Opening night tonight! I hope it’s well received!

I hope anyone going tonight, or any other night enjoy it and have a great time.

Guessing the band will be there so pics of them?

Nice if they showed up and did pics etc with fans.

Hopefully it will be a good opening night and the band will attend.

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I really enjoy this :heart:

Someone I follow on Insta was sat near Claire and Faye

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A very positive review here: https://www.londontheatre1.com/reviews/here...dra-birmingham/

 

Glowing praise from All That Dazzles:

 

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+ great feedback on Popjustice from those who went! https://forum.popjustice.com/threads/steps.10759/page-3636

 

 

Set list image here: https://i.imgur.com/DyOejBW.jpg (not embedding it in case anyone here wanted to be spoiler free :thinking: )

 

 

Happy to see that the first night went well and has been well received! Let's hope that continues!

 

 

P.S. An Attitude interview from a few weeks ago: https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/claire-r...musical-474360/ - Claire says that they called it Here and Now because they didn't want it to be titled after one of their more obvious hits.

Early comments are good! Now I’m super excited

Very happy to hear that opening night was well received.

Really good that it was well received.

Happy to hear those positive comments/review! I’m actually looking forward to have the songs as a musical album.

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On their (and other socials) this seems a success?

 

Any other reviews/ticket sales updates?

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H has just announced that the show is going nationwide and tickets are on sale tomorrow!

That’s great news!

 

I highly doubt it’ll start in December/January but I’ll hold out the smallest bit of hope.

I'm so pleased for Steps and everyone involved that it's been a well received success! Such great news that there's a tour, and it's a very extensive one!!

 

Steps, the UK pop group, has announced that their musical Here and Now will tour the UK and Ireland from August 2025 to May 2026.

 

Following its current run at the Alexandra in Birmingham, where it plays to 30 November 2024, the production will visit cities including Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin, and London after opening in Aylesbury in August 2025.

 

Set in a seaside superstore, the musical explores themes of love and betrayal. Written by Shaun iamspamspamamir and featuring Steps’ well-known hits such as “Tragedy,” “Stomp,”, “5,6,7,8,” and “One for Sorrow,” the show is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographed by Matt Cole.

 

The musical is presented by Steps in collaboration with ROYO, Pete Waterman, and Fascination Management. The creative team includes Kavanaugh (director), Cole (choreographer), Matt Spencer-Smith (musical supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements), Tom Rogers (set design), Gabriella Slade (costume design), Howard Hudson (lighting design), Adam Fisher (sound design), Sam Cox (wigs, hair, and makeup design), Phij Adams (music technology), and Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting (casting). Production management is handled by Setting Line.

 

https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/steps-mus...firmed_1653271/

 

2025

29/08 - 30/08: Aylesbury Waterside Theatre

02/09 - 13/09: Manchester Opera House

16/09 - 20/09: Glasgow King’s Theatre

23/09 - 04/10: Dublin Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

07/10 - 11/10: Southend Cliffs Pavilion

14/10 - 19/10: Woking New Victoria Theatre

21/10 - 26/10: Aberdeen His Majesty’s Theatre

28/10 - 02/11: Newcastle Theatre Royal

04/11 - 09/11: London New Wimbledon Theatre

11/11 - 16/11: Nottingham Theatre Royal

18/11 - 22/11: Sheffield Lyceum

25/11 - 29/11: Liverpool Empire Theatre

02/12 - 13/12: Theatre Royal Brighton

15/12 - 28/12: Stockton Globe

 

2026

20/01 - 24/01: Southampton Mayflower Theatre

27/01 - 31/01: Belfast Grand Opera House

03/02 - 07/02: Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre

10/02 - 15/02: York Grand Opera House

17/02 - 22/02: Oxford New Theatre

24/02 - 01/03: Edinburgh Playhouse

10/03 - 15/03: Wolverhampton Grand

24/03 - 28/03: Theatre Royal Plymouth

31/03 - 04/04: Milton Keynes Theatre

08/04 - 12/04: Blackpool Opera House

14/04 - 19/04: Norwich Theatre Royal

21/04 - 26/04: Hull New Theatre

28/04 - 03/05: Leicester Curve

05/05 - 10/05: Leeds Grand Theatre

 

 

I think I'd like to do Leicester! Sooo long to wait (April/May 2026) but should be a nice time of year and it's quite local to me!

 

 

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Great to see it’s so extensive for the tour.

Amazing! Really happy this turned out to be a succes and there’s a tour coming!