Showpath Entertainment Announces The UK Premiere Tour of The SpongeBob Musical
The Tony Award nominated, award-winning musical based on Nickelodeon's beloved animated series to tour the United Kingdom and Ireland during Spring/Summer 2023
Show to open at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton on Wednesday 5 April 2023 then visiting Birmingham, Bradford, Oxford, Dublin, Manchester, Belfast, Cardiff, Blackpool, Peterborough, Wolverhampton, Norwich, Leicester, Aberdeen ahead of spending five weeks over the summer at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall prior to visiting Plymouth.
Full tour details below.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea and became the hottest star on Broadway?
SpongeBob SquarePants! Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show!
When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world!
With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world! An exciting new production featuring irresistible characters, magical choreography and dazzling costumes; this deep-sea pearl of a show is really set to make a splash with audiences young and old as the must-see musical of 2023. The future is bright, the future is bold, the future is The SpongeBob Musical.
Casting and additional creative team for the tour will be announced at a later date.
The SpongeBob Musical is based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg, written by Kyle Jarrow and conceived by Tina Landau. Featuring original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I. Additional songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Additional lyrics by Jonathan Coulton. Additional music by Tom Kitt.
The SpongeBob Musical opened at Broadway's Palace Theatre December 4, 2017, following a world-premiere, out-of-town run in Chicago in summer 2016. Directed by Landau, the original production closed in 2018 as preparations began to lift the entire Palace Theatre for new retail space. Much of the original cast took the production to Theatre Royal in Plymouth to film The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!, which premiered on Nickelodeon in 2019. The new U.K. tour will return to Theatre Royal August 30–September 2, 2023.
THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL
UK AND IRELAND TOUR LISTINGS
WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL – SATURDAY 8 APRIL 2023
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
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TUESDAY 11 APRIL – SATURDAY 15 APRIL 2023
Birmingham Hippodrome
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TUESDAY 18 APRIL – SATURDAY 22 APRIL 2023
The Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
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TUESDAY 25 APRIL – SATURDAY 29 APRIL 2023
Oxford New Theatre
TICKETS ON SALE 9 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 9 MAY – SATURDAY 13 MAY 2023
Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
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TUESADY 16 MAY – SATURDAY 20 MAY 2023
Manchester Opera House
TICKETS ON SALE 9 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 30 MAY – SATURDAY 3 JUNE 2023
Belfast Grand Opera House
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MONDAY 5 JUNE – SATURDAY 10 JUNE 2023
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
TICKETS ON SALE 4 NOVEMBER
TUESDAY 13 JUNE – SATURDAY 17 JUNE 2023
Blackpool Opera House
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TUESDAY 20 JUNE – SATURDAY 24 JUNE 2023
Peterborough New Theatre
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TUESDAY 27 JUNE – SATURDAY 1 JULY 2023
Wolverhampton Grand
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TUESDAY 4 JULY – SATURDAY 8 JULY 2023
Norwich Theatre Royal
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TUESDAY 11 JULY – SATURDAY 15 JULY 2023
CURVE, Leicester
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TUESDAY 18 JULY – SATURDAY 22 JULY 2023
His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen
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WEDNESDAY 26 JULY – SATURDAY 26 AUGUST 2023
Southbank Centre Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
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WEDNESDAY 30 AUGUST – SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2023
Theatre Royal Plymouth
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