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Lead casting has been announced for the 2024 UK tour of An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical.

The romantic musical comedy will star Luke Baker (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, American Idiot & Sunny Afternoon, all West End) and Georgia Lennon (Marie Osmond in The Osmonds: A New Musical UK tour) as Zack Mayo and Paula Pokrifki, famously portrayed in the film by Richard Gere and Debra Winger.

Paul French (Kenickie in Grease, West End), Sinead Long (Hamilton, Chess, West End) and Jamal Crawford (Back To The Future The Musical, West End) will play Sid Worley, Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley and Lynette Pomeroy respectively. 

An Officer and a Gentleman The Musical first appeared at The Curve Leicester in 2018, and is now off on the road with a huge tour of the UK that starts at The Alexandra theatre in Birmingham on 23 February 2024,. It will then visit locations including Brighton, Manchester, Oxford and York.

The show is based on the much-loved 1982 movie starring Richard Gere and Debra Winger, and has a book by Douglas Day Stewart and Sharleen Cooper Cohen. Direction is by Artistic Director of Curve Nikolai Foster, with choreography by Joanna Goodwin.

An Officer and a Gentleman is a timeless story of love, courage, and redemption, that promises to make your heart soar and leave you breathless, as Zack Mayo, a fearless young officer candidate, meets captivating Paula Pokrifki. Their encounter ignites a spark that transcends boundaries, awakening a passionate love that defies all odds.

The musical soundtrack features songs from the 80s and 90s with artists including Madonna, Bon Jovi, Cyndi Lauper, Blondie and more, and includes the big power ballad from the movie – (Love Lift Us) Up Where We Belong.

The show is produced by West End showman Jamie Wilson (Mrs Doubtfire The Musical, Sister Act The Musical, Ain’t Too Proud), plus Jack Maple, Gavin Kalin and Jason Haigh-Ellery in association with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros Theatre Ventures.

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An Officer and a Gentleman – UK Tour 2024

  • Birmingham Alexandra (23 February – 2 March 2024)
  • Glasgow Kings Theatre (5 – 9 March 2024)
  • Belfast Grand Opera House (12 – 16 March 2024)
  • Llandudno Venue Cymru (19 – 23 March 2024)
  • Bradford, Alhambra Theatre (25 – 30 March 2024)
  • London New Wimbledon Theatre (1 – 6 April 2024)
  • Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre (15 – 20 April 2024)
  • Brighton Theatre Royal (23 – 27 April 2024)
  • Manchester Opera House (30 April – 4 May 2024)
  • Stoke Regent Theatre (6 – 11 May 2024)
  • Newcastle Theatre Royal (13 – 18 May 2024)
  • Dartford Orchard Theatre (20 – 25 May 2024)
  • Oxford New Theatre (27 May – 1 June 2024)
  • York Grand Opera House (4 – 8 June 2024)
  • Sheffield Lyceum (17 – 22 June 2024)
  • Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre (25 – 29 June 2024)
  • Torquay Princess Theatre (2 – 6 July 2024)
  • Canterbury Marlowe (9 – 13 July 2024)
  • Southend Cliffs Pavilion (16 – 20 July 2024)
  • Liverpool Empire Theatre (22 – 27 July 2024)
  • Nottingham Theatre Royal (29 July – 3 August 2024)
  • Woking New Victoria Theatre (5 – 10 August 2024)
  • Leicester Curve (12 – 17 August 2024)
  • Truro Hall for Cornwall (20 – 24 August 2024)
  • Bristol Hippodrome (2 – 7 September 2024)
  • Ipswich Regent Theatre (10 – 14 September 2024)
  • Eastbourne Congress (17 – 21 September 2024)
  • Wolverhampton Grand (23 – 28 September 2024)
  • Blackpool Opera House (30 September – 5 October 2024)
  • Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre (8 – 12 October 2024)
  • Milton Keynes Theatre (21 – 26 October 2024)
  • London Bromley Churchill Theatre (28 October – 2 November 2024)
  • Hull New Theatre (4 – 9 November 2024)
  • Carlisle Sands Centre (12 – 16 November 2024)
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