Following several acclaimed and sold-out runs in London as well as an extensive tour of North America, the Olivier Award-winning reimagined production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's celebrated musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR will embark on a UK tour in 2023/2024.

 

Produced by David Ian for Crossroads Live, the UK tour will launch at Manchester's Palace Theatre from 11 September 2023 and will visit Newcastle, Hull, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Plymouth, Wolverhampton, Bradford, Nottingham, Ipswich, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Leicester, Stoke, Bristol, Crawley, Southampton, Norwich, Eastbourne, Birmingham, Oxford, Wimbledon, Woking, Sunderland, Canterbury, Sheffield, Llandudno, Torquay, Dartford, Cheltenham and Blackpool. Further tour dates are to be announced.

 

Featuring lyrics and music by Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony winners Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, this production was reimagined by London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre where it originated and is helmed by director Timothy Sheader and choreographer Drew McOnie. Completing the creative team is design by Tom Scutt, lighting design by Lee Curran, sound design by Nick Lidster and music supervision by Tom Deering.

 

A global phenomenon that has wowed audiences for decades, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR'S iconic 1970s rock score was originally released as a concept album and opened on Broadway in 1971 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. The original London production ran for over eight years. By the time it closed, after 3,358 performances, it had become the longest-running musical in West End history at that time. Jesus Christ Superstar has been reproduced regularly around the world in the years since its first appearance, with performances including a Broadway revival in 2012, an ITV competition TV show called Superstar that led to casting Ben Forster as Jesus in an arena tour of the show, and a production at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre celebrating 45 years since the musical's Broadway debut.

 

JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is set against the backdrop of an extraordinary series of events during the final weeks in the life of Jesus Christ, as seen through the eyes of Judas. Reflecting the rock roots that defined a generation, the legendary score includes ‘I Don't Know How to Love Him', ‘Gethsemane' and ‘Superstar'.

 

Producer David Ian said: “I am thrilled to be taking this award-winning production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's much loved musical JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on tour in 2023/2024. Regent's Park Open Air Theatre has created a fresh and bold new version of a beloved classic which will enthrall both longtime fans of the show and delight those seeing it for the very first time”.

 

This production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR won the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival and the 2016 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical, selling out two consecutive engagements in 2016 and 2017. The production played a West End engagement at the Barbican in 2019 before returning to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in concert version during the summer of 2020.

 

The 2023-2024 UK Tour of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is produced by David Ian for Crossroads Live and Work Light Productions. The original production was produced by London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre.

 

Casting to be announced.

 

TOUR DATES

2023

Palace Theatre, Manchester

11 – 23 September 2023

On sale 23 February 2023

 

Newcastle Theatre Royal

26-30 September 2023

On sale 16 March 2023

 

New Theatre, Hull

02 – 07 October 2023

On sale 17 February 2023

 

Aberdeen, His Majesty's Theatre

10 – 14 October 2023

On sale 21 February 2023

 

Glasgow Kings Theatre

16 – 21 October 2023

On sale 23 February 2023

 

Liverpool Empire

23– 28 October 2023

On sale 23 February 2023

 

Milton Keynes Theatre

30 October – 04 November 2023

On sale 23 February 2023

 

Plymouth Theatre Royal

06 – 11 November 2023

On sale 01 March 2023

 

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

14– 18 November 2023

On sale 24th February 2023

 

Bradford Alhambra Theatre

27 November – 2 December 2023

On sale 20th February 2023

 

2024

 

Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

08 – 13 January 2024

On sale 01 March 2023

 

Regent Theatre, Ipswich

15 – 20 January 2024

On sale soon

 

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

29 January – 03 February 2024

On sale 10 March 2023

 

Edinburgh Playhouse

06 – 10 February 2024

On sale soon

 

Leicester Curve

12 – 17 February 2024

On sale soon

 

Regent Theatre, Stoke

19 – 24 February 2024

On sale soon

 

Bristol Hippodrome

11 – 16 March 2024

On sale soon

 

The Hawth, Crawley

18 – 23 March 2024

On sale soon

 

Southampton Mayflower Theatre

25-30 March 2024

On sale 10 March 2023

 

Norwich Theatre Royal

08 – 13 April 2024

On sale soon

 

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne

15 – 20 April 2024

On sale soon

 

Birmingham Hippodrome

22-27 April 2024

On sale soon

 

New Theatre, Oxford

06 – 11 May 2024

On sale soon

 

New Wimbledon Theatre

13-18 May 2024

On sale soon

 

New Victoria Theatre, Woking

03 – 08 June 2024

On sale soon

 

Sunderland Empire Theatre

11 – 15 June 2024

On sale soon

 

Canterbury Marlowe

17 - 22 June 2024

On sale soon

 

Sheffield Lyceum

24–29 June 2024

On sale soon

 

Venue Cymru, Llandudno

01-06 July 2024

On sale soon

 

Princess Theatre, Torquay

16 – 20 July 2024

On sale soon

 

Orchard Theatre, Dartford

22 – 27 July 2024

On sale soon

 

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

05-10 August 2024

On sale soon

 

Blackpool Winter Gardens

12 – 17 August 2024

On sale soon