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ACCLAIMED NEW MUSICAL THE DRIFTERS GIRL
ANNOUNCES FIRST UK TOUR DATES
Hit songs include Stand By Me, Saturday Night at the Movies,
Under The Boardwalk, Save The Last Dance For Me and Kissin in the Back Row of the Movies.
Michael Harrison and David Ian are delighted to announce the first 2023 / '24 tour dates for The
Drifters Girl, the new musical which tells the remarkable story of one of the world's greatest vocal
groups and the woman who made them.
Having thrilled audiences at the Garrick Theatre in London's West End since November 2021 (where
it played following a triumphant run at Newcastle's Theatre Royal earlier that autumn), the tour will
be heading to the Opera House, Manchester, on Tuesday 10 th October 2023.
The musical, which has played to packed houses and nightly standing ovations, will also visit:
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton; Theatre Royal, Norwich; Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield; Alhambra
Theatre, Bradford; Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes; Curve Theatre, Leicester; Cliffs Pavilion,
Southend; Theatre Royal, Newcastle; New Victoria Theatre, Woking; Orchard Theatre, Dartford;
Bristol Hippodrome, Bristol. Further dates for 2024 are to be announced.
Telling the remarkable story of The Drifters, one of the world's greatest vocal groups, and the truth
about the woman who made them. Faye Treadwell is the legendary manager of The Drifters who
fought for three decades alongside her husband (George Treadwell) to turn Atlantic Records' hottest
vocal group into a global phenomenon.
From the highs of hit records and sell-out tours to the lows of legal battles and personal tragedy, The
Drifters Girl charts the trailblazing efforts of the world's first African American female music manager
and how she refused to ever give up on the group she loved. Thirty years and hundreds of hit songs
later, there is no doubt that Faye Treadwell was and always will be, The Drifters Girl.
The Drifters Girl boasts an incredible soundtrack of some of the most famous songs in history,
including Save The Last Dance For Me, Under The Boardwalk, Kissin In The Back Row Of The
Movies, Stand By Me, Come On Over To My Place, Saturday Night At The Movies and many more.
The Drifters Girl, with a book by Ed Curtis, is based on an idea by Tina Treadwell, and is co-created
by Beverley Knight, Adam J Bernard, Tarinn Callender, Matt Henry and Tosh Wanogho-Maud. It is
directed by Jonathan Church. Set design is by Anthony Ward, choreography by Karen
Bruce, costume design by Fay Fullerton, orchestrations and musical supervision by Chris
Egan, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Tom Marshall and video design by Andrzej
Goulding. Casting is by Stuart Burt.
The Drifters Girl is produced by Michael Harrison and David Ian.
For further information, please see www.thedriftersgirl.com
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The Drifters Girl 2023 /2024 Tour Dates 2023
Tue 12 th – Sat 16 th Sept Box Office: 023 8071 1811
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton www.mayflower.org.uk
On General Sale Soon
Tue 19 th – Sat 23 rd Sept Box Office: 01603 630 000
Theatre Royal, Norwich www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk
On General Sale Soon
Tue 26 th – Sat 30 th Sept Box Office: 0114 249 6000
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
On General Sale Soon
Tue 3 rd – Sat 7 th Oct Box Office: 01274 432000
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford www.bradford-theatres.co.uk
On General Sale Soon
Tue 10 th – Sat 14 th Oct Box Office: 0844 871 3019
Opera House, Manchester www.atgtickets.com/venues/palace-theatre-manchester
On General Sale Soon
Tue 24 th – Sat 28 th Oct Box Office: 0844 871 7652
Milton Keynes Theatre www.atgtickets.com/venues/milton-keynes-theatre
On General Sale Soon
Tue 31 st Oct – Sat 4 th Nov Box Office: 0116 242 3595
Curve Theatre, Leicester www.curveonline.co.uk
On General Sale Soon
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