A Different Stage (musical)

A Different Stage
Music	Gary Barlow
Lyrics	Gary Barlow
Book	Tim Firth
Basis	The life of Gary Barlow
Premiere	10 February 2022: The Brindley, Runcorn
Productions	2022 UK Tour 2022 West End

A Different Stage is a one-man show with music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and a book by Tim Firth. The show received its world premiere, close to Barlow's home town of Frodsham, in Runcorn at The Brindley in February 2022 before embarking on a tour around the UK.[1]

The show tells the story of Barlow's life in his own words reflecting on his career, friendships and personal life.[2]

Barlow worked on his first theatrical project in 2013 where he signed up to work on a new musical version of Finding Neverland which ran on Broadway for 17 months in 2015. Barlow then went on to co-write The Girls (later retitled in 2017 as Calendar Girls The Musical) which opened in London's West End in January 2017 before producing a UK & Ireland tour of the second Take That musical Greatest Days in 2017 which visited London and Germany.

Productions

UK & Ireland Tour (2022)

On 20th January 2022, it was announced the show would premiere at The Brindley, Runcorn before embarking on a UK Tour.[3] Further dates in Salford, Liverpool and Edinburgh were announced on 14th February.[4] Additional dates were announced in York, Newcastle, Dublin, Southend, Portsmouth, Nottingham and a return to The Lowry in Salford.[5] Further dates were added in Wolverhampton, Fordsham, Truro, Aylesbury & Cambridge.[6]

Tour dates for 2022

Date	City	Country	Venue
10 February 2022	Runcorn	England	The Brindley
11 February 2022
12 February 2022
13 February 2022
14 February 2022
15 February 2022
22 February 2022	Salford		The Lowry
23 February 2022
24 February 2022
25 February 2022
26 February 2022
27 February 2022
15 March 2022	Liverpool		Playhouse Theatre
16 March 2022
17 March 2022
18 March 2022
19 March 2022
21 March 2022	Edinburgh	Scotland	Royal Lyceum Theatre
22 March 2022
23 March 2022
24 March 2022
25 March 2022
26 March 2022
27 March 2022
2 June 2022	Frodsham	England	Frodsham Community Centre
3 June 2022
4 June 2022
10 June 2022	York		Grand Opera House
11 June 2022
12 June 2022
27 August 2022	Cambridge		Arts Theatre
28 August 2022
27 September 2022	Truro		Hall for Cornwall
28 September 2022
29 September 2022
1 October 2022
4 October 2022	Salford		The Lowry
5 October 2022
6 October 2022
7 October 2022
8 October 2022
10 October 2022	Newcastle		Tyne Theatre
11 October 2022
12 October 2022
19 October 2022	Aylesbury		Waterside Theatre
20 October 2022
21 October 2022
22 October 2022
26 October 2022	Dublin	Ireland	Gaiety Theatre
27 October 2022
28 October 2022
29 October 2022
1 November 2022	Southend-on-Sea	England	Cliffs Pavilion
2 November 2022
3 November 2022
4 November 2022
8 November 2022	Portsmouth		New Theatre Royal
9 November 2022
10 November 2022
11 November 2022
13 November 2022	Nottingham		Playhouse Theatre
14 November 2022
15 November 2022
16 November 2022	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
17 November 2022
18 November 2022
19 November 2022
20 November 2022

West End (2022)

On 18th March 2022, it was announced the show would run in London's West End at the Duke of York's Theatre from 30 August 2022 for a limited run until 18 September 2022 which was then extended until 25 September 2022.[7] It was later announced the show would run for two encore performances on 21st & 28th November 2022 at London's Savoy Theatre to close the tour for 2022.[8]

A Different Stage: The Book

In February 2022, Barlow announced a new book titled 'A Different Stage' to be released on 1 September 2022. The book will contain photography from Barlow's one-man show.[9]

Awards and nominations

Original London production

Year	Award Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result
2023	WhatsOnStage Awards	Best New Play [10]		Nominated

References

1. Sleight, Emily (2022-01-21). "Gary Barlow to play 'very different' hometown gigs in Runcorn". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
2. "Why it was an incredible opening night for Gary Barlow at The Brindley". Runcorn and Widnes World. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
3. "Gary Barlow's six-night visit to The Brindley sells out in minutes". Warrington Guardian. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
4. "Gary Barlow gives exciting update on 'A Different Stage' dates". Free Radio (Birmingham). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
5. Bourne, Dianne (2022-04-27). "Gary Barlow announces new tour dates for 'A Different Stage' including Salford". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
6. Richardson, Andy. "Take That's Gary Barlow heading to Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre for four nights". www.shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
7. Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-18). "Gary Barlow's 'A Different Stage' to play in the West End". London Theatre. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
8. Thomas, Sophie (2022-10-14). "Gary Barlow's 'A Different Stage' returns to London". London Theatre. Retrieved 2022-11-30.
9. "A Different Stage by Gary Barlow". Waterstones. 2022-02-25. Retrieved 2022-02-25.
10. "Nominations in full: the 23rd Annual WhatsOnStage Awards | WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. Retrieved 2022-12-08.