Jason Manford to star in UK premiere of SOMETHING ROTTEN!

The award-winning comedy musical will make its UK premiere at the Manchester Opera House for a limited run from next June, ahead of its plans to head to the West End in the future!

The well-known comedy, TV, and musical theatre icon Jason Manford will return to the show, following on from his performance in the concert production of Something Rotten! last summer at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. He's starred in numerous musicals in the West End and across the UK, including The Producers, The Wizard of Oz, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Created by the award-winning team behind Mrs. Doubtfire: The Musical: Grammy award-winning songwriter Wayne Kirkpatrick,screenwriter Karey Kirkpatrick and best-selling author and comedy scriptwriter John O’Farrell, Something Rotten! made its Broadway debut in 2015. It was nominated for an outstanding ten Tony Awards, including Best Musical. Many productions of Something Rotten! have taken place on tour and internationally, but this will be the first time it's staged in the UK.

This new production will be directed and choreographed by Tim Jackson (Two Strangers Carry a Cake Across New York) and presented by Broadway and West End producers, Kevin McCollum of Alchemation and Joshua Andrews of JAS Theatricals. Music Theatre International licenses this production.

Keep an eye out for news on the West End transfer of this show in the future!