Hamilton to kick off first UK tour in Manchester

The musical is set to open in Manchester in November

Award-winning musical Hamilton is set to tour the UK for the first time.

The show will open at Manchester's Palace Theatre for 15 weeks, running from 11 November to 24 February 2024.

It will then move to Edinburgh's Festival Theatre for two months before continuing around the UK with further locations to be announced soon.

Casting for the tour, which was written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, is currently under way and tickets are set to go on sale next month.

The Cameron Mackintosh and Jeffrey Seller production has been playing on London's West End since 2017 and continues to play to sell-out houses at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

'Leading cities'

Cameron Mackintosh said: "I am thrilled that it is time to put together a second British national touring company to bring this great show to our leading cities.

"Opening first in Manchester, followed by Edinburgh - not far from where the real story of Alexander Hamilton began in Ayrshire, where his father was born in the 1700s, before he moved to Nevis in the West Indies.

"Tomorrow we start casting for a brilliant new company. We look forward to welcoming audiences to 'the room where it happens'."

Tickets for the Manchester performances will go on sale on 10 March at 10:00 GMT for ATG Theatre Card members.

General tickets will go on sale on 13 March at 10:00 GMT.

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