A brand-new tour of smash-hit family favourite Madagascar - The Musical will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 20 October, it has been announced.

The tour will go on to visit Cheltenham, Peterborough, Aylesbury and Sunderland in the Autumn and after an international visit to Monaco, Hong Kong and Singapore, will return to the UK in February to play Manchester, Bradford, Blackpool, Birmingham, Grimsby, Dublin, Oxford, Stoke, Dartford, Cardiff, Newcastle, Northampton, Nottingham, Southend , Glasgow and Aberdeen. Further venues will be announced and casting information will follow.

Based on the smash DreamWorks animated motion picture, Madagascar – The Musical follows all of your favourite crack-a-lackin’ friends as they escape from their home in New York’s Central Park Zoo and find themselves on an unexpected journey to the madcap world of King Julien’s Madagascar.

Madagascar - The Musical is directed by award-winning Kirk Jameson, with choreography from Fabian Aloise , musical supervision by Mark Crossland, puppet design by Max Humphries, and puppet direction from Emma Brunton.

Producer of Madagascar for Selladoor, Stuart Glover, said: “Audiences have been going wild for Madagascar across the globe since we first toured in 2018 and we’re delighted to bring the musical back to the stage for audiences in the UK and Ireland. It’s the perfect treat for the whole family! “

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