MOTHER GOOSE starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop announces additional tour venues

Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

Ambassador Theatre Group Productions have announced that the smash-hit production of Mother Goose, starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop, will also visit Leicester, Salford and Bristol as part of their UK and Ireland tour.

Following its current run in London, where it runs at the Duke of York’s Theatre until 29 January 2023, the full touring dates are now Chichester Festival Theatre from 7 – 11 February, Sheffield Lyceum from 14 – 18 February, Wolverhampton Grand from 22 – 26 February, Liverpool Empire from 28 February – 4 March, Oxford New Theatre from 7 – 11 March, Leicester Curve from 15 – 18 March, Bord Gais Energy Theatre Dublin from 22 – 26 March, Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff from 28 March – 1 April, The Lowry from 5 – 9 April, and Bristol Hippodrome from 11 – 15 April.

Alongside McKellen as Mother Goose and Bishop as Vic Goose, Mother Goose also stars Anna-Jane Casey as Cilla The Goose, Oscar Conlon-Morrey as Jack, Simbi Akande as Jill, Sharon Ballard as Good Fairy Encanta and Karen Mavundukure as Evil Fairy Malignia. The cast is completed by Mairi Barclay, Adam Brown, Gabriel Fleary, Becca Francis, Shailan Gohil, Richard Leeming, Genevieve Nicole and Laura Tyrer. 

It is written by Jonathan Harvey and directed by award-winning director Cal McCrystal, with set and costumes by Liz Ascroft, choreography by Lizzi Gee, lighting by Prema Mehta, sound by Ben Harrison, puppet design and creation by Chris Barlow, and casting by Anne Vosser.

Mother Goose (McKellen) and her husband Vic (Bishop) run an Animal Sanctuary for waifs and strays and live a wholesome life inside an abandoned Debenhams. But when a goose (Casey) flies in, will fame and fortune get the better of them?! Will Ma’s feathers be seriously ruffled? Will Pa tell everyone to get stuffed?! And is their fair life about to turn fowl? Get ready for fairies with hefty vocal chords, puppets with tap dance qualifications and impeccably constructed mayhem that will quack up the whole family. This hilarious family-friendly mother of all pantos is the ultimate theatrical feast full of fun, farce and more than a couple of surprises that will make you honk out loud.

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