Pop band Steps' supermarket musical Here and Now, currently getting rave reviews at its Birmingham premiere, will embark on a mammoth UK tour in August 2025 – arriving at the Manchester Opera House next September (September 2-13).
Other northern dates include Newcastle Theatre Royal (October 28-November 2, 2025); Liverpool Empire (November 25-29); York Grand Opera House (February 10-15, 2026); Blackpool Opera House (April 8-12, 2026); Hull New Theatre (April 21-26, 2026) and Leeds Grand (May 5-12, 2026).
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…?
The band’s hits include Tragedy/Heartbeat and Stomp, the gold-certified One For Sorrow and Better Best Forgotten, the silver-certified 5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Love’s Got A Hold Of My Heart and Chain Reaction, all of which feature in the musical.
The show is produced by the band with Pete Waterman and Fascination Management, with an original book by Shaun Kitchener, directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographed by Olivier award-winning Matt Cole.
Steps - Faye Tozer, Lee Latchford-Evans, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee and Ian ‘H’ Watkins - are the UK’s most successful mixed-sex pop group, with 14 top five singles, four number one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams and 11 sold-out national arena tours.
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