NEWS: DOCTOR DOLITTLE MUSICAL CANCELLED

Music & Lyrics Productions has announced that its touring production of DOCTOR DOLITTLE will close at the end of its run at the New Theatre, Oxford, on Saturday 26th January. It had been planned to tour the UK and Ireland until November 2019.

The company has cited lower than anticipated advance ticket sales for the reason to cancel the tour.

Chair of Music & Lyrics, Robert Sanderson, said in a statement: “Music & Lyrics was established to create work of scale and imagination for regional presenting venues and over eight years it has met with a high degree of success. On this occasion Doctor Dolittle has not secured the same degree of support and, sadly, members of the consortium have had no alternative but to foreshorten the planned tour.

I would like to thank all those involved in creating this breath-taking production, which has been enjoyed by audiences and critics alike. There is still time to see the production in Oxford between the 15th and 26th of January.”

Associate Director of Development and Communications at the Grand Theatre, Vicky Price said: “We are very sorry to hear that the 2019 UK tour of Doctor Dolittle will not be proceeding and that audiences around the country including here in Wolverhampton will now be left disappointed. All Grand Theatre customers will be entitled to a full refund and the Box Office team will be contacting everyone over the coming days to arrange this.”