Having just completed a hugely successful 6-month tour of the US & Canada, smash hit rock & roll musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story is set to celebrate its 30th anniversary next year by making a triumphant return to its original opening venue and spiritual home, Theatre Royal Plymouth. Buddy will open on Tuesday 3rd September 2019 and play for 1 week before embarking on a UK wide tour.
To celebrate this landmark anniversary, there will be a special gala performance on Monday 2nd September 2019, with a limited number of tickets being offered at the original 1989 prices (from £7 – £10.50). Further details of this exclusive event will be released in due course.
Testament to the show’s enduring popularity, since opening at Theatre Royal Plymouth in August 1989, Buddy has enjoyed phenomenal success, having played a record breaking 4450 performances over 556 weeks on tour in the UK and Ireland, as well as 5822 performances over 728 weeks in London’s West End. 2019 sees Buddy joining a small – but lauded – number of iconic musicals including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Miss Saigon, Evita and Cats in reaching a phenomenal three decades on stage.
Fittingly, the Plymouth run will also see Buddy being performed on Buddy Holly’s birthday (September 7th), allowing the cast and crew to pay homage to the man who inspired the smash hit success.
Adrian Vinken OBE, Chief Executive, Theatre Royal Plymouth said: “We are proud that Buddy will be opening its 30th Anniversary Tour back here at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in 2019. Thirty years is an incredible achievement. The show was developed and started its life at the Theatre Royal Plymouth in 1989 and so this is very much the show’s ‘spiritual home’. Plymouth audiences have always loved to rock along to this show and the anniversary will be a major celebration. We look forward to welcoming Buddy back – and to wishing it well for the next 30 years!”
Tickets for the Plymouth dates will be on general sale on Friday 8th June at 10am and can be purchased here, where further tour dates will also be announced.
