The smash hit Leeds Playhouse production of C.S. Lewis’ classic The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, voted the nation’s favourite book in 2019, will begin a major tour of the UK and Ireland in Autumn 2021.
The show, which broke box office records at Leeds Playhouse in 2017 and played to packed houses and critical acclaim at the Bridge Theatre in London in 2019, will travel across the UK & Ireland, including a 6-week Christmas season at The Lowry in Salford.
Step through the wardrobe into the enchanted kingdom of Narnia. Join Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter as they wave goodbye to wartime Britain and embark on the most magical of adventures in a frozen, faraway land where they meet a Faun, talking Beavers, Aslan, the noble king of Narnia, and the coldest, most evil White Witch.
The tour will be directed by Michael Fentiman, based on the original production by Sally Cookson with original Set and Costume design by Rae Smith. Michael’s previous productions include the Olivier Award-nominated Amélie (Watermill Theatre/The Other Palace/UK Tour), The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre), the 50th anniversary production of Joe Orton’s Loot (Park Theatre/Watermill Theatre), Titus Andronicus and Ahasverus (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Taming of the Shrew (Sherman Theatre/Tron Theatre) and, as director and writer, CinderELLA (Nuffield Southampton) and The Last Days of Anne Boleyn (Tower of London).
Joining Michael Fentiman on the creative team are Set and Costume Designer Tom Paris, Composer Benji Bower, Music Supervisor/Composer Barnaby Race, Choreographer Shelley Maxwell, Lighting Designer Bruno Poet, Sound Designer Ian Dickinson and Gareth Tucker for Autograph, Puppetry Director Toby Olié, Puppetry Designer Max Humphries, Aerial Director Gwen Hales, Illusionist Chris Fisher, Dramaturg Adam Peck and Movement Consultant Dan Canham.
The Tour will visit the following Theatre Tokens participating venues:
Tues 16 – Sat 20 November 2021
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Box Office: 03330 096 690
Tues 30 November – Sat 4 December 2021
Sunderland Empire
Box office: 03330 096 690
Weds 8 December 2021 – Sat 15 January 2022
The Lowry, Salford
Box Office: 0343 208 6000
Tues 8 – Sat 12 February 2022
Edinburgh King’s Theatre
Box Office: 0131 529 6000
Tues 1 March – Saturday 5 March 2022
Glasgow Theatre Royal
Box Office: 03330 096 690
Tues 8- Sat 12 March 2022
Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Box office: 0844 871 3011
Tues 22 – Sat 26 March
New Victoria Theatre, Woking
Box Office: 0333 009 6690