King’s misses Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine pulls Edinburgh dates
Selladoor Worldwide’s tour of Little Miss Sunshine will not play the Edinburgh King’s in November as previously scheduled.
However it appears that the show’s other tour dates, including the Glasgow King’s in July, are due to go ahead.
A spokesperson for the Edinburgh King’s was not able to elaborate, but confirmed to All Edinburgh Theatre that: “Due to unforeseen circumstances Little Miss Sunshine will not be playing Edinburgh King’s Theatre in November 2019″.

Laura Pitt-Pulford, Gabriel Vick, Gary Wilmot, Paul Keating, Lily Mae Denman and Sev Keoshgerian. Pic Manuel Harlan
Æ understands that the decision to cancel the Edinburgh performances has come from Selladoor rather than Capital Theatres, which runs the King’s. Selladoor’s other musicals booked to tour to the King’s, which include Avenue Q and Amelie The Musical, are not effected.
This is the third cancellation inflicted on Capital Theatres this year. The entire tour of To Kill A Mockingbird, which had been due to play the King’s in April, was pulled following threats of litigation from the American rights holders. And the regional tour of Dr Doolittle, due to play the Festival Theatre in May, was cut short in January due to poor ticket sales.
Little Miss Sunshine has opened at the London Arcola to mixed reviews. The Evening Standard, A Younger Theatre and Londonist’s four star tributes were tempered with two star damp squibs from The Stage, The Times and WoS, while The Guardian, Time Out and Metro’s faint three star praise was fairly damning.
Based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name, Little Miss Sunshine is a new musical comedy from Tony Award-winners book-writer James Lapine (Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George) and composer William Finn (Falsettos, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee).
Scottish dates
The show is due to take to the road in May with a 22 venue tour booked through to the King’s in November, including Scottish dates in Glasgow (July 2 – 6), Aberdeen (Sept 17 – 21) and Inverness (Oct 22 – 26). There is a fortnight gap between Inverness and the cancelled Edinburgh dates.

A scene from Little Miss Sunshine. Pic Manuel Harlen
The Little Miss Sunshine website is still showing all venues on sale, and social media posts over the weekend state that the UK tour will be covering over 4000 miles and more than 20 theatres.
All Edinburgh Theatre has attempted to contact Selladoor for a comment.
Tour dates still on sale for Little Miss Sunshine are below:
Little Miss Sunshine tour: | |||
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Ends 11 May 2019 | London Arcola Theatre |
020 7503 1646 | Book online |
16 – 18 May 2019 | Bromley Churchill Theatre |
08448 717 620 | Book online |
20 – 25 May 2019 | Ipswich New Wolsey Theatre |
01473 295900 | Book online |
27 May – 1 June 2019 | Salford Lowry Theatre |
08432 086000 | Book online |
4 – 8 June 2019 | York Theatre Royal |
01904 623568 | Book online |
11 – 15 June 2019 | Brighton Theatre Royal |
0844 871 7650 | Book online |
17 – 22 June 2019 | Bradford Alhambra |
01274 432 000 | Book online |
25 – 29 June 2019 | Woking New Victoria |
0844 871 7645 | Book online |
2 – 6 July 2019 | Glasgow King’s Theatre |
0844 871 7648 | Book online |
9 – 13 July 2019 | Sheffield Lyceum Theatre |
0114 249 6000 | Book online |
16 – 20 July 2019 | Birmingham The Alexandra Theatre |
0844 871 3011 | Book online |
31 July – 3 Aug 2019 | Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre |
01227 787787 | Book online |
6 – 10 Aug 2019 | Blackpool Opera House |
0844 856 1111 | Book online |
12 – 17 Aug 2019 | Dublin Olympia Theatre |
(+353) 1 679 3323 | Book online |
20 – 24 Aug 2019 | Oxford Playhouse |
01865 305305 | Book online |
27 – 31 Aug 2019 | Malvern Festival Theatre |
01684 892277 | Book online |
3 – 7 Sept 2019 | Leicester Haymarket Theatre |
0116 296 1236 | Book online |
10 – 14 Sept 2019 | Cardiff New Theatre |
029 2087 8889 | Book online |
17 – 21 Sept 2019 | Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre |
01224 641122 | Book online |
30 Sept – 5 Oct 2019 | Exeter Northcott Theatre |
01392 493493 | Book online |
8 – 12 Oct 2019 | Eastbourne Devonshire Park Theatre |
01323 412 000 | Book online |
22 – 26 Oct 2019 | Inverness Eden Court |
01463 234234 | Book online |
0131 529 6000 |
ENDS