Buddy in London

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Terrific songs delivered with explosive energy and skill by an all-singing, all-dancing, all-instrument-playing cast”

Since opening at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth, in August 1989, Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story, by AlanJanes, has played 580 weeks (4,668 performances) on tour in the UK, and 728 weeks (5822 performances) in London’s West End – for a total of 10,490 UK performances! During the second year of the original production's long run, a UK national tour of Buddy began in June 1991 at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. This was the first West End production to tour the UK while still playing in the West End; it set a new record of 243 weeks of continuous touring, or 4 years 35 weeks on the road. [ citation needed] Buddy has continued to tour frequently in the UK. [8] Broadway production/US national tours [ edit ] Throughout the world 13 couples have met and married while working in the company and there have been 26 Buddy babies!

''IT’S STILL BUDDY BRILLIANT''

The musical will take to Liverpool, Glasgow and London, starring Shaun Williamson ( EastEnders) in the role of Buddy the Elf’s father, and actress and singer Kym Marsh ( Coronation Street) as Buddy’s girlfriend, Jovie. pairs of trousers have had to be replaced – due to Buddy knee sliding across stages throughout the world – and 414 pairs of glasses

Buddy has been staged in more than 17 countries, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, UK and USA. Over 25 million people have seen the show worldwide. Buddy has had two major tours in Australia, the 1st tour played Sydney's Theatre Royal for 36 weeks before continuing throughout Australia for a further 60 weeks. The second Australian tour in 2009 ran for 39 weeks. [10]A great party atmosphere… this fun filled upbeat musical had the New Theatre up on its feet dancing!” Kym Marsh stars as Michelle Connor in ITV’s Coronation Street, having rose to fame as a member of pop outfit Hear’Say and celebrating a subsequent solo career. Boasting a multi-talented cast of actor-musicians, Buddy presents two terrific hours of music with over 20 of his greatest hits, including the timeless classics That’ll Be The Day, Peggy Sue, Oh Boy, Everyday and Rave On. With the Big Bopper’s Chantilly Lace and Ritchie Valens’ La Bamba, and rip-roaring versions of Shout and Johnny B. Goode completing a stellar musical line-up, Buddy is a not to be missed evening of family entertainment.

Buddy and his band go to New York where they perform at the Apollo Theater making history as the first white band to perform there. Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story has enjoyed phenomenal success, having played a record-breaking 4668 performances over 580 weeks on tour in the UK and Ireland, as well as 5822 performances over 728 weeks in London’s West End. Buddy is one of a small number of iconic musicals including Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Miss Saigon, Evita and Cats inreaching a phenomenal three decades on stage. Spine-tinglingly good... it is hard to believe these songs are more than 50 years old yet still have such an exhilarating effect on the audience” Gans, Andrew (December 7, 2010). " Buddy–The Buddy Holly to Tour the U.K.; Itinerary Announced". Playbill . Retrieved April 1, 2022. Shaun Williamson became a household name as Barry Evans in EastEnders, more recently appearing on Al Murray’s Great British Pub Quiz.To witness an entire audience on its feet, joyfully clapping, singing, and dancing into the aisles… was tribute to the triumphant production” a straight ahead, feel-good rave up. Buddymotors along with a gee-whiz innocence... Good times rave on for Buddy on Broadway”