DAVID IAN FOR CROSSROADS LIVE

IN ASSOCIATION WITH

BARRY AND FRAN WEISSLER

PRESENT
THE 2027 UK AND IRELAND TOUR OF

THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING

David Ian for Crossroads Live in association with Barry and Fran Weissler announced today the 2027 UK and Ireland tour of the multi award-winning musical CHICAGO. The tour will open at New Wimbledon Theatre on 5 February 2027. Initial tour schedule below with further dates and casting to be announced soon. www.chicagothemusical.com/uk-tour

Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.

Created by the musical theatre talents of John Kander, Fred Ebb and legendary choreographer Bob Fosse, CHICAGO’s sexy, sassy score includes the show-stopping songs “Razzle Dazzle”, “Cell Block Tango”, and “All That Jazz”.  Winner of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards and a Grammy, CHICAGO is the longest running American musical in Broadway and West End history.

Since it opened in New York in 1996, CHICAGO has played in 38 countries worldwide, and been performed in English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Italian, French, Danish, Japanese and Korean.  Worldwide it has been seen by an estimated 35 million people, grossed over $1.8 billion has played over 36,000 performances.

CHICAGO, which is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.  The 1996 Broadway revival of CHICAGO was choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse, directed by Walter Bobbie, and produced by Barry and Fran Weissler.

Tour dates & locations:

• 5–13 February 2027 — New Wimbledon Theatre, London

• 16–20 February 2027 — Theatre Royal Plymouth

• 22–27 February 2027 — Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

• 2–6 March 2027 — Sheffield Lyceum

• 24–27 March 2027 — Liverpool Empire

• 29 March–3 April 2027 — Newcastle Theatre Royal

• 6–10 April 2027 — Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre

• 10–15 May 2027 — King's Theatre, Glasgow

• 18–22 May 2027 — His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen

• 25–29 May 2027 — Manchester Opera House

• 31 May–5 June 2027 — Grand Opera House, York

• 7–12 June 2027 — Blackpool Opera House

• 14–19 June 2027 — Nottingham Concert Hall

• 21–26 June 2027 — Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

• 29 June–10 July 2027 — Dublin (venue TBA)

• 13–17 July 2027 — Southend Cliffs Pavilion

• 19–24 July 2027 — Eastbourne Congress Theatre

• 27 July–7 August 2027 — Birmingham Hippodrome

• 9–14 August 2027 — Norwich Theatre Royal

• 16–21 August 2027 — Theatre Royal Brighton

• 31 August–4 September 2027 — Bristol Hippodrome

• 6–11 September 2027 — Milton Keynes Theatre

• 14–18 September 2027 — Hall for Cornwall, Truro

• 20–25 September 2027 — New Theatre Oxford

• 27 September–2 October 2027 — Hull New Theatre

• 4–9 October 2027 — Venue Cymru, Llandudno

• 11–16 October 2027 — Sunderland Empire

• 1–6 November 2027 — New Victoria Theatre, Woking

• 8–13 November 2027 — Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

• 15–20 November 2027 — Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent

• 23–27 November 2027 — Edinburgh Playhouse

Further dates to be announced.