Quadrophenia
| Contents |
| Quadrophenia Tour Goes Well |
| Quadrophenia UK Tour Dates |
| Quadrophenia – UK tour starts in Plymouth |
Quadrophenia Tour Goes Well
Quadrophenia seems to be doing really well, with good tickets sales and excellent audience reactions. It even seems to be appealing to a wider range than might have been expected. One of the cast members has described it as being like the cult TV show Skins and if the show can pull in that audience everyone will be very happy!
I found a couple of interesting videos that should give you an idea of what it’s like:
I hope it manages to get a West End theatre after the tour.
Wouldn’t it be great to have two new British rock musicals on in the West End next year?
Quadrophenia UK Tour Dates
News in of some tour dates for Quadrophenia the iconic Rock Opera. As announced last night, the Quadrophenia UK tour starts in Plymouth
Saturday 9th May 2009, Monday 11th May 2009 – Saturday 16th May 2009
- Theatre Royal Plymouth
EDINBURGH Festival Theatre 25 – 30 May
Tuesday 19th May 2009 – Saturday 23rd May 2009
- Hippodrome Birmingham
GLASGOW Kings Theatre 1 – 6 June
BATH Theatre Royal 8 – 13 June
Tuesday 16th June 2009 – Saturday 20th June 2009
- Opera House Manchester
Tuesday 7th July 2009 – Saturday 11th July 2009
- The Empire Theatre Sunderland
CAMBRIDGE Arts Theatre 20 – 25 July
CHELTENHAM Everyman 27 July – 1 August
LEEDS Grand 3 – 8 August
NOTTINGHAM Concert Hall 10 – 15 August
ABERDEEN His Majesty’s 17 – 22 August
Tuesday 25th August 2009 – 29th August 2009
- Empire Liverpool
BRIGHTON Theatre Royal 31 August – 5 September
WOLVERHAMPTON Grand 21 – 26 September
COVENTRY Belgrade 28 September – 3 October
OXFORD Playhouse 5 – 10 October
WIMBLEDON Theatre 19 – 24 October
SOUTHAMPTON Mayflower 26 – 31 October
READING Hexagon 2 – 7 November
Set in London and Brighton at the height of the 1960s Mods and Rockers scenes, Quadrophenia the Rock Opera is told through the eyes of Jimmy, a thrills seeking teenager who hates his mundane job, is misunderstood by his parents and lives only for his music, scooter gatherings Mod culture. But Jimmy always takes things just a little bit too far..
Quadrophenia – UK tour starts in Plymouth
Quadrophenia, the rock opera is to have a six-month tour of the UK. Just a few days ago Andy was wishing for a revival of that other Who classic Tommy. Quadrophenia should be a great live show with powerful music, Mods and Rockers and scooters
According to The Stage the production will start at the Plymouth Theatre Royal on May 11.
Quadrophenia has been adapted by Jeff Young, John O’Hara and Tom Critchley from the 1973 The Who album written by Pete Townshend, which became a film in 1979 following the success of Tommy.
The cast has yet to be announced. Quadrophenia is produced by Bill Schultz, Ina Meibach and the Theatre Royal Plymouth in association with Industrial Language Ltd.
update 11/05/2009:
Quadrophenia has now opened in Plymouth as the start of the UK Quadrophenia tour and if you’re one of the lucky people who’ve managed to get to one of the shows, whether a Who fan or not…
Well, what did you think of it?
Thanks for reading Theatre Breaks articles about Quadrophenia on the London Theatre Breaks Blog
