Michael Harrison announces that Disney’s Academy Award-winning movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks will make its world premiere as an exciting new stage musical. Performances begin at Newcastle Theatre Royal on Saturday 14 August 2021, before a UK Tour which includes a 5-week Christmas season at Leeds Grand Theatre.
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Enter a world of magic and fantasy with Disney’s classic movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks. With the original songs by the legendary Sherman Brothers (Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), including Portobello Road, The Age Of Not Believing, The Beautiful Briny and new music and lyrics by Neil Bartram and book by Brian Hill, Bedknobs and Broomsticks will be brought to life by award-winning theatre-makers Candice Edmunds and Jamie Harrison.
When the three orphaned Rawlins children are reluctantly evacuated from wartime London to live with the mysterious Eglantine Price, they have no idea what adventures lie ahead. Upon discovering Eglantine to be a trainee witch, they join forces to search for a secret spell that will defeat the enemy once and for all. Armed with an enchanted bedknob, a bewitched broomstick and a magical flying bed, they encounter surprising new friendships on their journey from Portobello Road to the depths of the beautiful briny sea.
Sat 14 – Sat 21 August
Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Wed 25 – Sun 29 August
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Wed 1 – Sun 5 September
Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
Wed 8 – Sun 12 September
The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
Tues 14 – Sun 19 September
Milton Keynes Theatre
Tues 21 – Sat 25 September
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Tues 28 September – Sunday 3 October
Norwich Theatre Royal
Wed 6 – Sun 10 October
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
Wed 13 – Sun 17 October
Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
Tues 19 – Sun 24 October
Palace Theatre, Manchester
Tues 26 – Sat 30 October
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
Tues 2 – Sun 7 November
King’s Theatre, Glasgow
Wed 10 – Sun 14 November
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Wed 17 – Sun 21 November
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
Wed 24 – Sun 28 November
Orchard Theatre, Dartford
Wed 8 December 2021 – Sun 9 January 2022
Grand Theatre, Leeds
Tues 11 – Sun 16 January
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
Wed 19 – Sun 23 January
Festival Theatre, Edinburgh
Casting for the production will be announced at a later date.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is produced by Michael Harrison by special arrangement with Disney Theatrical Productions.