A scene from School Of Rock @ New London Theatre. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Book by Julian Fellowes. Lyric by Glen Slater. Directed by Laurence Connor. (Opening 24-10-16) ©Tristram Kenton 10/16 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com
School of Rock – The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s smash hit, award-winning West End show announces the schedule for its major UK and Ireland 2021/22 tour.
Auditions are in full swing, but who will stick it to the man? Full casting will follow later this summer, but in the meantime go wild for our super-talented young auditionees as they rock out with some killer shred guitar and perfect their stage moves in a new video recorded at the London Palladium.
Based on the hilarious hit movie, this new musical follows Dewey Finn, a failed, wannabe rock star who decides to earn a few extra bucks by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. There he turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band – sensationally performed live by the production’s young actors every night with roof-raising energy!
While teaching these pint-sized prodigies what it means to truly rock, Dewey falls for the school’s beautiful, but uptight headmistress, helping her rediscover the wild child within.
Featuring 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber and all the original songs from the movie, this high-octane smash delivers face-melting guitar riffs and touching romance in equally awesome doses.
The production opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in December 2015 before quickly transferring to the West End and opening at the New London Theatre (now the Gillian Lynne Theatre) in November 2016 to 5-star reviews and widespread critical acclaim. It went on to win the Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music. The Australian production opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in Melbourne in October 2018 before embarking on a national tour of China, and a short season in Korea, before returning back to Australia for seasons in Brisbane and Sydney.
School of Rock – The Musical features new music written by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater (The Little Mermaid, Sister Act) and a book by Julian Fellowes. It is directed by Laurence Connor (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, London Palladium 2019) with choreography by JoAnn M.Hunter, set and costume designs by Anna Louizos, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Mick-Potter, music supervision by John Rigby with Matt Smith as musical director.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of some of the world’s best known musicals including Cats, Evita, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Phantom of the Opera (which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary) and Sunset Boulevard. In New York, School of Rock – The Musical, a stage version of the movie, is currently running alongside Cats and Phantom of the Opera, equalling Lloyd Webber’s previous record of three shows running simultaneously on Broadway.
His awards, both as composer and producer, include seven Tonys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre, a BASCA Fellowship, the Kennedy Center Honor and a Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Requiem, his setting of the Latin Requiem mass which contains one of his best known compositions, Pie Jesu. He owns seven London theatres including the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, the New London Theatre and the London Palladium. He was knighted by Her Majesty The Queen in 1992 and created an honorary member of the House of Lords in 1997. He is passionate about the importance of music in education and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation has become one of Britain’s leading charities supporting the arts and music.
School of Rock has a book by Julian Fellowes, for which he received a Tony nomination. Julian the creator, writer and executive producer of the worldwide hit TV series Downton Abbey, which has received 69 Emmy Award nominations, winning 15, including two awards for Fellowes.
Casting for the UK Touring production is to be announced.
The UK & Ireland Tour of School of Rock – The Musical is produced by David Ian Productions.
2021/2022 Tour Schedule
Tue 7th – Sat 18th Sept
Hull New Theatre
Box Office: 01482 300 306
Mon 20th – Sat 25th Sept
Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton
Box Office: 01902 429212
Mon 27th Sept – Sat 2nd Oct
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Box Office: 0844 871 7645
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-victoria-theatre
Tue 5th – Sat 9th Oct
Sunderland Empire
Box Office: 0844 871 3022
www.atgtickets.com/venues/sunderland-empire
Tue 12th – Sat 16th Oct
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Box Office: 01702 351135
Tue 19th – Sat 23rd Oct
Regent Theatre, Stoke
Box Office: 0844 871 7649
www.atgtickets.com/venues/regent-theatre
Mon 25th – Sat 30th Oct
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
Box Office: 01274 432 2000
Mon 1st – Sat 6th Nov
Derngate Theatre, Northampton
Box Office: 01604 624811
Tue 9th – Sat 13th Nov
Grand Opera House, Belfast
Box Office: 028 9024 1919
Tue 16th – Sat 20th Nov
Concert Hall, Nottingham
Box Office: 0115 989 5555
Mon 22nd – Sat 27th Nov
Venue Cymru, Llandudno
Box Office: 01492 872 000
Tue 30th Nov – Sat 4th Dec
Princess Theatre, Torquay
Box Office: 0333 009 6690
www.atgtickets.com/venues/princess-theatre-torquay
Mon 13th Dec – Sat 1st Jan 2022
New Oxford Theatre
Box Office: 0844 871 3020
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-theatre-oxford
Tue 4th – Sat 15th Jan
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Box Office: 0844 871 3019
www.atgtickets.com/venues/palace-theatre-manchester
Mon 17th – Sat 22th Jan
The Hawth, Crawley
Box Office: 01293 553 363
www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk/The-Hawth
Tue 25th – Sat 29th Jan
Edinburgh Playhouse
Box Office: 0844 871 3014
www.atgtickets.com/venues/edinburgh-playhouse
Mon 31st Jan – Sat 5th Feb
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Box office: 0844 871 3011
www.atgtickets.com/venues/the-alexandra-theatre-birmingham
Tue 8th – Sat 12th Feb
Milton Keynes
Box Office: 0844 871 7652
www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre
Tue 15th – Sat 19th Feb
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Box Office: 01224 641122
www.aberdeenperformingarts.com
Tue 22nd – Sat 26th Feb
Regent Theatre, Ipswich
Box Office: 01473 433 100
Mon 7th – Sat 12th March
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Box Office: 0844 871 7648
www.atgtickets.com/venues/kings-theatre-glasgow
Tue 15th – Sat 19th March
Norwich Theatre Royal
Box Office: 01603 630 000
Mon 21st March – Sat 26th March
New Wimbledon Theatre
Box Office: 0844 871 7646
www.atgtickets.com/venues/new-wimbledon-theatre
Mon 28th March – Sat 2nd April
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Box Office: 08448 11 21 21
Mon 4th – Sat 9th April
Grand Theatre, Leeds
Box Office: 0844 848 2700
Tue 12th – Sat 16th April
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Box Office: 01323 412 000
Tue 19th – Sat 30th April
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Box Office: 01227 787787
Tue 3rd – Sat 7th May
Theatre Royal, Plymouth
Box Office: 01752 267 222
Tue 10th – Sat 14th May
Bristol Hippodrome
Box Office: 0844 871 3012
www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome
Mon 16th – Sat 21st May
Wales Millenium Centre
Box Office: 029 2063 6464
Mon 23rd – Sat 28th May
Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Box Office: 01322 220000
Mon 30th May- Sat 4th June
Curve Theatre, Leicester
Box Office: 0116 242 3595
Tue 21st June – Sat 2nd July
Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
Box Office: 00 353 1 677 7999
Tue 5th – Sat 9th July
Liverpool Empire
Box Office: 0844 871 3017
www.atgtickets.com/venues/liverpool-empire
Mon 18th – Sat 23rd July
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Box Office: 023 8071 1811
Mon 25 July – Sat 6 Aug
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
Mon 8th – Sat 13th Aug
Bournemouth Pavilion
Box Office: 0300 500 0595
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