Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opens its 2024 – 2025 tour with a colour-filled festive season at the Edinburgh Playhouse – starring the legendary Donny Osmond as Pharaoh – on Tuesday 3 December.
Where and when?
Following its opening run at the Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre, the tour then goes on to visit: Oxford, New Theatre; Sunderland, Empire Theatre; Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre; Nottingham, Theatre Royal; Belfast, Grand Opera House; Manchester, Opera House; Bristol, Hippodrome Theatre; Leeds, Grand Theatre; Blackpool, Winter Gardens; Norwich, Theatre Royal; Southampton, Mayflower Theatre; Birmingham, Hippodrome Theatre; Woking, New Victoria; Newcastle, Theatre Royal; Southend, Cliffs Pavilion; Plymouth, Theatre Royal; Liverpool, Empire Theatre; Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre and Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Theatre.
Who’s in the cast?
Donny Osmond performs in Edinburgh only. Full casting for all other venues is to be announced.
Creative team
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is directed by Laurence Connor. Laurence’s credits include the acclaimed London production of School of Rock and the Tony-Award nominated production on Broadway, the recent London productions of Miss Saigon, Chess and Cinderella, the international arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar and he is also the Co-Director of the new version of Les Misérables which has enjoyed worldwide success including Broadway, UK and US tours.
JoAnn M Hunter (who has 20 Broadway shows to her credit, including School of Rock and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever) is the show’s choreographer, set and costume design are by the award-winning Morgan Large with Ben Cracknell as Lighting Designer and Gareth Owen as Sound Designer.
What’s the show about?
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s first major collaboration. Released as a concept album in 1969, the stage version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals. The multi-award-winning show has been performed hundreds of thousands of times including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, international tours in over 80 countries worldwide and has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals. Featuring much-loved pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door, There’s One More Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go, Joseph, the new London Palladium production received a rapturous reception during its 2019 and 2021 summer seasons, ahead of its first major UK tour in 2022.
Told entirely through song with the help of the Narrator, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat follows the story of Jacob’s favourite son Joseph and his eleven brothers. After being sold into hardship by the brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar but ends up in jail after refusing the advances of Potiphar’s wife. While imprisoned, Joseph discovers his ability to interpret dreams, and he soon finds himself in front of the mighty but troubled showman, the Pharaoh. As Joseph strives to resolve Egypt’s famine, he becomes Pharaoh’s right-hand man and eventually reunites with his family.
Assisted performances
Check individual venue websites
Where can I get tickets?
http://uktour.josephthemusical.com/
2025 UK TOUR DATES
Tue 3 – Sun 29 December 2024
Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre
* Donny Osmond plays the Pharaoh during the Edinburgh Christmas season only
Tue 7 – Sat 11 January 2025
Oxford, New Theatre
Tue 14 – Sun 19 January 2025
Sunderland, Empire Theatre
Wed 22 Jan – Sun 2 February 8 2025
Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
Wed 5 – Sat 15 February 2025
Nottingham, Theatre Royal
Tues 18 – Sun 23 February 2025
Belfast, Grand Opera House
Wed 26 Feb – Sun 9 March 2025
Manchester Opera House
Wed 12 – Sat 22 March 2025
Bristol, Hippodrome Theatre
Tue 25 – Sun 30 March 2025
Leeds, Grand Theatre
Wed 9 – Sun 13 April 2025
Blackpool, Winter Gardens
Wed 30 Apr – Sat 10 May 2025
Norwich, Theatre Royal
Tue 13 – Sun 18 May 2025
Southampton, Mayflower Theatre
Tue 20 May – Sun 1 June 2025
Birmingham, Hippodrome Theatre
Tues 3 – Sat 7 June 2025
Woking, New Victoria
Tues 10 – Sun 15 June 2025
Newcastle, Theatre Royal
Tue 17 – Sun 22 June 2025
Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Tue 24 – Sun 29 June 2025
Plymouth, Theatre Royal
Tue 15 – Sun 20 July 2025
Liverpool, Empire Theatre
Tue 22 – Sun 27 July 2025
Wales Millennium Centre
Wed 6 – Sun 10 August 2025
Milton Keynes Theatre