Simon Friend Entertainment has announced first casting for a brand-new stage adaptation of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Hayley Mills (Pollyanna, The Parent Trap, Whistle Down the Wind), Paul Nicholas (Jesus Christ Superstar, BBC 1’s Just Good Friends, Eastenders), and Paula Wilcox (Thames TV’s Man About The House, ITV’s Coronation Street) will star in this feel-good tale of love, adventure, and starting-over which begins a major new UK tour this autumn.
Written by Deborah Moggach who now adapts her bestselling novel 2004’s These Foolish Things for the stage, it having previously inspired the BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated film. The cherished story will be brought to life on stage when it opens at the Richmond Theatre on Monday 5th September 2022 and is directed by Lucy Bailey (Oleanna, UK Tour & West End); Gaslight, UK Tour; Witness for the Prosecution, London’s County Hall).
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – 2022 Tour Dates
Mon 5th – Sat 10 Sept Box Office: 03330 096 690
Richmond Theatre, Richmond www.atgtickets.com/
Tue 13 – Sat 17 Sept Box Office: 0114 249 6000
Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Tue 20 – Sat 24 Sept Box Office: 0844 871 7650
Theatre Royal, Brighton www.atgtickets.com/venues/
Tue 27 Sept – Sat 1 Oct Box Office: 0844 8717647
Theatre Royal, Glasgow www.atgtickets.com/
Tue 4 – Sat 8 Oct Box Office: 08448 11 21 21
Theatre Royal, Newcastle www.theatreroyal.
Tue 11 – Sat 5 Oct Box Office: 01872 262 466
Hall for Cornwall, Truro www.hallforcornwall.co.
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Tue 18 – Sat 22 Oct Box Office: 0343 310 0020
Churchill Theatre, Bromley www.churchilltheatre.
Mon 24 – Sat 29 Oct Box Office: 01603 630 000
Theatre Royal, Norwich www.norwichtheatre.
Tue 1 Oct – Sat 5 Nov Box Office: 0116 242 3595
Curve, Leicester www.curveonline.
Tue 8 – Sat 12 Nov Box Office: 0343 208 6000
The Lowry, Salford www.thelowry.com
Tue 15 – Sat 19 Nov Box Office: 0333 009 6690
New Victoria Theatre, Woking www.atgtickets.com/
Tue 22 – Sat 26 Nov Box Office: 01223 503 333
Cambridge Arts Theatre www.
Mon 28 Nov – Sat 3 Dec Box Office: 01225 448 844
Theatre Royal, Bath www.theatreroyal.org.uk
2023 Tour Dates
Tue 17 – Sat 21 Jan Box Office: 01227 787787
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury www.marlowetheatre.com
Tue 24 – Sat 28 Jan Box Office: 0333 009 6690
Milton Keynes Theatre https://www.
Tue 7 – Sat 11 Feb Box Office: 0115 989 5555
Theatre Royal, Nottingham www.trch.co.uk