{"id":28002,"date":"2022-12-03T09:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-03T09:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/03\/tony-the-tony-blair-rock-opera-to-play-at-leicester-square-theatre-ahead-of-uk-tour\/"},"modified":"2022-12-03T09:30:15","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T09:30:15","slug":"tony-the-tony-blair-rock-opera-to-play-at-leicester-square-theatre-forward-of-uk-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/03\/tony-the-tony-blair-rock-opera-to-play-at-leicester-square-theatre-forward-of-uk-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] to play at Leicester Square Theatre forward of UK tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.westendwilma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Logo (1)\"\/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Following its critically acclaimed, sold-out world premiere at Park Theatre this summer season Harry Hill and Steve Brown\u2019s musical, <strong>TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera]<\/strong>, will run in London\u2019s West End on the <strong>Leicester Square Theatre<\/strong> from 15 April to 21 May. Following the West End restricted season, the musical will tour the UK from 25 May to 29 July, together with Tony Blair\u2019s earlier constituency of Sedgefield, the place it is going to play from 27 to 29 July within the Parish Hall, with additional dates to be added.<\/p>\n<p>The musical tells the story of how one man went from peace-loving, long-haired hippy and would-be pop star to warmongering multimillionaire in simply a few many years. Throw in a stellar solid of larger-than-life characters \u2013 Cherie Blair, Princess Diana, John Prescott, Peter Mandelson, Alastair Campbell, Osama bin Laden, George W Bush, Saddam Hussein and Gordon Brown \u2013 it\u2019s Yes, Minister meets The Rocky Horror Show and a musical like no different.<\/p>\n<p>Please notice: Neither Tony Blair, the Tony Blair Institute, nor some other particular person featured on this manufacturing have endorsed the manufacturing or its advertising supplies and are by no means affiliated with the manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] is directed by Peter Rowe, with set and costume design by Libby Watson, lighting design by Mark Dymock and choreography by Francesca Jaynes. The Park Theatre manufacturing of TONY! [The Tony Blair Rock Opera] is produced within the West End and on tour by Nicholson Green Productions.<\/p>\n<p>Running Time at Leicester Square Theatre: 2 hours (inc. interval)<\/p>\n<p>Suitable for 14+<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TOUR SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">25 May \u2013 3 June Guildford Yvonne Arnaud<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">14 \u2013 17 June Cardiff New Theatre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">21 \u2013 24 June Richmond Theatre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">27 June \u2013 1 July Brighton Theatre Royal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3 \u2013 8 July Bath Theatre Royal<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">11 \u2013 15 July Chester Storyhouse<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">18 \u2013 22 July Malvern Festival Theatre<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">24 \u2013 26 July Darlington Hippodrome<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">27 \u2013 29 July Sedgefield Parish Hall<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Following its critically acclaimed, sold-out world premiere at Park Theatre this summer season Harry Hill and Steve Brown\u2019s musical, TONY! 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