Fifth & Final UK Tour of Miss Nightingale

Fifth & Final UK Tour of Miss Nightingale - the musicalq NEWS

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The most successful new and original British musical for the past decade is back for a fifth and final UK tour.

A Mr Bugg Presents & Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds co-production with New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich & Cast, Doncaster

LAST CHANCE TO SEE MISS NIGHTINGALE THE MUSICAL: FIFTH & FINAL UK TOUR

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The smash hit, original British musical Miss Nightingale - the musical by Matthew Bugg is back in a brand new production for a fifth and final UK tour, Autumn 2015 and Spring 2016. This hilarious and heart warming tale of love, loss and hope brings the gay glamour and back-stage affairs of 1940s London thrillingly to life.

In wartime people will do anything to survive and the biggest battle is to trust your heart. Feisty northern nurse Maggie Brown struggles to find her big break as a singer. Her talented songwriter, George, is a Jewish refugee from Berlin. She longs for the bright lights. He hides a dark secret in the shadows.

Suddenly they are picked up by wealthy and closeted aristocrat Sir Frank. He needs a new act for his London nightclub and transforms Maggie into Miss Nightingale. Her outrageous costumes, saucy cabaret songs and racy love life create a scandalous new West End star.

Everything changes when George and Sir Frank fall secretly in love - but bootleg booze, blackmail and bombshells are a dangerous cocktail. And sometimes the truth proves even more explosive than The Blitz.

Miss Nightingale the musical is the most successful genuinely new touring British musical in the last decade, not being based on an existing play, book, film or collection of pop songs. It has been enjoyed by tens of thousands of people across the UK and returns for its fifth and final farewell tour this Autumn and next Spring.

It is performed by a talented cast who not only act, dance and sing but also play all the instruments live on stage. Matthew Buggs critically acclaimed songs, from hilarious tongue-in-cheek numbers to tender ballads, wonderfully capture the glorious spirit of the 1940s.

Miss Nightingale - the musical is written by West End composer Matthew Bugg. His recent productions include: Dear Lupin, Murder in the Cathedral, And Then There Were None, Cirque Berzerk, Kindertransport, Volcano, Barefoot in the Park, Quartet, Some Like it Hotter, The Secret of Sherlock Holmes, Polygraph, The Father, League of Youth, Three Men in a Boat, and The Handyman.

The title role of Maggie/Miss Nightingale is played by Clara Darcy (Propaganda Swing, Forever Young, Brassed Off, The Hired Man and Chicago). She is joined by Nick Coutu-Langmead as Sir Frank; Conor OKane as George; Christopher Hogben as Tom; Matthew Bugg as Harry; and, Tobias Oliver as the Stage Manager & Waiter.

The show is directed by Karen Simpson, Director of the Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds. Prior to this she was Artistic Director of Oxfordshire Theatre Company, Creative Development Director for Sheffield Theatres, and founded Action Transport Theatre Company. Her recent work includes: Labour of Love, and UK tours of Sign of the Times, Some Like it Hotter, The Incredible Doctor Guttmann and Twelve Miles from Nowhere.

Miss Nightingale - the musical tours the UK for the fifth and final time from 30 September 2015 to 20 February 2016. Full details can be found at www.missnightingale.co.uk

Wed 30 Sept - Sat 3 Oct 2015 Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds www.theatreroyal.org / 01284 769 505

Wed 14 Oct 2015 Mansfield Palace Theatre www.mansfield.gov.uk/palacetheatre / 01623 633 133

Fri 16 & Sat 17 Oct 2015 Cast, Doncaster www.castindoncaster.com / 01302 303 959

Tue 20 - Sat 24 Oct 2015 Sheffield Library Theatre www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk / 0114 249 6000

Fri 30 & Sat 31 Oct 2015 Lighthouse Poole www.lighthousepoole.co.uk / 0844 406 8666

Wed 13 - Sat 16 Jan 2016 Towngate Theatre Basildon www.towngatetheatre.co.uk / 01268 465 465

Wed 20 Fri 22 Jan 2016 Theatre Royal Margate www.theatreroyalmargate.com / 01843 292 795

Sat 23 & Sun 24 Jan 2016 Norwich Playhouse www.norwichplayhouse.co.uk / 01603 598 598

Tue 26 - Sat 30 Jan 2016 Hull Truck Theatre www.hulltruck.co.uk / 01482 323 638

Thu 4 - Sat 6 Feb 2016 The Grand Theatre Blackpool www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk / 01253 743 343

Tue 9 - Sat 13 Feb 2016 Belgrade Theatre, Coventry www.belgrade.co.uk / 024 7655 3055

Wed 17 - Sat 20 Feb 2016 Buxton Opera House www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk / 0845 127 2190

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Notes to Editors:

Press enquiries, interviews and images: Tobias Oliver, Mr Bugg Presents 07816 133 151 / tobiasoliver@me.com

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