Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage announces Newcastle show
Dirty
Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage
Newcastle
Tyne Theatre & Opera House
Tuesday 26th – Wednesday 27th October 2021
Tickets
for the three performances are available from our affiliates Eventim UK: https://tinyurl.com/TyneDirtyDancing
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Kira Malou (Baby) - Photo: Alastair Muir
Producer Karl Sydow is delighted to announce new dates
for a UK and Ireland dates for the 2021 tour
of a dazzlingly renewed version of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage,
which will arrive in Newcastle next October.
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| Kira Malou (Baby) Michael O'Reilly (Johnny) - Photo Alastair Muir |
The iconic story of Baby and Johnny, featuring the hit songs 'Hungry Eyes', ‘Hey! Baby’, ‘Do You Love Me?’ and the heart stopping ‘(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life’, returns to the stage, following two blockbuster West End runs, four hit UK tours, and multiple sensational international productions.
It’s the
summer of 1963, and 17 year-old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman is about to learn some
major lessons in life as well as a thing or two about dancing.
On holiday in
New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents, she shows
little interest in the resort activities, and instead discovers her own
entertainment when she stumbles across an all-night dance party at the staff
quarters. Mesmerised by the raunchy dance moves and the pounding rhythms, Baby
can’t wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of Johnny
Castle, the resort dance instructor.
Her life is
about to change forever as she is thrown in at the deep end as Johnny’s leading
lady both on-stage and off, and two fiercely independent young spirits from
different worlds come together in what will be the most challenging and
triumphant summer of their lives.
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| Kira Malou (Baby) Michael O'Reilly (Johnny) Photo: Alastair Muir |
Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage originally opened at London’s Aldwych Theatre in 2006 with a record-breaking advance of £15 million, making it the fastest ever selling show in West End theatre history. The production became the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre and played to over 2 million people during its triumphant 5 year run.
Since its
Australian debut in 2004, Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage has become
a worldwide phenomenon, with productions staged in the USA, Canada, Germany,
the Netherlands, Sweden, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore and throughout
Europe, consistently breaking box office records. Recent tours in France,
Germany and Australia were all sell out smash hits. The first ever UK tour
of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage launched in 2011 and then
returned to the West End in 2013 playing at the Piccadilly Theatre in London,
prior to launching a second UK and Ireland tour.
A further tour and West End Christmas season followed in 2016/17. It went on to
embark on a 2018/19 tour, entertaining audiences up and down the country. That means that in the
UK, the original touring production has now played to in excess of 6,000,000
people and Baby has carried over 21,000 watermelons!
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| Simone Covele (Penny) Michael O'Reilly (Johnny) - Photo: Alastair Muir |
Produced by Karl Sydow & Joye Entertainment in
association with Lionsgate, Magic Hour Productions and Triple A Entertainment
Group, and written by Eleanor Bergstein - script writer of the phenomenally
successful 1987 film - the production features the much-loved characters and
original dialogue from the iconic film, as well as exciting extra scenes.
Tickets
for the three performances are available from our affiliates Eventim UK: https://tinyurl.com/TyneDirtyDancing #Ad
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