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10 January 2022

STATEMENT: Regarding Bring It On The Musical UK/Irleand Tour 2022

The producers of Bring It On The Musical today sadly announce that due to the impact of rising Covid-19 cases and self-isolation requirements resulting in 13 cancelled performances, the show will no longer be able to continue its tour.

Performances at the Southbank Centre are unaffected by this cancellation. Therefore, the production will play at the Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall until it concludes its final performance on 22 January 2022.

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22 July 2021

UPDATE: Footloose The Musical rescheduled tour cast announced

Following two critically acclaimed tours and huge popular demand, Footloose The Musical is back and better than ever! The musical which was postponed in 2020 is set to burst back onto stage in 2022 opening in the UK at the Theatre Royal Plymouth on 14 Feb following 3 weeks in Zurich before an extensive UK tour.

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7 May 2021

ANNOUNCEMENT: Preston Live Arts Festival search for local writer to join creative team for new musical 'Tink'

As the soon to be announced line-up for Preston Live Arts Festival this summer begins to take shape the creative team are on the look out for submissions from musical theatre book writers or script writers to work with French Music & Lyrics writing duo, Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal & Julien Salvia, for a brand new musical based on the origin story of Peter Pan’s sidekick, Tinkerbell.

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29 April 2021

UPDATE: Selladoor New Writers Programme to showcase 10 short plays

In Autumn 2020 following funding received from the DCMS cultural recovery fund Selladoor Worldwide launched their New Writers Programme; today they announce their New Writers Programme Showcase celebrating the results produced by their latest participant writers which will be streamed online Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12th May at 7pm.

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9 November 2020

ANNOUNCEMENT: Selladoor Worldwide launch Companion Producer Scheme

Selladoor Worldwide today launch a new Companion Producer Scheme, offering two participants the opportunity to join their in-house training programme, as part of their bridging initiative following the recent financial support package from the DCMS. The scheme will open on 4th January and run until June with a deadline for applications closing on 4th December.

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26 October 2020

UPDATE: Selladoor announces venues will open for a Christmas season of festive entertainment

Selladoor confirm that following the recent grant award announcement from the DCMS, they plan to lift the curtain again at each of their venues this year in time for Christmas. Peterborough New Theatre, The Landmark Theatre in Ilfracombe and The Queen’s Theatre in Barnstaple will open with new social distancing procedures including spaced seating, staggered entrance times and one-way systems around the venues.

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5 August 2020

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Landmark, Ilfracombe opens its doors to present an outdoor festival of live theatre this summer!

Whilst theatres across the UK are still closed due to the challenges brought by Covid-19, Selladoor continue to commit to ensure the local communities of North Devon still have access to live theatre and the Summer Festival will provide this in an outdoor, socially-distanced environment. The Summer Festival presents a programme of live performances between Thursday 27 and Monday 31 August.

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6 July 2020

UPDATE: Selladoor Worldwide's response to the Government Support Package of £1.57BN for the Arts sector

Selladoor Worldwide, one of the country’s largest touring companies, and operators of Queen’s Theatre Barnstaple, The Landmark Ilfracombe and the Peterborough New Theatre, welcome the announcement from Department of Culture, Media and Sports Secretary of State Oliver Dowden MP and Chancellor Rishi Sunak MP that a support package of £1.57bn will be injected into the arts sector.

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24 February 2020

UPDATE: Darren Day to join the cast of Footloose The Musical

Selladoor Productions announces that musical theatre favourite Darren Day will join the cast of Footloose The Musical as Reverend Moore in the brand-new UK Tour opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre on the 24 April.  Following two critically acclaimed tours and due to huge popular demand an additional 11 venues have today been added to the tour schedule.

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20 November 2019

UPDATE: New casting announced for Fame at Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre

New casting is announced for the extended run of the critically acclaimed 30th Anniversary production of Fame the musical playing for a strictly limited season at the newly opened Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre, located in the heart of North West London’s new cultural neighbourhood from 23 Dec 2019 – 26 Jan 2020.

