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JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT to tour the UK

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Jun 23, 2024 / 720 Views

Evan Walker

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat opens its 2024 – 2025 tour with a colour-filled festive season on the Edinburgh Playhouse – starring the legendary Donny Osmond as Pharaoh – on Tuesday 3 December.

The place and when?

Following its opening run on the Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre, the tour then goes on to go to: Oxford, New Theatre; Sunderland, Empire Theatre; Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre; Nottingham, Theatre Royal; Belfast, Grand Opera Home; Manchester, Opera Home; Bristol, Hippodrome Theatre; Leeds, Grand Theatre; Blackpool, Winter Gardens; Norwich, Theatre Royal; Southampton, Mayflower Theatre; Birmingham, Hippodrome Theatre; Woking, New Victoria; Newcastle, Theatre Royal; Southend, Cliffs Pavilion; Plymouth, Theatre Royal; Liverpool, Empire Theatre; Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre and Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre.

Who’s within the solid?

Donny Osmond performs in Edinburgh solely. Full casting for all different venues is to be introduced.

Inventive group

Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat is directed by Laurence Connor. Laurence’s credit embrace the acclaimed London manufacturing of College of Rock and the Tony-Award nominated manufacturing on Broadway, the current London productions of Miss Saigon, Chess and Cinderella, the worldwide area tour of Jesus Christ Famous person and he’s additionally the Co-Director of the brand new model of Les Misérables which has loved worldwide success together with Broadway, UK and US excursions.

JoAnn M Hunter (who has 20 Broadway exhibits to her credit score, together with College of Rock and On A Clear Day You Can See PerPetually) is the present’s choreographer, set and costume design are by the award-winning Morgan Massive with Ben Cracknell as Lighting Designer and Gareth Owen as Sound Designer.

What’s the present about?

Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat was Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first main collaboration. Launched as an idea album in 1969, the stage model of Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat has change into one of many world’s most beloved household musicals. The multi-award-winning present has been carried out lots of of hundreds of instances together with a number of runs within the West Finish and on Broadway, worldwide excursions in over 80 nations worldwide and has change into one of many world’s most beloved household musicals. That includes much-loved pop and musical theatre classics, together with Any Dream Will Do, Shut Each Door, There’s One Extra Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go, Joseph, the brand new London Palladium manufacturing acquired a rapturous reception throughout its 2019 and 2021 summer season seasons, forward of its first main UK tour in 2022.

Informed completely by tune with the assistance of the Narrator, Joseph and the Wonderful Technicolor Dreamcoat follows the story of Jacob’s favorite son Joseph and his eleven brothers. After being offered into hardship by the brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar however leads to jail after refusing the advances of Potiphar’s spouse. Whereas imprisoned, Joseph discovers his capability to interpret desires, and he quickly finds himself in entrance of the mighty however troubled showman, the Pharaoh. As Joseph strives to resolve Egypt’s famine, he turns into Pharaoh’s right-hand man and finally reunites along with his household.