Green Day’s explosive, Tony Award® winning Broadway musical American Idiot is currently on a national tour, following on from its hugely successful and critically acclaimed West End run. Amelia Lily (X-Factor) reprises her critically acclaimed role, Whatsername, for the UK tour, along with double platinum album sensation Newton Faulkner as Johnny.American Idiot began it’s UK tour at Curve Theatre, Leicester, directed and choreographed by Racky Plews, with designs by Sara Perks, lighting by Tim Deiling, sound by Chris Whybrow and musical supervision by Richard Morris.The story of three boyhood friends, each searching for meaning in a post 9-11 world, American Idiot features the music of Green Day with the lyrics of its lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong and book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer.Winner of two Tony Awards® and the 2010 Grammy Award winner for Best Musical Show Album, American Idiot premiered at Berkeley Repertory Theatre in September 2009. In April 2010, the musical opened on Broadway where reviews were unanimously positive and it ran for over a year.Its hit songs include “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “21 Guns,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” “Holiday” and the blockbuster title track “American Idiot” from Green Day’s 2004 Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum album. Also included are several songs from Green Day’s 2009 release “21st Century Breakdown,” and an unreleased love song, “When It’s Time.”Produced by David Hutchinson and Phillip Rowntree for Sell a Door Theatre Company and Stephen McGill ProductionsFor more information head to our American Idiot website HERE BACK
