 01702 351135
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend Website: www.southendtheatres.org.uk
Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 September Box Office: 01322 220000
Orchard Theatre, Dartford Website: www.orchardtheatre.co.uk
Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 September Box Office: 01244 409113
Chester Storyhouse Website: www.storyhouse.com
Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 September Box Office: 0844 871 7646 ON SALE SOON
New Wimbledon Theatre Website: www.atgticket.com/wimbledon
Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 September Box Office: 01325 405405 ON SALE SOON
Darlington Hippodrome Website: www.darlingtonhippodrome.co.uk
Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 October Box Office: 0844 871 7649 ON SALE SOON
Regent Theatre, Stoke Website: www.atgtickets.com/stoke
Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 October Box Office: 0844 871 7607 ON SALE SOON
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Website www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury
Tuesday 30 October – Saturday 3 November Box Office: 0844 871 7647 ON SALE SOON
Kings Theatre, Glasgow Website: www.atgtickets.com/glasgow
