'Our House' Tour Begins May 29 with Steve Brookstein

The first UK tour of the Olivier award-winning Our House will open at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre for four weeks on Tuesday 3 June, following previews from 29 May. The production will run there until 21 June. The West End production of Our House, which opened in autumn 2002, received rave reviews and public acclaim, winning the 2003 Olivier Award for 'Best New Musical'. Steve Brookstein will star as 'Dad'. Further casting will be announced shortly. 

The following tour dates have been confirmed –
Regents Theatre Stoke-On-Trent (23 – 28 June)
Theatre Royal, Glasgow (30 June – 5 July)
Edinburgh Playhouse (7 – 12 July)
Churchill Theatre Bromley (14 – 19 July)
Bradford Alhambra (21 – 26 July)
Milton Keynes Theatre (1 – 6 September)
Wimbledon Theatre (8 – 13 September)
Further dates will be shortly announced. 

Featuring the most famous songs of 80's pop sensations Madness such as "My Girl", "Baggy Trousers", "House of Fun" and "It Must Be Love", Our House tells the story of sixteen year-old Joe, in love for the first time, and the fateful day when something happens to tear his world in two.  

Steve Brookstein, who was the winner of the first ever series of ITV's X-Factor in 2004, will make his stage debut playing 'Dad'. Following his decisive victory with two-thirds of the public vote, he went on to release a No 1 single "Against All Odds" and his debut album "Heart and Soul" sold 250,000 copies. He released his second album "40,000 Things" to great acclaim in 2006. 

Our House is being staged by the entire original West End creative team. Our House, which has music and lyrics by Madness, is written by Tim Firth ("Calendar Girls", "Neville's Island").

The production is directed by Matthew Warchus (Lord of the Rings, Boeing, Boeing and Art), designed by Rob Howell (Lord of the Rings, Tell Me on a Sunday, The Graduate) and choreographed by Peter Darling (Billy Elliot). 

For more information, visit www.ourhousethemusical.co.uk

Steve Brookstein

To post a comment, you must register and login.