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The Curve Leicester’s acclaimed production of Grease is heading out on another UK and Ireland tour in 2027.
The tour will kick off at the Plymouth Theatre Royal on 23 April 2027, and visit towns and cities including Cardiff, Newcastle, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Leeds, Belfast, Swansea, Southampton, Oxford, Liverpool, Bristol, Blackpool, Darlington, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Sunderland, Nottingham, Birmingham, Norwich, and Hull. See all tour dates here.
The blockbuster production first started at the Curve in Leicester in 2016, and has enjoyed a number of successful tours and West End runs, including at the West End’s Dominion Theatre.
The show is directed by the Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster, and boasts choreography by multi-award-winner Arlene Phillips.
The wider creative team also features design by Colin Richmond, orchestrations and musical supervision by Sarah Travis, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall and Richard Brooker, and projection design by Douglas O’Connell.
Songs in the show include Summer Nights, Greased Lightnin’, Hopelessly Devoted To You and You’re The One That I Want.
Grease has a book, music and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical originally premiered in Chicago in 1971, and on Broadway scored seven Tony Award nominations. Richard Gere starred as Danny Zuko in the 1973 London premiere of the show.
Grease was famously turned into a movie in 1978 starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.
The tour is produced by Colin Ingram for InTheatre Productions and Curve.
Book tour dates to Grease The Musical here
Post updated: 30 April 2026 with new tour dates; First published: 20 March 2026 with initial Grease tour dates.
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