DIRTY DANCING UK & Ireland Tour Adds New Dates

The Producers of the UK and Ireland tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage are delighted to announce that eight new venues have been added to its run.

The additional dates for the smash-hit show include: Birmingham Hippodrome (Thursday 30 April - Saturday 23 May 2015), Theatre Royal, Nottingham (Tuesday 26 May - Saturday 13 June 2015), Theatre Royal Plymouth (Tuesday 16 June - Saturday 4 July 2015), Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (Tuesday 7 - Saturday 25 July 2015), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (Tuesday 4 - Saturday 22 August 2015), Theatre Royal Norwich (Tuesday 25 August - Saturday 5 September 2015), His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen (Tuesday 8 September - Saturday 3 October 2015), and Venue Cymru, Llandudno (Tuesday 6 - Saturday 17 October 2015). Casting is to be announced. Demand is expected to be high, so early booking is advisable!

As previously announced, the second UK tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage launched at the Bristol Hippodrome on 15 March 2014 and has, to date, visited Sheffield, Newcastle, Southampton, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Wolverhampton, Milton Keynes, Leeds and Oxford. In the first few months of 2015, it will also visit Eastbourne, Sunderland, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Liverpool.

Concurrently the show is also enjoying huge success in Europe: after a recent sell-out season in Vienna, Austria, the show continues to tour in German speaking territories, is currently wowing audiences in Italy, and will open in Paris in January 2015, prior to embarking on an arena tour of major French cities, with each individual production using local German, French and Italian speaking companies. The show has also just re-opened in Sydney, prior to a new Australian tour marking the tenth anniversary of the original stage show.

The first ever UK tour of Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage, which launched in 2011, took an unprecedented £42,000,000 at theatres across the country, received standing ovations and 5 star reviews, and smashed box office records in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dublin, Leeds and Stoke-On-Trent. In 2013, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage returned to the West End and played at the Piccadilly Theatre in London until 23 February 2014, prior to launching the current UK and Ireland tour.

The current cast includes; Gareth Bailey as Johnny Castle, Roseanna Frascona as Frances 'Baby' Houseman, Claire Rogers as Penny Johnson, James Coombes as Dr. Jake Houseman, Julia J. Nagle as Marjorie Houseman, Jessie-Lou Yates as Lisa Houseman, Colin Charles as Tito Suarez, Alexander Wolfe as Neil Kellerman, Michael Remick as Max Kellerman, Wayne Smith as Billy Kostecki and Mark Faith as Mr Schumacher and also features James Bennett, Sarah Cortez, Lizzi Franklin, Francis Haugen, Antony Hewitt, Verity Jones, Lewis Kirk, Robin Lake, Garry Lee, Carly Miles, Carlie Milner, Simone Mistry-Palmer, Marlon Moore, Brandon Lee Sears and Natalie Winsor.

Produced by Karl Sydow and Joye Entertainment, in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions, and written by Eleanor Bergstein, script writer of the phenomenally successful 1987 film, the production features the much-loved characters and original dialogue from the iconic film, with exciting extra scenes added in.

The tantalising dance sequences and brand new choreography come alive on stage, set to the hits from the unforgettable soundtrack, including 'Do You Love Me?', 'Hungry Eyes' and the Academy Award winning '(I've Had) The Time Of My Life', plus many additional songs, making the show a truly extraordinary live experience.

Dirty Dancing -The Classic Story On Stage originally opened at London's Aldwych Theatre in 2006 with a record-breaking advance of £15 million, making it the fastest ever selling show in West End theatre history. The production became the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre and played to over 2 million people during its triumphant 5 year run. A hit show all around the world, Dirty Dancing - The Classic Story On Stage has previously played in Australia, New Zealand, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and South Africa, consistently breaking box office records.