Thoroughly Modern Millie Tour starring Hayley Tamaddon cancelled

The tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie starring Hayley Tamaddon in the title role has been cancelled with immediate effect  due to poor ticket sales and financial difficulties. The show was supposed to be playing this week at the Bradford Alhambra and touring until August 2018

In a statement from the show’s production company, the producers have today said: We are extremely sorry to have to announce the cancellation of the UK tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie. This has been caused by lower ticket sales than expected, which in turn has put the company producing the show  in financial difficulties and they are no longer able to continue with the tour.   The show was wonderful, and received excellent  reviews as it toured the UK, but despite this, ticket sales were not strong enough to maintain the viability of the show.  Our hearts go out to the brilliant cast of the show, who sang and danced their hearts out to bring Thoroughly Modern Millie to audiences all over the country.  Sadly, and regretfully, the show is now cancelled.   We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience and disappointment this cancellation will cause everyone who was planning on seeing the show.

Ticketholders are advised to  refer back to their point of sale for a refund.

  

Cast announced for new tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie starring Hayley Tamaddon

The last tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie starring Strictly Come Dancing's Joanne Clifton ended last July. There is a new tour starting this March this time  starring HAYLEY TAMADDON as the adorable Millie. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Delia Dingle in Emmerdale and Andrea Beckett in Coronation Street and for winning the fifth series of ITV’s Dancing on Ice. Her musical theatre roles include Roxie Hart in Chicago (UK Tour), The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot (UK tour), Janet in The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour), Frenchie in Grease (UK Tour), Diana Morales in A Chorus Line (Sheffield Theatres), Trish in Boogie Nights (UK Tour), Carmen in Fame (UK Tour), Laura in Boyband (West End) and Lisa in Mamma Mia (West End).

With rehearsals for the show starting today , it has just been announced that she  will be joined by Lucas Rush who will reprise the roles of David Krumpler/Mrs Meers which he played in the last tour. He will be joined by Guy Salim/Ching Ho,  Lisa Bridge/Miss Dorothy Brown, Michael Colbourne/Jimmy Smith, Natalie Spriggs /Miss Flannery, Nicola Blackman/Muzzy Van Hossmere, Partick Jeremy/ Bun Foo, Richard Meek/ Trevor Graydon  with ensemble members Annie Guy, Emma Lloyd, Jessica Nelson/Alternate Millie Dillmount, Laura Ellis, Millie O'Connell, Patrick George, Scott Norton and Tom Summers.

Hayley Tamaddon to star in new tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie

Hayley Tamaddon is to play  the lead role in the new tour of  Thoroughly Modern Millie, which starts at Richmond Theatre on 27th March next year.

Tamaddon is best known for her roles in Emmerdale, Coronation Street and for winning the fifth series of Dancing on Ice. Her theatre credits include Roxie Hart in Chicago, The Lady of the Lake in Spamalot, Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, A Chorus Line (Sheffield Theatres) and Mamma Mia (West End). More  casting and tour dates to be announced.

Based in 1920s New York, the musical  tells the tale of a Kansas girl determined to make it in the Big Apple.

Thoroughly Modern Millie won six Tony Awards and is based on the 1967 Academy Award-winning film. The show will be  directed and choreographed  by Racky Plews with musical direction from Rob Wicks.

Full cast announced for tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie

The full cast for the UK tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie which opens at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 17 January has just  been confirmed.

Sam Barrett (The Fix) will play Jimmy Smith, Graham McDuff (Spamalot) will play Trevor Graydon, and Katherine Glover will play Miss Dorothy joining the previously announced Strictly Come Dancing finalist Joanne Clifton as Millie Dillmount and Michelle Collins as Mrs Meers (for the first six weeks of the tour).

The cast is completed by Jenny Fitzpatrick, Catherine Mort, Damian Buhagiar, Andy Yau, Emma Housley, David Muscat, Alice Baker, Lottie Summers, Laura Marie Benson, Bobby Williams, Marios Nicolaides and Laura Wilson.

Joanne Clifton to star in tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie

Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Joanne Clifton  is to star as Millie Dillmount in the new UK  tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie  which opens  at the New Wimbledon Theatre in January 2017

Her previous credits include Face the Music, Burn the Floor, and Norma Jeane the Musical.

Featuring songs such as "Gimme Gimme" and "Not for the Life of Me", the musical is based on the 1967 film starring Julie Andrews and first opened on Broadway in 2002. It will be directed and choreographed by Gary Lloyd, with a book by Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan, new music by Jeanine Tesori
 and new lyrics by Dick Scanlan.

Casting for Thoroughly Modern Millie at Landor

Updated 6th July: Casting has just been announced for Thoroughly Modern Millie which opens at the Landor Theatre next month: the cast will be led by ArtsEd graduate Francesca Lara Gordon in the title role, Ben Stacey as Jimmy Smith, Sarah Marie Maxwell/Miss Dorothy, Steph Parry/Mrs Meers, Chipo Kureya /Muzzy, Anthony Starr/Bun Foo! Alex Codd /Ching Ho!, Christina Meehan, as tough talking stenog boss Miss Flannery and ensemble members George Hinson, Thomas Inge, Charlie Johnson,


A new production of the musical  Thoroughly Modern Millie is being presented by SDWC Productions at the Landor Theatre from18th  August – 13th September (previews 18th-25th August)

This marks the show’s triumphant return to London 11 years after it was first seen at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2003.Thoroughly Modern Millie is a high-spirited romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston.  Taking place in New York City in 1922, It tells the story of young Millie Dillmount, who has just moved to the city in search of a new life for herself. It’s a New York full of intrigue and jazz - a time when women were entering the workforce and the rules of love and social behaviour were changing forever.

Based on the popular movie and filled with frisky flappers, dashing leading men and a dragon-lady of a villainess, the infamous Mrs Meers, Thoroughly Modern Millie is a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment.WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL  (Broadway 2002) NOMINATED FOR THREE LAURENCE OLIVIER AWARDS (West End  2004)

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