West End and TV star Darren Day is confirmed to play ‘Billy Flynn’ for several dates in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of the musical Chicago which opens at Glasgow’s Kings Theatre on Saturday September 11, 2021.
Darren joins Faye Brookes as ‘Roxie Hart’, Sinitta as ‘Mama Morton’, Divina De Campo as ‘Mary Sunshine’, Djalenga Scott as ‘Velma Kelly’ and Joel Montague as ‘Amos Hart’.
The cast will also include Ishmail Aaron, Michelle Andrews, Gabby Antrobus, Delycia Belgrave, Joel Benjamin, Tanisha-Mae Brown, Daniel Clift, Callum Fitzgerald, Emily Goodenough, Billie Hardy, Aaron Jenkins, Liam Marcellino, Theo Reece, Hollie Jane Stephens and Harrison Wilde.
Chicago Show-Stoppers Razzle Dazzle & All That Jazz
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids.
Created by John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse, Chicago’s score includes the show-stopping songs “Razzle Dazzle”, “Cell Block Tango”, and “All That Jazz”. Winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy,
Chicago will play Bristol Hippodrome from Monday 25- Saturday 30 April 2022, Cardiff New Theatre from Monday 20 – Saturday 25 June 2022 and Venue Cymru, Llandudno from Monday 25 – Saturday 30 July 2022. Other venue dates are listed below.
Chicago UK & Ireland Tour Dates – 2021 & 2022
Faye Brookes as Roxie Hart & Djalenga Scott as Velma Kelly are confirmed for all following performances.
** Will feature Darren Day as Billy Flynn & Sinitta as Mama Morton
* Will feature Darren Day as Billy Flynn
- SAT 11 – SAT 18 SEPT 2021 King’s Theatre, Glasgow **
- MON 20 – SAT 25 SEPT 2021 His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen **
- MON 27 SEPT – SAT 2 OCT 2021 Edinburgh Playhouse **
- MON 4 – SAT 9 OCT 2021 Northampton Derngate Theatre **
- MON 11 – SAT 16 OCT 2021 The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford **
- MON 18 – SAT 23 OCT 2021 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall **
- MON 25 – SAT 30 OCT 2021 Wolverhampton Grand Theatre **
- MON 1 – SAT 6 NOV 2021 Princess Theatre, Torquay **
- MON 8 – SAT 13 NOV 2021 Hull New Theatre **
- MON 15 – SAT 20 NOV 2021 Mayflower Theatre, Southampton **
- MON 22 – SAT 27 NOV 2021 Churchill Theatre, Bromley *
- TUE 30 NOV – SAT 4 DEC 2021 Eden Court, Inverness *
- TUE 4 – SAT 8 JAN 2022 Sunderland Empire *
- MON 10 – SAT 15 JAN 2022 New Theatre Oxford *
- MON 17 – SAT 22 JAN 2022 New Victoria Theatre, Woking *
- MON 24 – SAT 29 JAN 2022 The Alexandra, Birmingham *
- TUE 1 – SAT 5 FEB 2022 The Hawth Theatre, Crawley *
- MON 7 – SAT 12 FEB 2022 Liverpool Empire
- MON 14 – SAT 19 FEB 2022 Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
- MON 21 – SATURDAY 26 FEB 2022 The Cliffs Pavilion, Southend
- MON 28 FEB – SAT 5 MAR 2022 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
- TUE 8 – SAT 12 MAR 2022 Milton Keynes Theatre
- MON 14 – SAT 19 MAR 2022 Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
- MON 21– SAT 26 MAR 2022 Regent Theatre, Ipswich
- TUES 5 – SAT 16 APR 2022 Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin
- TUES 19 – SAT 23 APR 2022 The Orchard Theatre, Dartford
- MON 25– SAT 30 APR 2022 The Bristol Hippodrome
- TUE 17 – SAT 21 MAY 2022 New Wimbledon Theatre
- MON 23 –SAT 28 MAY 2022 Manchester Opera House
- MON 6 – SAT 11 JUN 2022 Grand Opera House, Belfast
- TUE 14 – SAT 18 JUN 2022 Theatre Royal, Plymouth
- MON 20 – SAT 25 JUN 2022 New Theatre, Cardiff
- TUE 5 – SAT 9 JUL 2022 Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
- MON 11– SAT 16 JUL 2022 Theatre Royal, Norwich
- MON 25 – SAT 30 JUL 2022 Venue Cymru, Llandudno
- For further details contact local venues or visit www.chicagothemusical.com
- Read our 2016 Review of Chicago