Madagascar The Musical gets UK and Ireland tour
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Selladoor Worldwide and Theatre Royal Plymouth have announced a brand-new tour of the family favourite Madagascar The Musical which will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 20 October 2023. With full casting yet to be announced.
Based on the DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar The Musical follows Alex the Lion and his best friends – Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to King Julien’s Madagascar.
This adventure for the whole family is brought to life as a co-production with Theatre Royal Plymouth and Selladoor Worldwide, the producers behind Guess How Much I Love You, Mr Men and Little Miss, Footloose and Fame, who toured Madagascar the Musical to huge Critical acclaim in 2018/2019.
Madagascar The Musical tour dates:
October 2023
20th-28th: Theatre Royal Plymouth
November 2023
31st October-4th November: Cheltenham Everyman Theatre
8th-11th: Peterborough New Theatre
15th-18th: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
22nd-25th: Sunderland Empire
February 2024
8th-11th: Manchester Opera House
14th-17th: Alhambra Theatre Bradford
21st-24th: Blackpool Opera House
March 2024
14th-17th: Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
21st-24th: Grimsby Auditorium
April 2024
11th-14th: Dublin Gaiety Theatre
18th-21st: Oxford New Theatre
May 2024
16th-19th: Regent Theatre – Stoke On Trent
June 2024
6th-9th:Dartford Orchard Theatre
27th-30th: Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff
July 2024
10th-13th: Newcastle Theatre Royal
18th-21st: Northampton Royal & Derngate
24th-27th: Nottingham Theatre Royal
August 2024
1st-4th: Southend Cliffs Pavilion
8th-11th: Glasgow King's Theatre
14th-17th: His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen
Further tour dates yet to be announced.
Madagascar The Musical is directed by award-winning Kirk Jameson with choreography from Fabian Aloise with Musical Supervision from Mark Crossland, Puppet Design by Max Humphries and Puppet Direction from Emma Brunton.
Stuart Glover producer of Madagascar for Selladoor said: 'Audiences have been going wild for Madagascar across the globe since we first toured in 2018 and we’re delighted to bring the musical back to the stage for audiences in the UK and Ireland. It’s the perfect treat for the whole family!'
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