Michael Flatley, Lord Of The Dance Comes to Blackpool
Michael Flatley’s Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games – a spectacular new staging of thetraditional master piece – will return to the UK for a nationwide tour playing 18 venues next year.
With all the visceral precision and thrills of the original, Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games features new staging, new costumes and choreography. With 40 of the world’s most outstanding young performers directed by Michael Flatley, and new music by composer Gerard Fahy, this latest iteration combines the best of tradition with all the excitement of new music and dance.
“I’m blown away by the remarkable talent and abilities of the great cast we’ve gathered” says Flatley.
With 200-plus dates planned across 15 countries over the next 18 months, and will include one of
Michael’s final performances at a special one-off show to launch the World Tour at The SSE Arena, Wembley on 30th October – in celebration of Lord Of The Dance’s unique record, Highest Number
Of Tickets Ever Sold for a Wembley event. The Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games Tour will then visit Belgium, Israel, Scandinavia, Dublin, Belfast and South Africa – with more dates to be announced soon – before returning to the UK for a nationwide tour from April 2015.
WORLD TOUR PREMIERE
Thursday 30 October 2014
THE SSE WEMBLEY ARENA, LONDON 0844 815 0815
APRIL 2015
FRI 3 SUN 5 BRIGHTON CENTRE (matinee on 4 Apr) 0844 847 1515
TUE 7 SUN 12 CARDIFF ST DAVID’S HALL (matinee on11 Apr) 02920 878 444
TUE 14 THU 16 PLYMOUTH PAVILIONS 0845 146 1460
FRI 17 SUN 19 LLANDUDNO VENUE CYMRU (matinee on18 Apr) 01492 872 000
TUE 21 SUN 26 MILTON KEYNES THEATRE (matinee on25 & 26 Apr) 0844 871 7652
TUE 28 SAT 2 May LIVERPOOL EMPIRE (matinee on2 May) 0844 871 3017
MAY 2015
TUE 5 SUN 10 MANCHESTER OPERA HOUSE (matinee on 9 May) 0844 871 3018
TUE 12 SAT 16 BRISTOL HIPPODROME (matinee on 13&16 May) 0844 871 3012
FRI 22 TUE 26 BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY HALL (matinee on 23&24 May) 0121 345 0603
THU 28 SUN 31 NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL (matinee on 30 May) 0115 989 5555
JUNE 2015
TUE 2 THU 4 YORK BARBICAN 0844 854 2757
FRI 5 SUN 7 GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL (matinee on6 Jun) 0141 353 8000
TUE 9 THU 11 BLACKPOOL OPERA HOUSE 0844 856 1111
FRI 12 SUN 14 EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE (matinee on 13 Jun) 0844 871 3014
MON 15 WED 17 SHEFFIELD CITY HALL 0114 2789 789
FRI 19 SUN 21 GATESHEAD THE SAGE (matinee on 20 Jun) 0191 443 4661
TUE 23 SUN 28 SOUTHEND CLIFFS PAVILION (matinee on 27 Jun) 01702 351 135
TUE 20 THU 2 Jul GUILDFORD GLIVE 0844 770 1797
24 HR HOTLINE: 0844 338 0000 ONLINE: Bookingsdirect.com (subject to booking fee)
Tickets go on sale on Friday 6 June, and are available from the venue box offices, select authorised ticket agencies and the tour hotline 0844 338 0000 or online at BookingsDirect.com
View Lord Of The Dance: Dangerous Games teaser here: http://youtu.be/xj-Ggnd-ODk
www.michaelflatley.com www.lordofthedance.com
Notes to editors:
Michael Flatley’s innovative and ground-breaking choreography and unforgettable performance at the 1994 Eurovision – saw his work change the world of dance and particularly Irish dance forever. Followed by massive global success with the creation of hit shows Lord Of The Dance, Feet Of Flames and Celtic Tiger, Flatley’s extraordinary career has seen the artist and musician – holder of a place in the Guinness Book of Records for an incredible 35 taps per second – break box office records and thrill audiences around the world for over two decades.