Details

Hairspray tells the story of geeky teen Tracy Turnblad - a big girl with a big heart, big dreams, a big stage mother and even bigger hair - who finds celebrity on TV dance programme. Can Tracy get the guy and still have time to change the world?

Cast/Performers

Mark Benton (Edna Turnblad), Freya Sutton (Tracy Turnblad), Lucy Benjamin (Velma Von Tussle), Marcus Collins (Seaweed Stubbs), Gemma Sutton, Lauren Hood, Sandra Marvin, Gabriella Brooks, Josh Piterman, Daniel Stockton, Wendy Sommerville, Jocasta Almgill, Sophia Brown, Lori Barker, Andrew Bryant, David Ribi, Lewis Kirk, Piers Bate, Amelia Adams-Pearce, Francesca Hoffman, Samantha Hull, Fela Lufadeju, Noel Samuels, Claudia Kariuki, Simone Mistry-Palmer, Arun Blair-Mangat, Sam Lathwood, Laura Thorogood, Nikki Pocklington, Mark Hilton

Creatives/Company

Book by(s): Mark O'Donnell, Thomas Meehan
Music(s): Marc Shaiman, Harold Wheeler (orchestration), Marc Shaiman (arrangements)
Lyrics(s): Scott Whitman, Marc Shaiman
Producer: Stage Entertainment
Director: Jack O'Brien
Choreographer: Jerry Mitchell
Design: David Rockwell
Costume: William Ivey Long
Lighting: Kenneth Posner
Sound: Steve C. Kennedy
Musical Director: Lon Hoyt

Hairspray

Hairspray (Musical) production archive for QTIX code T1429789944. Details of all Hairspray archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S01615781668

Archive Listings

24 Sep 13 to 29 Sep 13	Theatre Royal Norwich, Norfolk Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Sep 13 to 21 Sep 13	His Majesty's Theatre Aberdeen Performance Details => Venue archive
3 Sep 13 to 14 Sep 13	Playhouse Theatre Edinburgh Performance Details => Venue archive
20 Aug 13 to 31 Aug 13	Grand Theatre and Opera House Leeds, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Aug 13 to 17 Aug 13	Bristol Hippodrome Bristol, City of Bristol Performance Details => Venue archive
16 Jul 13 to 3 Aug 13	Bord Gais Energy Theatre (formerly Grand Canal Theatre) Dublin Performance Details => Venue archive
2 Jul 13 to 13 Jul 13	Theatre Royal Nottingham, Nottinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Jun 13 to 29 Jun 13	Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff, Glamorgan Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Jun 13 to 15 Jun 13	Grand Opera House Belfast Performance Details => Venue archive
21 May 13 to 1 Jun 13	Birmingham Hippodrome Birmingham, West Midlands Performance Details => Venue archive
7 May 13 to 18 May 13	King's Theatre Glasgow Performance Details => Venue archive
22 Apr 13 to 27 Apr 13	Liverpool Empire Theatre Liverpool, Merseyside Performance Details => Venue archive
9 Apr 13 to 20 Apr 13	Mayflower Theatre Southampton, Hampshire Performance Details => Venue archive
1 Apr 13 to 6 Apr 13	Milton Keynes Theatre Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Performance Details => Venue archive
12 Mar 13 to 23 Mar 13	Alhambra Theatre Bradford, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Mar 13 to 6 Mar 13	Empire Theatre Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive
4 Mar 13 to 9 Mar 13	Empire Theatre Sunderland, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive
25 Feb 13 to 2 Mar 13	Hull New Theatre Hull, Humberside Performance Details => Venue archive
13 Feb 13 to 23 Feb 13	The Lowry Salford, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive

Reviews

Hairspray - 2013 review
07Aug13: The 2013 tour; Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Norwich still to go.

News: Hairspray to tour
20Jul12: 2013 UK/Ireland tour announced

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