The Standard of Living at Theatre Royal Haymarket
August 7, 2026
The show, which was due to begin performances at the new theatre The Arts at Marble Arch from September 2026 (following its limited season at the Savoy Theatre in 2025) will now be postponed until 2027.
The major 33-week UK tour, which was due to begin performances in Woking on 25 July 2026, has now pushed back further and will not now open in Sunderland on 6 August but will delay by another week. The show is now due to open instead on 13 August for its second planned week in Sunderland.
Welcome to Burlesque the Musical, the glamorous, gritty and outrageously fun new musical based on the much-loved hit movie that reminds us…Life Isn’t Fair…It’s Fabulous!
Discover a club like no other…a place beneath the city lights where the sequins sparkle, seduction shimmers, and a life can change in the flick of a feather boa.
When Ali heads to New York in search of her mother, she finds herself drawn into a dazzling underground world where the beat of the music and the heat of the dance moves will change her life forever. Ali will unwittingly find her extraordinary voice and a most unlikely family of misfits, dreamers, and schemers.
Writer & Creative Director: Steven Antin
Director: Racky Plews
Choreographer: Robin Antin
Co-Choreographer: Aaron Renfree
Orchestrator and Arranger: Tom Curran
Musical Supervisor: Adam Langston
Musical Director: Rob Wicks
Set Designer: Sara Perks
Lighting Designer: Joshie Harriette
Costume Designer: Marco Marco
Sound Designer: Ben Harrison
Video Designer: Duncan McLean
Wigs Designer: Jess & Jo for JJ Wigs
Make-up Designer: Dominic Skinner
Casting Director: Harry Blumenau CDG
Associate Casting Director: Laura Seaborn
Associate Director: Christopher D Clegg
Associate Musical Director: Bianca Fung
Costume Supervisor: Laura Hargreaves
Props Supervisor: Kristy Durman
Production Manager: Toby P Darvill for Production Solutions Group
Associate Production Manager: Lewis Moore
General Manager for Hartshorn Hook Productions: Kiki Stevenson
Producers: Christina Aguilera, Adam Paulden & Jason Haigh-Ellery, Steven Antin, Clint Culpepper
and In Fine Company
Associate Producer: Toby Brewer
Faye Brookes became a household name (Best Newcomer at the 22nd National Television Awards) as Kate Connor in Coronation Street, with her screen brother played by The X Factor winner Shayne Ward. Leaving after four years, she was later runner-up in the 13th series of Dancing On Ice. On stage, her many musical theatre starring roles include Roxie Hart in Chicago, Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, Princess Fiona in Shrek and Fran in Strictly Ballroom.
Ryan Carter (playing both Sean & Ms Loretta) has just finished playing The Iceberg in Titanique in the West End. His other West End credits include playing Smokey Robinson in Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations and Eddie Kendricks in Motown The Musical. He was Jagwire in Bat Out Of Hell (UK Tour), The Hard Man in Choir of Man (UK tour) and Pierre in The Boy Friend (Menier Chocolate Factory). Ali Rose, Gracie O’Brien, a recent graduate, will be making her professional stage debut. Her roles in training include Beverly Bass in Come From Away and Margaret New in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
Davide Fienauri (Vince) was most recently in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Curve Leicester & UK tour). His West End credits include cover Christian and cover Santiago in Moulin Rouge, cover Kristoff and cover Pabbie in Frozen and ensemble in Mary Poppins. Tyler Davis (Jackson) made his West End and Broadway debut as Sheldrake in Jamie Lloyd’s production of Sunset Blvd. He was more recently seen as 3D/1st Cover Biff Tannen in Back To The Future the Musical in the West End.
Vanessa Ela Young (Nikki) made her West End debut in The Drifters Girl as understudy to Beverley Knight as Faye Treadwell. She was Alternate Satine in Moulin Rouge the Musical.
WOKING New Victoria TheatreSaturday 25 July – Saturday 1 August
SUNDERLAND Empire
Thursday 6 – Saturday 15 August
STOKE ON TRENT Regent Theatre
Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 August
CARDIFF Wales Millennium Centre
Tuesday 1 – Saturdav 5 September
GLASGOW King’s Theatre
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 19 September
BRADFORD Alhambra Theatre
Tuesday 22 – Saturday 26 September
SOUTHEND Cliff’s Pavilion Theatre
Tuesday 29 September – Saturday 3 October
BIRMINGHAM The Alexandra
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 17 October
SHEFFIELD Lyceum Theatre
Tuesday 27 – Saturday 31 October
HIGH WYCOMBE Swan
Tuesday 3 – Saturday 7 November
AYLESBURY Waterside Theatre
Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 November
LIVERPOOL Empire
Tuesday 24 November – Saturday 5 December
LEEDS The Grand Theatre & Opera House
Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 December
BLACKPOOL Winter Gardens
Tuesday 22 December – Saturday 2 January 2026
MANCHESTER Opera House
Tuesday 5 – Saturday 23 January 2027
NORTHAMPTON Royal & Derngate
Tuesday 26 – Saturday 30 January
EDINBURGH Playhouse
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 27 February
LLANDUDNO Venue Cymru
Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 March
YORK Grand Opera House
Tuesday 23 March – Saturday 3-April
WOLVERHAMPTON Grand Theatre
Tuesday 6 – Saturday 10 April
HULL New Theatre
Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 April
OXFORD New Theatre
Tuesday 4 – Saturday 8 May
New Wimbledon Theatre
Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 May
CANTERBURY Marlowe Theatre
Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 May
