CHICAGO THE MUSICAL To Tour UK And Ireland

David Ian for Crossroads Live in association with Barry and Fran Weissler has announced the 2027 UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO. The tour will open at Wimbledon Theatre on February 5, 2027 and arrives at Milton Keynes Theatre from Monday, September 6 – Saturday, September 2027. 

The UK tour of Chicago will begin at the New Wimbledon Theatre in Wimbledon from February 5–13, 2027, before traveling to Liverpool at the Liverpool Empire from March 24–27. The production then visits Glasgow's King's Theatre, Glasgow from May 10–15, followed by Manchester at the Opera House Manchester from May 25–29 and York at the Grand Opera House York from May 31–June 5. Following a summer break, the tour resumes in Brighton at the Theatre Royal Brighton from August 16–21, then heads to Bristol's Bristol Hippodrome from August 31–September 4, Milton Keynes's Milton Keynes Theatre from September 6–11, and Oxford at the New Theatre Oxford from September 20–25. Autumn engagements include Sunderland's Sunderland Empire from October 11–16, Woking at the Woking Theatre from November 1–6, and Stoke-on-Trent's Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from November 15–20, before concluding at the Edinburgh Playhouse in Edinburgh from November 23–27, 2027.

Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a  housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out  on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma  Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of  sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids. 

Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob  Fosse, CHICAGO’s sexy, sassy score includes the show-stopping songs “Razzle Dazzle”, “Cell Block  Tango”, and “All That Jazz”. Winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, CHICAGO is the longest running American musical in Broadway and West End history. 

Since it opened in New York in 1996, CHICAGO has played in 38 countries worldwide, and been  performed in English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, French, Danish,  Japanese and Korean. Worldwide it has been seen by an estimated 35 million people, grossed over  $1.8 billion has played over 36,000 performances. 

CHICAGO, which is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob  Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1996 Broadway revival of CHICAGO was  choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse, directed by Walter Bobbie, and produced  by Barry and Fran Weissler.