"Let's make some magic!"
The magic is back!! Disney's Aladdin returns to the UK this year with the first ever UK and Ireland tour!
Announced this morning, the tour will premiere this October at the Edinburgh Playhouse where it will run from 24th October to 18th November. From there it will move to the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff (7th December 2023 to 14th January 2024), the Theatre Royal in Plymouth (17th January to 11th February 2024), the Sunderland Empire (15th February to 10th March 2024), and the Milton Keynes Theatre (24th April to 19th May 2024) with move venues to be announced.
Tickets go on sale Friday, 31st March, but you can sign up for priority access now via the official Disney Tickets website.
In a statement released this morning Thomas Schumacher, president and producer of Disney Theatrical Productions, said:
"As Aladdin approaches its second decade on stage, we are thrilled that the 11th production of the glorious Broadway show will soon be seen by audiences throughout the UK and Ireland.Thanks to Casey Nicholaw's direction, Alan Menken's music and the peerless design team of Bob Crowley, Natasha Katz and Gregg Barnes this show is a powerful tonic, an irresistible lift for every audience who sees it.The musical theatre performers in the UK and Ireland rival any on the planet and we look forward to presenting the best of them in this joyous new production."
I am so excited as the show has been absent from the UK since the West End production closed on 24th August 2019 (and we're still waiting on that live recording). And speaking of that live recording, check out this teaser that Aladdin's official UK social media accounts have been sharing:
✨‘Shining, shimmering, splendid’ news… ✨ Disney’s spectacular Broadway and West End musical, ALADDIN, is set to fly into a city near you as it embarks on a UK & Ireland tour from October 2023! To discover more and to get early access to tickets visit: https://t.co/laOXcQVkN9 pic.twitter.com/bBpl2OK0Vo
— Aladdin The Musical (@AladdinOnStage) February 24, 2023
Yes, that's London's Genie Trevor Dion Nicholas, only I've never heard him deliver that line like that in any previous promotional material so I'm guessing it comes from that long awaited live recording! So that's a cool promo for the tour and (hopefully) a little tease at the live recording as well!
One more cool teaser - this one promoting the first venues for the tour!
Disney’s spectacular Broadway and West End musical, ALADDIN, will be flying into @EdinPlayhouse, @theCentre, @TRPlymouth, @SundEmpire and @MKTheatre!
— Aladdin The Musical (@AladdinOnStage) February 24, 2023
Tickets go on sale soon - sign-up now to get early access to tickets https://t.co/laOXcQVkN9 pic.twitter.com/3QiH3dpZAC
Aladdin will be taking audiences to a whole new world, one city at a time across the UK from October. See you there!