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29 July 2019

UPDATE: Casting announced for UK Tour of Mr. Men & Little Miss On Stage

Take a first look at some of your favourite Mr. Men and Little Miss characters as Selladoor Family and Rockefeller Productions announce casting for the UK tour of the stage adaptation of Roger Hargreaves much loved children’s book series, Mr. Men & Little Miss On Stage. The brand new show opens on 01 August at the Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe before an extensive tour.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Mr. Men & Little Miss Show UK Tour

Selladoor Family and Rockefeller Productions today announce that a brand new adaptation of Roger Hargreaves much loved children’s book series, Mr.Men & Little Miss On Stage will tour the UK in an extensive tour following an opening at the Underbelly Edinburgh Fringe this summer 01 – 26 August.

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15 April 2019

ANNOUNCEMENT: Falsettos - London Premiere at The Other Palace

Selladoor Worldwide (producers of 9 to 5Big FishAmerican Idiot and Avenue Q) present the long awaited European premiere of the multi award-winning musical, Falsettos by William Finn & James Lapine, which arrives in the UK from August 2019 at The Other Palace for a strictly limited season.

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31 January 2019

UPDATE: Little Miss Sunshine The Musical Casting

Casting has been announced for the upcoming London transfer of the hit Off-Broadway musical, Little Miss Sunshine. Prolific musical actress Laura Pitt-Pulford and Olivier Award-nominated actor Gary Wilmot are set to shine bright on the London theatre stage this spring. Little Miss Sunshine receives its UK premiere on 21 March 2019 at the Arcola Theatre.

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25 October 2018

ANNOUNCEMENT: Elmer the Patchwork Elephant 30th anniversary UK Tour

David McKee's iconic children's book Elmer the Patchwork Elephant is to be staged in a brand new adaptation for a UK tour in 2019. The show will be staged by Selladoor, opening in Bromley in January 2019, before touring to Billingham, Radlett, Alban, Richmond, Brighton and more until 2 June.

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13 September 2018

ANNOUNCEMENT: 9 to 5 The Musical at The Savoy Theatre, starring Amber Davies and Louise Redknapp

Hit musical 9 to 5, featuring the classic music of Dolly Parton, will run in the West End at the Savoy Theatre from 28 January 2019, running to the 31 August.

Starring Louise Redknapp (Cabaret), dancer and Love Island star Amber Davies, Natalie McQueen (Kinky Boots) and Brian Conley (Barnum), the brand new West End production tells the story of Doralee, Violet and Judy – three colleagues who rebel against their sexist and egotistical boss.

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Kelvin Fletcher Announced in Wizard of Oz

Blackpool Winter Gardens announce that soap star Kelvin Fletcher will be playing the Tin Man, in this year’s unforgettable adventure, The Wizard of Oz at Blackpool Opera House from 07 Dec – 30 Dec. He will be joining X-Factor star Holly Tandy playing Dorothy, alongside Radio Wave’s Scott Gallagher as the Cowardly Lion.

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21 May 2018

ANNOUNCEMENT: Holly Tandy Starring As Dorothy

Blackpool Winter Gardens announce that X- Factor sensation Holly Tandy will stepping into Dorothy’s iconic ruby slippers in this year’s unforgettable adventure, The Wizard of Oz at Blackpool Opera House alongside Radio Wave’s Scott Gallagher as the Cowardly Lion from 07 Dec – 30 Dec.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Avenue Q on tour 2019

Guess Q’s back! The naughtiest puppets in town will be heading to a theatre near you as comedy musical Avenue Q returns next year to tour the UK with all of your favourite fuzzy friends, opening in at Portsmouth Kings Theatre 21 January 2019.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Fame

Fame The Musical is set to tour the UK in a new 30th anniversary tour opening at Manchester Palace on 20 July 2018.

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28 December 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Wizard of Oz

Follow the yellow brick road to the Blackpool Opera House in 2018 and spend an unforgettable Christmas with Dorothy and her friends in the merry old land of Oz!

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6 December 2017

ARTICLE: Selladoor in The Stage

‘I would drive the van and Phil would get up the ladders’.

Selladoor founders David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree sat down with The Stage to discuss the companies origins and plans for the future.

