Let The Band Shine
Take That musical to wind up at Playhouse
The Band, the new musical written by Tim Firth and featuring the music of Take That as performed by the winners of Let It Shine, is to play the Edinburgh Playhouse.
Rachel Lumberg, who toured with The Full Monty, has been announced in the role of Rachel, with Faye Christall as her younger self. The UK tour kicks off in Manchester in September 2017 and ends up at the Edinburgh Playhouse in June 2018.
Gary Barlow, Mark Owen & Howard Donald at The Band launch. Pic: Matt Crockett
Take That said: “We are incredibly proud and excited that our first production as theatre producers is The Band – a musical that we think will touch the hearts of not just our fans, but everyone.”
The Band is a new musical about what it’s like to grow up with a boyband. For five 16 year-old pals in 1992, “the band” is everything. Now, 25 years on, they are 40-something women and trying, once more, to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.
The Band itself will be played by AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Yazdan Qafouri Isfahani, Curtis T Johns and Sario Watanabe-Soloman, who won the BBC’s Let It Shine competition as Five to Five. Further casting beyond the two Rachels is to be announced.
Sario, Nick, Curtis (seated), AJ & Yazdan (The Band) at The Band launch Gary Barlow, Mark Owen & Howard Donald at The Band launch. Pic: Matt Crockett
The Band will be directed by Kim Gavin and Jack Ryder, designed by Jon Bausor and choreographed by Kim Gavin, with lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, video design by Luke Halls and sound design by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster.
Listings & Links
The Band
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18 – 22 Greenside Place, EH1 3AA.
Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 June 2018.
Tue-Thurs & Sat: 7.30pm, Fri: 5pm & 8.30pm; Matinees: Weds, Sat: 2.30pm.
Tickets and booking details: http://www.atgtickets.com/shows/the-band/edinburgh-playhouse/
Tour Website: www.thebandmusical.com
Twitter: @TheBandMusical
Facebook: TheBandMusical
| The Band on tour: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 – 30 Sept 2017 | Manchester Opera House |
0844 871 3018 | Book online |
| 4 – 14 Oct 2017 | Sheffield Lyceum Theatre |
0114 249 6000 | Book online |
| 17 – 28 Oct 2017 | Bradford Alhambra |
01274 432 000 | Book online |
| 31 Oct – 11 Nov 2017 | Southampton The Mayflower Theatre |
02380 711811 | Book online |
| 14 – 25 Nov 2017 | Llandudno Venue Cymru |
01492 872000 | Book online |
| 28 Nov – 9 Dec 2017 | Stoke-on-Trent Regent Theatre |
0844 871 7649 | Book online |
| 9 – 20 Jan 2018 | Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre |
029 2063 6464 | Book online |
| 23 Jan – 3 Feb 2018 | Liverpool Empire |
08448 713 017 | Book online |
| 6 – 17 Feb 2018 | Norwich Theatre Royal |
01603 63 00 00 | Book online |
| 20 Feb – 3 March 2018 | Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre |
01227 787787 | Book online |
| 6 – 17 March 2018 | Hull New Theatre |
01482 300 300 | Book online |
| 20 – 31 March 2018 | Leeds Grand Theatre |
0844 848 2700 | Book online |
| 3 – 14 April 2018 | Newcastle Theatre Royal |
08448 11 21 21 | Book online |
| 17 – 28 April 2018 | Bristol Hippodrome |
0844 871 3012 | Book online |
| 1 – 12 May 2018 | Birmingham Hippodrome |
0844 338 5000 | Book online |
| 15 – 26 May 2018 | Plymouth Theatre Royal |
01752 230440 | Book online |
| 29 May – 9 June 2018 | Northampton Royal & Derngate |
01604 624 811 | Book online |
| 12 – 23 June 2018 | Nottingham Theatre Royal |
0115 989 5555 | Book online |
| 26 June – 7 July 2018 | Glasgow King’s Theatre |
0844 871 7648 | Book online |
| 10 – 14 July 2018 | Edinburgh Playhouse |
0844 871 3014 | Book online |
