The Bodyguard musical to return for new UK and Ireland tour in 2023

Hit musical The Bodyguard is to return for a new tour in 2023.

Producers, Michael Harrison and David Ian have announced the show will tour the UK and Ireland next year, opening at Glasgow King’s Theatre on Saturday 28 January 2023.

Based on Lawrence Kasdan’s 1992 Oscar nominated Warner Bros. movie starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, The Bodyguard, directed by Thea Sharrock with book by Oscar winning Alex Dinelaris, had its world premiere at the Adelphi Theatre in London’s West End and was nominated for four Olivier Awards.

Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love.

A romantic thriller, The Bodyguard features a host of irresistible classics including Queen of the Night, So Emotional, One Moment in Time, Saving All My Love, Run to You, I Have Nothing, I Wanna Dance with Somebody and one of the biggest hit songs of all time – I Will Always Love You.

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Casting for the new tour is to be announced.

Following its original West End run, the show went on an 18-month tour before returning to the West End at the Dominion Theatre ahead of a second sell out tour of the UK and Ireland in 2018/19.