2:22 - A GHOST STORY Will Embark on New UK Tour
The tour will open at Manchester Opera House on 4 August 2025, and continuing through to June 2026.
By: Stephi Wild Oct. 31, 2024
The critically acclaimed hit supernatural thriller 2:22 - A Ghost Story will embark on an extensive UK-wide tour, opening at Manchester Opera House on 4 August 2025, and continuing through to June 2026.
2:22 - A Ghost Story’s phenomenal success includes three years in the West End over seven seasons. There have been twelve replica productions worldwide and the show has been seen by over 1 million people in seventeen different countries.
In 2023/24 2:22 - A Ghost Story embarked on its first extensive, hugely successful UK tour. For 2025/26 the production is back on the road revisiting some cities due to popular demand, and also visiting new places where audiences can enjoy the thrill the show delivers for the very first time! Both legs will feature two brand new casts to be announced.
The production began its life last summer 2021 at the Noel Coward Theatre, starring Lily Allen, Julia Chan, Hadley Fraser and Jake Wood, and where it won the WhatsOnStage award for Best Play. It then transferred to the Gielgud Theatre for 10 weeks from 4 December 2021. The production there starring Stephanie Beatriz, James Buckley, Elliot Cowan and Giovanna Fletcher completed its run on 12 February 2022. For the first season at the Criterion (May - September 2022) the cast was Tom Felton, Mandip Gill, Sam Swainsbury and Beatriz Romilly. In late September that year Laura Whitmore, Matt Willis, Felix Scott and Tamsin Carroll took over. At The Lyric Theatre from January - April 2023 the cast included Cheryl, Scott Karim, Louise Ford and the return of Jake Wood. The production then moved next door to the Apollo where the cast included Sophia Bush, Ricky Champ, Clifford Samuel and Jamie Winstone. Frankie Bridge took over from Sophia Bush in July of that year. Then in May - August of this year the show returned to the Gielgud Theatre with Donna Air, James Buckley, Stacey Dooley and Joe McFadden.
For its first UK tour the 2023 cast featured Joe Absolom, Charlene Boyd, Nathaniel Curtis and Louisa Lytton and the second leg in 2024 saw Vera Chok, Jay McGuiness, George Rainsford and Fiona Wade took up the roles. In summer 2024 a run at the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin Ireland tour featured the return of Laura Whitmore (this time playing Lauren) with Shona McGarty, Jay McGuiness, and Colin O’Donoghue.
2:22 is written by award-winning writer Danny Robins, creator of the hit BBC podcast and TV series Uncanny, and is directed by Matthew Dunster; it’s an adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may or may not appear…
Danny Robins said: ‘I was blown away by our fantastically successful UK tour in 2023-24 plus another West End season this year. I keep pinching myself to see the huge appetite for my play seems to be ongoing. Hopefully this new tour will see a combination of return and first time visits from audiences, bringing 2:22 - A Ghost Story to new people, as well as those who are hungry for more. I am genuinely humbled by how well the production continues to be received and am very excited (as you may be) to reveal our cast in due course. If you’d like to speculate on that, do message us @222aghoststory !!’
What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth? Jenny believes her new home is haunted, but her husband Sam isn’t having any of it. They argue with their first dinner guests, old friend Lauren and new partner Ben. Can the dead really walk again? Belief and scepticism clash, but something feels strange and frightening, and that something is getting closer, so they’re going to stay up... until 2:22... and then they’ll know.
2:22 - A Ghost Story features set design by Anna Fleischle, costume design by Cindy Lin, lighting design by Lucy Carter, sound by Ian Dickinson for Autograph Sound and illusions by Chris Fisher. 2:22 - A Ghost Story is produced by Tristan Baker and Charlie Parsons for Runaway Entertainment, Isobel David and Kater Gordon.
Tour Dates
Manchester Opera House 7 - 16 August
Thur 7 - Sat 9 August 7.30pm; Mon 11 - Sat 16 August 7.30pm; Wed 13 & Sat 16 2.30pm
Press Night - Wed 13 August 7:30pm
On sale 1 November
Bristol Hippodrome 18-23 August
Mon - Sat 7.30pm; matinees Wed 20 & sat 23 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Glasgow Kings 25-30 August
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Sunderland Empire 8 - 13 September
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale now
Milton Keynes Theatre 15 - 20 September
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Malvern Theatre 22 - 27 September
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale now
Stoke Regent 29 September - 4 October
Mon - Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Theatre Royal Brighton 6 -11 October
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thur & Sat 2.30pm
On sale now
Birmingham Alexandra Theatre 13 - 18 October
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Cheltenham Everyman 20 - 25 October
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thur & Sat 2pm
On sale now
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford 27 October - 1 November
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thur & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 11 November
Southampton Mayflower 10 - 15 November
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thur & Sat 2pm
On sale 8 November
Peterborough New Theatre 24 - 29 November
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed 1.30pm & Sat 2.30pm
On sale now
Northampton Royal & Derngate 8 - 17 January
Thur 8 - Sat 10 January 7.30pm; Mon 12 - Sat 17 January 7.30pm; Wed 14 & Sat 17 January 2.30pm
On sale 15 November
Norwich Theatre Royal 26 - 31 January
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 7 November
Richmond Theatre 2 - 7 February
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Plymouth Theatre Royal 9 - 14 February
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thur & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 7 November
Cardiff New Theatre 16 - 21 February
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 8 November
Oxford New Theatre 23 - 28 February
Mon - Sat 7.30pm; Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Woking Theatre 16 - 21 March
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
York Grand 30 March - 4 April
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Liverpool Empire 6 - 11 April
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Newcastle Theatre Royal 13 - 18 April
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale soon.
Nottingham Theatre Royal 20 - 25 April
Mon - Sat 7.30pm; Thur 2pm & Sat 2.30pm
On sale soon
His Majesty’s Theatre Aberdeen 5 - 9 May
Tue - Sat 7.30pm; Thur 2pm; Sat 2.30pm
On sale 20 November
Edinburgh Playhouse 25-30th May
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Wed & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Aylesbury Theatre 8 - 13 June
Mon - Sat 7.30pm, Thur & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 1 November
Churchill Theatre Bromley 15 - 20 June
Mon-Sat 7.30pm; Thur & Sat 2.30pm
On sale 8 Nov
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