School of Rock confirms dates for first UK and Ireland tour

School of Rock at the New London Theatre, now the Gillian Lynne

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s School of Rock has confirmed the dates for its first UK and Ireland tour this autumn.

The musical, based on the film of the same, will open at the Hull New Theatre on September 7. It has been postponed by several months because of the most recent lockdown.

It will then visit venues including Southend’s Cliffs Pavilion, the Grand Opera House in Belfast, Torquay’s Princess Theatre, Edinburgh Playhouse, New Wimbledon Theatre and Dublin’s Bord Gais Energy Theatre, before ending its tour at the Bournemouth Pavilion on August 13, 2022.

Casting is to be announced.

School of Rock has music by Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater and a book by Julian Fellowes.

It was originally directed by Laurence Connor with choreography by JoAnn M Hunter and set and costume designs by Anna Louizos. Lighting was by Natasha Katz, with sound by Mick Potter, musical supervision by John Rigby and musical direction by Matt Smith.

The production first opened on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in 2015 before transferring to West End’s New London Theatre, now the Gillian Lynne Theatre, the following year. It closed in 2020 to make way for Lloyd Webber’s new version of Cinderella, which, after a delay due to the pandemic, will open this year.

The UK and Ireland tour of School of Rock is produced by David Ian Productions.