TOMMY STEELE THEATRE

Star of stage and screen, Tommy Steele, the Boy from Bermondsey, who climbed to the top of the star-studded ladder and has remained there

50 years!

HAIL! OUR KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR!

1956

Sunderland Empire – November 5^th - 6 curtain calls

6 week tour to Sheffield, Nottingham, Brighton, Finsbury Park Empire, Birmingham, London

1957

Began second UK Tour along with Freddie Bell and the Bellboys

Manchester Palace

Blackpool Palace – 4 weeks of afternoon shows

Liverpool Royal Court Theater – Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Royal Variety Show

Royal Film Performance

Albert Hall –Charity Show

London Coliseum – Charity Show

Blackpool Winter Gardens

1958

Tour: South Africa

Tour: Scandanavia – completely sold out – Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo, Brussels

Tour: Bristol, Sheffield, Leicester, Newcastle, Southend, Llandudno, Aberdeen, Margate, Bournmouth,

Riots in Nottingham forced cancellation of two shows, announced at Granada Kettering his last Rock Tour

1959

London Coliseum – Cinderella (Rogers & Hammerstein) (highest paid artiste in England)

1960

Blackpool Opera House – The Big Show of 1960 – (July)

London – The Old Vic –She Stoops to Conquer - (December)

London Theatre Royal, Drury Lane – St Martin’s Christmas Matinee - December

Australia – six weeks Tour

Royal Variety Performance

1961

Windmill Theatre - Great Yarmouth Summer Show of 1961

Blackpool Opera House Concerts – The Tommy Steele Show (with Mary Hopkin)

Coventry Theatre – Birthday Show

Liverpool Empire – Humpty Dumpty

1962

Blackpool Opera House – Harold Fielding’s Sunday Nights

Harold Fielding’s Holiday Show

Bournemouth Winter Gardens

Blackpool Queens – You’ll See the Stars

ABC Theatre, Blackpool – The Tommy Steele Spectacular (with Mary Hopkin)

1963, 1964

London Cambridge – Half a Sixpence

1965 – Tommy Steele takes Broadway by Storm!

Broadway! Broadhurst Theater New York – Half a Sixpence – nominated for 9 Tony Awards, including “Best Musical of the Year” and Tommy Steele, for Best Musical Performance!

“Steele is a delight, of a kind that does not exist on the American stage. He is what every good entertainer must be – a direct giver of pleasure. He has the born entertainer’s gift of being able to act a song, act a dance, and even act acting itself.” Newsweek Magazine

“..a song-and-dance man whose mastery is currently unsurpassed by any other performer in the field.” The New York Times

“Tommy Steele is so charming and so gifted, that one can’t estimate the heights to which he can climb.” Earl Wilson

“A big blooming musical hit! A splendid evening of musical theatre. The group numbers are magical, the dances are merely superb. Big and tasteful. Tommy Steele projects a magnetic personality. As a musical comedy star, he has all the ingredients – he sings, he can dance, he can act, and he can even play the banjo!” Journal American

“Tommy Steele can do a bit of everything a bit better than most people: a tiptoe kick, a strut, a sudden spin about the floor when he should be behaving sedately. He rattles a banjo smartly, too.” Herald-Tribune

“A warm-hearted, colorful, toe-tapping musical. A show for all the family. With enough colorful bounce to beguile sophisticates, too. Tommy Steele puts on a breathtaking assortment of dancing, warbling, banjo-strumming and emoting.” Associated Press

Tommy Steele, winner of the Outer Circle Critics Award for “Outstanding Achievement”, and the Whitbred Anglo-American Award for “Outstanding Performance in a Musical This Season.”

1968, 1969

London – Servant of Two Masters

Royal Film Performance

1970

London Palladium – Dick Whittington

1971

London Adelphi – Meet Me In London –Ten weeks

Las Vegas! Caesar’s Palace Cabaret Act

London Adelphi – Cabaret Act, ten week run

“Tommy Steele is a theatrical experience. As a talent he is, in the truest sense of the word, incomparable!” Las Vegas Sun

“He has the charm, versatility, and vitality of a young Danny Kaye. He’s a marvelous one-man show.” The Hollywood Reporter

“Versatile, Cockney, Tommy Steele is an overwhelming success. He’s an over-flowing treasure chest of talent.” Herald-Examiner

Tivoli – Copenhagen – Variety show

Bern’s – Stockholm – Cabaret Act

1972 A Special Tommy Steele – Variety Show

1973

Toronto Canada O’Keefe Theatre – The London Palladium Show

London Palladium – The Tommy Steele Show – six weeks

Scandinavia Tour – Cabaret Act

1974, 1975, 1976

London Palladium – Hans Andersen

Hans Andersen on 17 week Tour, including Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol

Tour: UK – The Tommy Steele 20^th Anniversary Show

1976

Birmingham Hippodrome

Bristol – start of The Tommy Steele 20^th Anniversary Tour

1977

London Palladium – Hans Andersen

Blackpool Opera House – The Tommy Steele Stage Spectacular

Manchester Golden Garter Club

Wakefield Theatre Club

1978

Tower of London - City of London Festival – The Yeoman of the Guard

Golden Garter Club, Manchester – The Tommy Steele Spectacular

Wakefield Theatre Club – The Tommy Steele Spectacular

1979, 1980

ABC Blackpool – An Evening with Tommy Steele

London Prince of Wales Theatre – An Evening with Tommy Steele

“Stainless Steele, bright as ever” Daily Express

“Enough energy to keep four or five nuclear power plants going.” Sunday Mirror

…”a beguiling, often dazzling entertainment, mixing nostalgia with new songs and routines. Whatever you do, try not to miss it.” Sunday Telegraph

1981

Manchester Apollo – start of Tour – An Evening With Tommy Steele

Bradford Alhambra

Backburn King George’s Hall

Southport Theatre

Liverpool Empire, Oxford, Coventry, Leeds Grand, Southampton – Hans Andersen

1982

Australia: Sydney/Melbourne – An Evening with Tommy Steele

Scandinavia: Stockholm/Gothenburg – An Evening With Tommy Steele

1983, 1984, 1985

Tommy Steele’s is a lovely performance…here is a player haloed by a curious radiance whenever he steps onto a stage. The occasion is a triumph for him.” Sunday Telegraph

“Singin’ In The Rain has brought the big lavish musical back to the West End with a vengeance.” Daily Express

…a cornucopia of visual and musical delights.” Daily Mail

London Palladium – Singing in the Rain

1986

Blackpool Opera House – An Evening with Tommy Steele

Bristol – Singing in the Rain

Birmingham Hippodrome – Singing in the Rain

1987

Tour: Singin’ in the Rain

London Festival Hall – An Evening with Tommy Steele

Hull New Theatre – An Evening with Tommy Steele

Birmingham New Kings Cabaret Club – An Evening with Tommy Steele

1989

Manchester Palace – Singing in the Rain

1991

National Tour – Some Like It Hot

“Tommy Steele….proved last night his ability to captivate and enthrall an audience of all ages.” Burton Mail

“..the driving force behind-the-scenes and center stage is Tommy Steele whose love affair with the British public continues to be as steadfast as ever. He gives them what ..they want. A spectacle of the highest quality, laughs, a blinding central performance, disciplined, high-stepping chorus numbers, shoot-outs, luxurious sets and sparking costumes.” Southern Evening Echo

“Director-Star Tommy Steele has put together a show of no expense spared, no holds barred fun, complete with old-fashioned style, sparkle and suggestiveness,” Liverpool Daily Post

“Cheers and torrential applause.” Daily Telegram