Casting for the new UK tour of Steel Magnolias has been announced.
The star-studded ensemble cast will feature Laura Main (best known as Sister Bernadette in BBC One’s Call the Midwife), Diana Vickers (The X Factor star who has gone on to lead roles in many theatre productions including Dial M For Murder and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice) and Lucy Speed (known for her television roles on EastEnders and The Bill, and as a new cast member on BBC Radio 4’s The Archers).
Completing the cast are Caroline Harker (A Touch of Frost) and Elizabeth Ayodele (Playboy of the West Indies, Small Island). Jacqueline Jossa (EastEnders) was previously announced to appear but has withdrawn from the tour.
Written by Robert Harling, and turned into a hit film starring Dolly Parton, Olympia Dukakis, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Darryl Hannah and Julia Roberts, the Steel Magnolias will kick off on 19 January 2023 in Bromley.
Other dates for the tour include Richmond, Sheffield, Guildford, Bath, Salford, Brighton, Southend, Birmingham, High Wycombe, Leicester, Nottingham, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Malvern, Exeter, Milton Keynes, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dublin, Hull, Swindon, Dartford, Leeds and Northampton, with the tour finishing on 22 July 2023.
Steel Magnolias is the hilarious and heart-warming story about the strength of female friendship, set in a small town beauty salon in the American South.
Book tickets to Steel Magnolias UK Tour
Steel Magnolias Tour Dates
19 – 21 January
CHURCHILL THEATRE, BROMLEY
24 – 28 January
RICHMOND THEATRE
31 January – 04 February
LYCEUM THEATRE, SHEFFIELD
07 – 11 February
YVONNE ARNAUD, GUILDFORD
14 – 18 February
THEATRE ROYAL, BATH
21 – 25 February
THE LOWRY, SALFORD
28 February – 04 March
THEATRE ROYAL, BRIGHTON
7 – 11 March
PALACE THEATRE, SOUTHEND
21 – 25 March
ALEXANDRA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
28 March – 01 April
WYCOMBE SWAN THEATRE, HIGH WYCOMBE
04 – 08 April
CURVE THEATRE, LEICESTER
11 – 15 April
THEATRE ROYAL, NOTTINGHAM
18 – 22 April
NEW THEATRE, CARDIFF
25 – 29 April
EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM
02 – 06 May
MALVERN THEATRE
09 – 13 May
NORTHCOTT THEATRE, EXETER
16 – 20 May
MILTON KEYNES THEATRE
23 – 27 May
EVERYMAN PLAYHOUSE, LIVERPOOL
30 May – 03 June
THEATRE ROYAL, GLASGOW
06 – 10 June
THE GAIETY THEATRE, DUBLIN
13 – 17 June
NEW THEATRE, HULL
20 – 24 June
WYVERN THEATRE, SWINDON
04 – 08 July
THE ORCHARD THEATRE, DARTFORD
11 – 15 July
GRAND THEATRE, LEEDS
18 – 22 July
ROYAL & DERNGATE THEATRE, NORTHAMPTON
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