WORKING THEIR WAY BACK TO NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL

Oh what a night! The internationally acclaimed stage sensation Jersey Boys

will make a popular return to Newcastle Theatre Royal and is set to dazzle

audiences between Tue 30 Aug – Sat 10 Sep 2022.

Previous tour alumni Michael Pickering and Lewis Griffiths return as Frankie Valli and

Nick Massi respectively, with Blair Gibson as Bob Gaudio and Dalton Wood as

Tommy DeVito. Luke Suri will play Frankie Valli at certain performances.

The Tony and Olivier Award-winning smash-hit musical - which proved to be an

audience favourite at the Grey Street venue during its previous run in 2018 - goes

behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons.

They were just four guys from New Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They

had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But

while their harmonies were perfect onstage, off stage it was a very different story—a

story that has made them an international sensation all over again. From the streets

of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s too good

to be true.

Also in the cast are Dougie Carter (Hank Majewski), Ryan Carter-Wilson (Swing),

Emma Crossley (Mary Delgado), Jordan James (Gyp DeCarlo), Norton James (Norm

Waxman), Michael Levi (Bob Crewe), Tom O’Brien (Swing), Nathan Routledge

(Swing), George Salmon (Joe Pesci), Ellie Seaton (Lorraine), Daisy Steere

(Francine), Amy West (Swing), and Damien Winchester (Barry Belson).

Written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by

Bob Crewe, the show is packed with well-known hits, including Beggin’, Sherry, Walk

Like A Man, December, 1963 (Oh What a Night), Big Girls Don’t Cry, My Eyes

Adored You, Let’s Hang On (To What We’ve Got), Bye Bye Baby, Can’t Take My

Eyes Off You, Working My Way Back to You, Fallen Angel, Rag Doll and Who Loves

You.

Recipient of Broadway’s Tony, London’s Olivier and Australia’s Helpmann Awards for

Best New Musical, Jersey Boys is the winner of 65 major awards and has been seen

by over 27 million people worldwide.

Having originally opened in New York on 6 November 2005, it was the 12 th  longest

running show in Broadway history by the time it closed on 15 January 2017. It

returned to New York with a new production in November 2017 and the US National

Tour is still breaking house records in cities across North America.

Jersey Boys first ran in London’s West End from 18 March 2008 to 26 March 2017

and, at the time, was the sixth longest musical running in the West End. Last year,

the musical returned to the West End, opening the new multi-million pound reinstated

Trafalgar Theatre on 10 August 2021. Jersey Boys previously played two record-

breaking UK and Ireland Tours from 2014 to 2016 and from 2017 to 2019.

Jersey Boys plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tue 30 Aug – Sat 10 Sep 2022.

Tickets are priced from £24.00 and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or

from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 0191 232 7010.

5th May 2022

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