Award winning comedian Jason Manford is to play sidekick Leo Bloom in a 2015 tour of The Producers.
Hit musical The Producers has a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks. The show is based on the Academy Award winning film of the same name; it won 12 Tony Awards on Broadway and three Olivier Awards in the West End.
Matthew White will direct. The lead role of New York producer Max Bialystock has not yet been cast.
Next year's tour starts in March and takes in:
- Bromley, Churchill Theatre: 6 – 14 March
- Manchester, Palace Theatre: 16 – 21 March
- Edinburgh, Festival Theatre: 23 – 28 March
- Milton Keynes Theatre: 30 March – 4 April
- Southend-on-Sea, Cliffs Pavilion: 7 – 11 April
- Brighton, Theatre Royal: 13 – 18 April
- Birmingham, New Alexandra Theatre: 20 – 25 April
- Bristol Hippodrome: 27 April – 2 May
- Belfast, Grand Opera House: 4 – 9 May
- Sunderland, Empire Theatre: 11 – 16 May
- Woking, New Victoria Theatre: 18 – 23 May
- Southampton, Mayflower Theatre: 25 – 30 May
- Liverpool, Empire Theatre: 1 – 6 June
- Leeds, Grand Theatre: 8 – 13 June
- Glasgow, Theatre Royal: 15 – 20 June
- Aberdeen, His Majesty’s Theatre: 22 – 27 June
- Oxford, New Theatre: 29 June – 4 July
- Dublin, Bord Gáis Theatre: 6 – 11 July