Benidorm Live

Benidorm Live is the stage adaptation of British sitcom Benidorm, written by its writer and creator Derren Litten. The tour began in Newcastle, England at the Theatre Royal on 7 September 2018, and concluded in Canterbury, England at the Marlowe Theatre on 20 April 2019, spanning a total of 250 shows.^[1]

Benidorm Live
Artwork by Donovan Graphics
Written by	Derren Litten
Date premiered	7 September 2018 (2018-09-07)
Place premiered	Theatre Royal, Newcastle
Genre	Sitcom

Background

The tour is a stage adaptation of the British sitcom Benidorm, and is written by its writer and creator, Derren Litten.^[2] In August 2017, a spokesperson for the sitcom confirmed that Litten was in the process of writing the adaptation.^[3] Dates were announced in November of the same year,^[4] with Litten stating:

"A live stage show Benidorm [..] has been talked about for many years. My agent and I first started talking about a stage tour with a different producer who was very keen but said only an arena tour would be financially viable. I don’t know much about producing theatre shows but I knew this definitely wasn’t the case [...] it has everything you love in [the] show, outrageous comedy, brilliant music, something to make you laugh and maybe even to make you cry. I genuinely can’t wait for you to see it. "

Cast

According to the official website,^[1] the main cast members who have appeared in the TV series are:

• Janine Duvitski as Jacqueline Stewart
• Shelley Longworth as Sam Wood
• Jake Canuso as Mateo Castellanos
• Adam Gillen as Liam Conroy
• Sherrie Hewson as Joyce Temple-Savage
• Tony Maudsley as Kenneth du Beke
• Asa Elliott [af; arz] as himself
• Derren Litten as Derek (Birmingham dates only)

Tour dates

List of shows, showing date, city, country and venue^[1]

Date	City	Country	Venue
United Kingdom
7–15 September 2018[a]	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	Theatre Royal
17–22 September 2018[a]	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
24–29 September 2018[a]	Stoke-on-Trent	England	Regent Theatre
1–6 October 2018[a]	Dublin	Ireland	Bord Gáis Energy Theatre
8–13 October 2018[a]	Hull	England	New Theatre
22–27 October 2018[a]	Plymouth		Theatre Royal
29 October-3 November 2018[a]	Bradford		Alhambra Theatre
5–10 November 2018[a]	Southampton		Mayflower Theatre
12–17 November 2018[a]	Liverpool		Empire Theatre
19–24 November 2018[a]	Bristol		Bristol Hippodrome
26 November-1 December 2018[a]	Manchester		Palace Theatre
3–8 December 2018[a]	Birmingham		New Alexandra Theatre
10–15 December 2018[a]
17-22, 24 December 2018[a]
26–29 December 2018[a]
7–12 January 2019[a]	Southend		Cliffs Pavilion
14–19 January 2019[a]	Sunderland		Empire Theatre
21–26 January 2019[a]	Sheffield		Lyceum Theatre
28 January-2 February 2019[a]	Woking		New Victoria Theatre
4–9 February 2019[a]	Glasgow	Scotland	King's Theatre
11–16 February 2019[a]	Dartford	England	Orchard Theatre
18–23 February 2019[a]	Cardiff	Wales	New Theatre
25 February-2 March 2019[a]	Brighton	England	Theatre Royal
4–9 March 2019[a]	Aberdeen	Scotland	His Majesty's Theatre
11–16 March 2019[a]	London	England	New Wimbledon Theatre
18–23 March 2019[a]	Leeds		Grand Theatre
25–30 March 2019[a]	Nottingham		Theatre Royal
1–6 April 2019[a]	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Grand Opera House
8–13 April 2019[a]	Llandudno	Wales	Venue Cymru
15–20 April 2019[a]	Canterbury	England	Marlowe Theatre

Notes

1. Two shows will be performed on this date.