Musical 'Frankie Goes To Bollywood' comes to Manchester

The musical will be at the HOME Manchester from Wednesday 15 May to Saturday 25 May before going on a national tour covering multiple cities in the UK including Hayes, Windsor, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Cardiff, Bradford and Hornchurch.

Directed and written by Artistic Director of RIFCO, Pravesh Kumar MBE, Frankie Goes To Bollywood is a  all-singing-all-dancing tale of heroes and villains, with all the costumes and the spectacle of a Bollywood feature film. 

It tells the tale of being British in Bollywood and explores what it takes to get to the top. Drawing inspiration from both traditional Bollywood music and the best of Western musical theatre, the music for Frankie Goes To Bollywood is designed to appeal to lovers of the Bollywood genre and also lovers of a good old West  End extravaganza. 

Pictures: Rich Lakos

Pravesh Kumar MBE, said:  “In my decade working in Bollywood I collected so many stories of young people with bright eyes looking for the spotlight, who got chewed up and spat out by the nepotistic machine.

"Women are constantly objectified by the industry, and I wanted to tell a story about these issues that also embraces what we love about Bollywood.

"This show brings all the vibrancy of a Bollywood musical, and is also very funny with some larger-than-life characters, but I decided it’s time to we held up a mirror to the Bollywood film industry and exposed its darker side too.”

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Full tour
• Watford Palace Theatre: Thu 25 Apr – Sat 11 May 2024
• HOME Manchester: Wed 15 May – Sat 25 May 2024  
• Beck Theatre Hayes: Tue 28 May – Sat01 June 2024 
• Queen's Theatre Hornchurch: Tue 04 June – Sat 08 June 
• Wolverhampton Grand Theatre: Tue 11 Jun – Sat 15 Jun 2024  
• Alhambra Bradford: Tue 18 Jun – Sat22 Jun 2024 
• Theatre Royal Windsor: Tue 25 Jun – Sat 29 Jun 
• Belgrade Theatre Coventry: Tue 02 Jul – Sat 06 Jul 2024  
• New Theatre Cardiff: Tues 16 Jul – Sat20 Jul 2024