The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and a book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the science fiction and horror movies of the late 1940s through to the early 1970s, the musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite scientist unveiling his new creation, a muscle man named Rocky Horror.
Produced and directed by Jim Sharman, the original London production of the musical premiered at the Royal Court Theatre on 19 June 1973 before moving to several other locations in London and closing on 13 September 1980, running for a total of 2,960 performances and winning the 1973 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Musical. Its 1974 debut in the US in Los Angeles had a successful nine-month run but its 1975 Broadway debut at the Belasco Theatre lasted only three previews and forty five showings despite earning one Tony nomination and three Drama Desk nominations. Various international productions have since spanned across six continents as well as West End and Broadway revivals and eight UK tours.
The musical was adapted into the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), which has the longest-running release in film history. The musical was ranked 8th in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals".
2018-19 tour
Theatre Royal Brighton 13 December 2018 – 5 January 2019
Opera House Manchester 9 January – 26 January 2019
Sunderland Empire 28 January – 2 February 2019
Milton Keynes Theatre 4 February – 9 February 2019
New Wimbledon Theatre 11 February – 16 February 2019
Sheffield Lyceum 18 February – 23 February 2019
Princess Theatre Torquay 25 February – 2 March 2019
New Victoria Theatre Woking 4 March – 9 March 2019
Grand Opera House Belfast 18 March – 23 March 2019
New Theatre Oxford 25 March – 30 March 2019
Mayflower Theatre Southampton 8 April – 13 April 2019
Churchill Theatre Bromley 15 April – 20 April 2019
Liverpool Empire Liverpool 29 April – 4 May 2019
New Alexandra Theatre Birmingham 13 May – 25 May 2019
Regent Theatre Stoke-On-Trent 3 June – 8 June 2019
Grand Opera House York 10 June – 15 June 2019
Bristol Hippodrome Theatre 17 June – 22 June 2019
Winter Gardens Blackpool 24 June – 29 June 2019
King’s Theatre Glasgow 12 August – 17 August 2019
Leeds Grand Theatre 19 August – 24 August 2019
Royal Concert Hall Nottingham 28 August – 1 September 2019
Orchard Theatre Dartford 23 September – 28 September 2019
Edinburgh Playhouse 28 October – 2 November 2019
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