Photo Flash: BAT OUT OF HELL THE MUSICAL Explodes on Stage at Manchester Opera House

The world premiere of the long-awaited Jim Steinman's Bat Out of Hell - The Musical will take place in London's West End at the London Coliseum, opening on Tuesday 20 June 2017, following previews from 5 June, for a limited season until 22 July 2017. The show began previews at Manchester Opera House on 17 February, running until 8 April 2017.

Take a look at brand new photos below!

As with many great works of art, the genesis of the Bat Out of Hell album occurred across a number of years. One of the songs was written while Steinman was an undergraduate at Amherst College in the late 1960s. In the 1970s, Steinman wrote a theatrical musical that was presented in workshop in Washington D.C. in 1974 and featured many of the songs that would ultimately appear on the Bat Out of Hell album, which was released in 1977

Bat Out Of Hell became one of the best-selling albums in history, selling over 50 million copies worldwide. 16 years later, Steinman scored again with Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell, which contained the massive hit I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That).

For the stage musical, the legendary and award-winning Jim Steinman has incorporated iconic songs from the Bat Out of Hell albums, including You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth, Bat Out of Hell, I Would Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) and Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad, as well as two previously unreleased songs, What Part of My Body Hurts the Most and Not Allowed to Love.

For tickets and more information, visit www.BatOutOfHellMusical.com.

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Andrew Polec
Aran MacRae
Christina Bennington and Andrew Polec
Christina Bennington
Danielle Steers
Dom Hartley-Harris and the cast of Bat Out of Hell
Patrick Sullivan, Giovanni Spano, and Dom Hartley-Harris
Rob Fowler
Sharon Sexton and Rob Fowler
Sharon Sexton