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10 November 2017

REVIEW: Big Fish Hooks Audiences

'Big Fish The Musical pulls on every emotion imaginable, and leaves you feeling exhilarated as a result of the energy, and intensity of the fantastic cast. '

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18 October 2017

UPDATE: Have You Got The Spam Factor?

Do you have what it takes to join King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table?

Win a chance to join the cast of Spamalot on stage in Manchester in a walk on part with our Knights of the Round Table!

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18 August 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Maureen Nolan is Mrs Darling

Blackpool's own Maureen Nolan will join Jennifer Ellison, Jake Quickenden and Scott Gallagher as Mrs Darling in the  magical family Christmas adventure, Peter Pan, at the Blackpool Winter Gardens from 16 December 2017 to 07 January 2018.

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1 August 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Of Mice and Men

We are delighted to announce a 10 week UK Tour of John Steinbeck's literary classic, Of Mice and Men, in association with The Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, opening at Marlowe Canterbury on 29 January 2018.

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12 May 2017

UPDATE: Peter Pan Casting

Initial casting has been announced for Peter Pan at Blackpool Winter Gardens from 16 December 2017. Jennifer Ellison will lead the cast as Captain Hook alongside X Factor’s Jake Quickenden as Peter Pan.  They will be joined on stage by Radio Wave’s Breakfast Show Presenter Scott Gallagher as hapless sidekick Smee.

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5 May 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Spamalot UK Tour

Monty Python’s award-winning musical, Spamalot gallops into action opening at the Blackpool Opera House on Monday 11th September 2017 before embarking on a 6 month UK tour.

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8 March 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Producers International Tour

Selladoor Worldwide is delighted to announce that they will tour a brand-new production of The Producers this Autumn. The laugh-out-loud musical spectacle opens at Shanghai Culture Square, prior to a 14 week tour of China.

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6 February 2017

ANNOUNCEMENT: Peter Pan

Second star to the right, and straight on to Blackpool. The sky’s the limit this Christmas as, with a sprinkling of fairy dust, Blackpool Opera House takes you on a magical journey to Neverland in a sensational, swashbuckling adventure from Saturday 16 December 2017 to Sunday 07 January 2018.

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21 December 2016

ANNOUNCEMENT: Footloose UK Tour

Following a smash-hit 2016 tour, Footloose: The Musical is bursting back onto the stage in 2017 opening at the New Wimbledon Theatre on Friday 21 April.

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23 September 2016

UPDATE: The Broons Arrive On Stage

The wait is almost over as the Glebe Street gang get ready to hit the stage in the world premiere of The Broons: Maggie's Weddin', which opens in Perth next week Tuesday 27th September.

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7 July 2016

ANNOUNCEMENT: Little Shop of Horrors Full Casting

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming UK tour of Little Shop Of Horrors. Sam Lupton (Wicked) will star as Seymour alongside Stepahnie Clift (Mamma Mia!) as Audrey, and X Factor star Rhydian Roberts as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello.

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18 September 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT: Seussical Returns

Join the Cat in the Hat as he takes you on a journey into the fantastical, bombastical and songtastical world of Dr Seuss. After a successful international tour in 2014, Seussical will burst back on to stage in 2015, opening at Spa, Bridlington prior to flying out to Abu Dhabi, Dubai and ending in Singapore.

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9 September 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Silver Sword Cast

Full casting has been announced for the world stage premiere of THE SILVER SWORD at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre from Sat 26 Sept – Sat 3 Oct before embarking on UK Tour throughout Autumn 2015. 

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27 August 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Silver Sword

Originally written in 1956, THE SILVER SWORD was recently named as one of the top 50 children’s books of all time by The Times. This brand new musical co-production has been adapted for the stage by Susie McKenna and Steven Edis.  

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7 August 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT: American Idiot Extends!

American Idiot may have planned a rather apt September end, but the Green Day-Inspired musical has proved so popular at London’s Arts Theatre that it has extended its run until 22 November.

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1 May 2015

ANNOUNCEMENT: Amelia Lily in American Idiot

X Factor star, Amelia Lily (playing Whatsername), will star in Green Day's explosive, award-winning Broadway musical American Idiot, as it blasts into the UK for its West End premiere from the 17 July at The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square. 

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