The brand-new British musical will tour the UK and Ireland from September, with a date in London next April!
Sam Bailey and Melissa Jacques. Photos by Alexis Chabala.
Melissa Jacques (I Should Be So Lucky, UK Tour)and Sam Bailey (Everybody's Talking About Jamie)will join the cast of Now That's What I Call A Musical in select venues.
Melissa Jacques will play the role of April from 6 September until 7 December 2024. Sam Bailey will take over the role from 14 January 2025 until 12 April 2025.
Set in Birmingham, 1989. School friends Gemma and April are engrossed in the all-important task of planning their futures with the help of Number One Magazine quizzes, all while dreaming of snogging Rick Astley. Fast forward to Birmingham, 2009, and they face their most dreaded event: the school reunion. As drama, old flames, and receding hairlines come together, friends reunite and pieces of the past fall into place. The biggest question remains: what was with all that hairspray?
Written by award-winning comedian Pippa Evans and directed and choreographed by Craig Revel Horwood, the creative team includes Set and Costume Design by Tom Rogers & Toots Butcher, Musical Supervision and Arrangements by Mark Crossland, Lighting Design by Ben Cracknell, Sound Design by Adam Fisher, Wigs & Hair Design by Sam Cox, Associate Direction by Guy Woolf, Associate Choreography by Aaron Renfree, Associate Sound Design by Ollie Durrant and Casting by Annelie Powell CDG.
Now That's What I Call A Musical will celebrate 40 years of the iconic and chart-topping complications from NOW That's What I Call Music. Audiences can expect a fun-filled evening bursting to the brim with hits from Whitney Houston, Wham!, Tears for Fears and so many more!
Now That's What I Call A Musical will play at the New Wimbledon Theatre from 8-12 April 2025.
