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Boyband fans will Never Forget the feeling of supporting their favourite act – and now you can relive those emotions as The Band prepares to come to Oxford.

David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams are delighted to announce that, due to overwhelming public demand,  Tim Firth’s new musical, The Band, with the music of Take That, will now play extra dates on the UK & Ireland Tour.

It includes a visit to the New Theatre Oxford from October 30 to November 3 and tickets go on general sale at 1pm on January 11.

The Band opened at Manchester Opera House on 8 September 2017 to critical and public acclaim.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=jXSaJ7AvISs

The musical stars Rachel Lumberg as Rachel, Alison Fitzjohn as Claire, Emily Joyce as Heather, Jayne McKenna as Zoe, AJ Bentley, Nick Carsberg, Curtis T Johns, Yazdan Qafouri and Sario Solomon, collectively known as Five To Five, winners of BBC’s Let It Shine, as The Band, Faye Christall as Young Rachel, Katy Clayton as Young Heather, Rachelle Diedericks as Debbie,Sarah Kate Howarth as Young Claire, Lauren Jacobs as Young Zoe,Martin Miller as Jeff and Andy Williams as Dave.

The Band is a new musical about what it’s like to grow up with a boyband. For five 16 year-old friends in 1992, ‘the band’ is everything. 25 years on, we are reunited with the group of friends, now 40-something women, as they try once more to fulfil their dream of meeting their heroes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjXsDGpddlI

The Band is directed by Kim Gavin and Jack Ryder, designed by Jon Bausor and choreographed by Kim Gavin, with lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, video design by Luke Halls and sound design by Terry Jardine and Nick Lidster.

The Band is produced by David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers and Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Mark Owen, Robbie Williams.

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