A jukebox musical featuring the works of Take That is coming to Brighton.
Greatest Days will take to the stage at the Theatre Royal in Brighton from Monday, October 9 to Saturday, October 14.
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Take That’s first ever UK number-one single Pray, the production features more than 15 record-breaking Take That songs alongside a heart-warming and comical story of love, loss and laughter from award-winning writer Tim Firth (Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots).
The musical follows a group of five best friends in the 1990s who are obsessed with their favourite boy band. The girls reunite more than 20 years later with a plan to see their heartthrobs one last time in what could be the Greatest Days of their lives.
Greatest Days was originally produced as The Band by David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers + Take That. The UK tour of The Band originally opened at Manchester Opera House in September 2017, breaking box office records along the way.
Actress, singer, dancer and businesswoman Jennifer Ellison stars as Rachel when the show takes to the stage in Brighton, which coincides with the release of the official movie version of the smash-hit musical, starring Aisling Bea and Jayde Adams.
The full cast includes Taylor Alman (The Legend of White Bear Lake), Charlotte Anne Steen (Bat Out of Hell), Holly Ashton (Footloose), Hannah Brown (Hansel and Gretel), Kalifa Burton (Matilda), Benjamin Cameron (Grease Royal Caribbean) Jamie Corner (The Band), Archie Durrant (Matilda), Regan Gascoigne (winner of Dancing on Ice 2022, Cinderella), Olivia Hallett (Anything Goes) Kitty Harris (David Walliams’ Gangsta Granny), Bayley Hart (Heathers), Keith Henderson (Shrek the Musical), Karen Holmes (Grease), Christopher D. Hunt (Waitress), Evangeline Jarvis-Jones (The Sound of Music), Rachel Marwood (The Possibility of Colour), Mari McGinlay (Hairspray), Jamie-Rose Monk (A Midsummer Night’s Dream), Mary Moore (Grease West End), Alexanda O’Reilly (Mamma Mia!) and Alan Stocks (Calendar Girls).
The book of Greatest Days is written by Tim Firth, with co-direction by Stacey Haynes and Tim Firth, choreography by Aaron Renfree, set and costume design by Lucy Osborne, lighting design by Rob Casey, sound design by Tony Gayle, casting by David Grindrod for Grindrod Burton Casting, musical supervision by John Donovan, costume supervision by Martin Rodges.
The UK Tour of Greatest Days by Tim Firth – The Official Take That Musical is produced by Adam Kenwright for Kindred Partners.
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