Credit: Matt Crockett
By Grace Hatchell, currently trying to remember whether “Sherry” counts as cardio if you sing it dramatically enough while carrying shopping bags.
The boys are back in town… and honestly, I reckon there’ll be audiences all over the UK suddenly attempting falsettos in supermarket queues by the end of this tour.
The Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical Jersey Boys is heading back out on the road for its huge 20th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour, with a brand-new cast now officially announced ahead of performances through 2026 and 2027. The production will visit Curve Leicester from 13 – 24 April 2027.
Now listen, there are certain musicals where people politely clap at the end… and then there are musicals where fully grown adults leave the theatre convinced they personally belong in a 1960s harmony group.
Jersey Boys has always been one of those shows.
This new anniversary tour stars Luke Baker as Frankie Valli, alongside Carlo Boumouglbay as Tommy DeVito, Lewis Kennedy as Nick Massi and Toby Miles as Bob Gaudio, with Ellis Kirk appearing as Alternate Frankie Vall
And honestly? It’s a proper strong line-up.
The show tells the true-life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, charting their rise from the streets of New Jersey to worldwide fame, while also digging into the tensions, fallouts and chaos happening behind the scenes. Because while the harmonies may have sounded silky smooth, apparently life backstage was less “Sherry baby” and more “someone’s definitely storming out the dressing room tonight.”
The musical famously features massive hits including:
Sherry,
Big Girls Don’t Cry,
Walk Like A Man,
Beggin’,
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,
and December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night).
Which is frankly unfair levels of banger distribution for one jukebox musical.
What’s wild is just how enormous this show still is two decades on. Jersey Boys has won 65 major awards worldwide and has been seen by more than 30 million people globally.
That’s not nostalgia anymore. That’s theatrical immortality with matching suits.
The production also arrives with the original Broadway creative team still involved, including director Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo, which gives this anniversary tour a real sense of legacy behind it.
And if you’ve never seen Jersey Boys before? Here’s my Grace Tip™: don’t go expecting a fluffy tribute concert. Yes, the music’s brilliant. Yes, the audience will absolutely be toe-tapping before the interval. But underneath all the sharp suits and harmonies is a surprisingly gritty story about ambition, loyalty, ego and survival.
Also, somewhere during “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,” there’s usually at least one audience member behaving like they’ve personally just reunited with a long-lost ex in a rainstorm.
Tickets for the Curve Leicester run are on sale now.
JERSEY BOYS will run at Curve in Leicester from 13 – 24 April 2027. Tickets are on sale now. To find out more and book, visit www.curveonline.co.uk, call 0116 242 3595 or visit Curve’s Box Office in-person.
About the Author
