Moulin Rouge! The Musical UK & World tour to visit Sunderland

The current UK and world tour of Moulin Rouge! The Musical has announced a new UK tour date.

The blockbuster musical will visit Sunderland Empire from 5 to 27 June 2026. Tickets go on sale soon.

Moulin Rouge! is currently playing at Manchester’s Palace Theatre until 4 October 2025, and then visits the Birmingham Hippodrome from 15 October to 15 November, and the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin from 20 November 2025 to 11 January 2026.

Next year the show is also playing in Zurich, Switzerland, before its run in Sunderland. See the tour dates here.

Casting for Sunderland and subsequent dates is to be announced.

Carmen Pavlovic, producer of Moulin Rouge! for Global Creatures, said in a statement: ‘“It is incredibly exciting that the Sunderland Empire will host Moulin Rouge! The Musical next year. Sunderland is such a welcoming and lively city, with a vibrant community, so we know that the bohemians and artisans of Montmartre will be embraced with open arms. We can’t wait to welcome Sunderland to the Moulin Rouge! The Musical family.’

The Moulin Rouge! tour currently stars Verity Thompson (Cruel Intentions, Heathers, The Bodyguard) as Satine and Nate Landskroner (Bonnie & Clyde, Heathers, Waitress) as Christian, with Cameron Blakely as Harold Zidler, Kurt Kansley as Toulouse-Lautrec, German Santiago as Santiago, James Bryers as The Duke, Kahlia Davis as Nini, Summer Priest as Arabia, Scott Sutcliffe as Baby Doll, Ellie Jane Grant as La Chocolat and Patrice Tipoki as Alternate Satine.

Video: Moulin Rouge! – World tour trailer

The full cast of Moulin Rouge! is completed by Dominic Booth, Alisha Capon, Sol Childs, Áine Curran, Kamau Davis, Martin Dickinson, Barry Drummond, Jacob Fearey, Tosca Fischer, Tessa Fox, Johnny Galeandro, Leyton Holmes, Sayaka Kato, Jacob Kohli, Tyler Lotzof, Avigalle Mendoza, Carly Miles, Luchia Moss, Matt Powell, James Revell, Josh Rose, Samuel Routley, Nathan Saxon, Sorcha Stephenson and Frazer Woolcott.

The show is directed by Tony Award winner Alex Timbers (Beetlejuice) with a book by Tony Award winner John Logan (Gladiator, The Aviator), choreography by Tony Award winner Sonya Tayeh (Kung Fu) and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Tony Award winner Justin Levine (The Outsiders).

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The creative team also includes set design by Derek McLane, costumes by Catherine Zuber, lighting design by Justin Townsend, sound design by Peter Hylenski, wig and hair design by David Brian Brown, make-up design by Sarah Cimino, music producer Matt Stine, casting by Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting.

Based on Baz Luhrmann’s hit movie, Moulin Rouge! is set in Paris, 1899, a world of indulgent beauty and unparalleled extravagance, of bohemians and aristocrats, of boulevardiers and reprobates. The show centres on the story of a lovesick American writer, Christian, and Satine, the dazzling star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub.

The hugely popular London production of Moulin Rouge! The Musical continues at the Piccadilly Theatre with performances now booking through to May 2026. A new cast starts in October, including Karis Anderson (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) as Satine, and Alistair Brammer (Miss Saigon) as lovesick American writer Christian.