⭐ REBECCA LOCK, JACQUI DUBOIS, BLAKE PATRICK ANDERSON, RIVER MEDWAY, ROSIE SINGHA & MORE ANNOUNCED FOR UK & IRELAND TOUR OF HERE & NOW – THE STEPS MUSICAL ⭐
Intial casting for the UK & Ireland tour of the brand new musical HERE & NOW, presented by UK pop sensation Steps, has been announced.
The musical will open at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre on 29th August and will tour the UK & Ireland until 16th May 2026.
Returning from the successful original run in Birmingham will be Rebecca Lock* as Caz, Finty Williams* as Patricia, Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie, River Medway as Jem, Edward Baker Duly as Max and John Stacey as Lesley.
*Please note Rebecca Lock and Finty Williams are only in the production until November 2025.
Joining the principal cast are new cast members Jacqui Dubois as Vel, Chris Grahamson as Gareth and Rosie Singha as Neeta. Further casting is to be announced.
Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it’s Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone’s dancing in the aisles. But when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal, the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy. Have they all lost their chance of a ‘happy ever after’? Or does love have other plans in store…
Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee) are the UK’s most successful mixed sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 number one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams & 11 sold-out national arena tours under their belts. The band’s hits include #1 singles Tragedy/Heartbeat and Stomp, the gold certified One For Sorrow & Better Best Forgotten, the silver certified 5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Love’s Got A Hold Of My Heart, Chain Reaction, all of which will feature in the musical alongside many more.
HERE & NOW is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh, with choreography by Olivier Award-winning Matt Cole, musical supervision, orchestrations & arrangements by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design by Tom Rogers, costume design by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair & makeup design by Sam Cox, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, music technology by Phij Adams with production management by Setting Line.
HERE & NOW has an original book by Shaun Kitchener and is produced by the band and ROYO with Pete Waterman.
Tour dates & more info – thestepsmusical.co.uk
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Tickets & more info – thestepsmusical.co.uk
