The Band (musical)


The Band is a jukebox musical with music and lyrics by Take That and a book by Tim Firth. It received its world premiere at the Manchester Opera House, in September 2017, before embarking on a UK and Ireland tour and opened at the Theatre Royal Haymarket at London's West End in December 2018. The band was cast through the 2017 BBC reality television show Let It Shine.
The musical tells the story of five women who were best friends as teenagers and all big fans of The Band. 25 years later after losing contact the four of them reunite to fulfill their dream of seeing the band perform.
The Band is the second jukebox musical based on the songs of Take That, after the 2008 musical Never Forget.

Productions

UK and Ireland tour (2017 - 2019)

The musical premiered at the Manchester Opera House on 26 September 2017 before touring the rest of the UK and Ireland until March 2019.

West End (2018 - 2019)

The musical made its West End premiere at the Theatre Royal Haymarket for a limited run from 1 December 2018 to 12 January 2019, including a charity gala opening night on 4 December 2018.

Germany (2019)

The musical will make its premiere at the Theater des Westens in Berlin for a limited run from 11 April 2019 to September 2019 followed by a run in Munich from 11 October 2019 to 3 November 2019.

Cast UK and Ireland

Cast Germany