The Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Best Musical Dear Evan Hansen will visit Wales Millennium Centre in 2025 as part of its debut UK tour.
The new production will land in the Donald Gordon Theatre on 29 April – 3 May 2025. Tickets are on sale to the public from Friday 8 December, but Wales Millennium Centre Ffrind members can beat the crowds and get their tickets ahead of the public. Find out more about Ffrind membership at wmc.org.uk/ffrind.
The new production from Ambassador Theatre Group Productions and Nottingham Playhouse will be directed by Nottingham Playhouse’s Artistic Director Adam Penford and will open in Nottingham in September 2024. Casting to be announced.
Director Adam Penford said: “Dear Evan Hansen has thrilled audiences on both sides of the Atlantic since it first premiered in 2015. Evan’s powerful story grips and moves people, told through a captivating script and musical score. This first, major, new and exciting UK production offers the opportunity to re-examine some of its contemporary themes and present this brand-new version to Nottingham and around the UK. I’m excited to begin the search for our Evan very soon.”
Packed with some of the biggest musical theatre songs of the last decade, Dear Evan Hansen has a score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Oscar-winning composers for The Greatest Showman) and a book by Steven Levenson. Its many awards include the Tony® Award for Best Musical, Olivier Award for Best New Musical and the Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
Today is going to be a good day. And here’s why…
Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in. The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth. And now must give up on a life he never dreamt he’d have. As events spiral and the truth comes out, Evan faces a reckoning with himself and everyone around him.
Graeme Farrow, Artistic Director of Wales Millennium Centre, said: “Make sure you’re not left Waving Through A Window when this smash-hit comes into town – get your tickets early! Sincerely, Me.”
Presented by ATG Productions and Nottingham Playhouse by arrangement with Music Theatre International, Dear Evan Hansen plays Wales Millennium Centre from 29 April – 3 May 2025, Tue – Sat 7.30pm, Thu + Sat 2.30pm. Tickets from £17, offers will be available for members, groups, 16-30s and under 16s. Age guidance: 12+ (no under 2s). Performance contains strong language and flashing/strobe lighting. For ticket details visit Wales Millennium Centre’s website.