Michael Harrison is delighted to announce that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat favourite Jason Donovan will return to Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre this spring. For one week only, he will reprise his celebrated role as Pharaoh. Playing from 13 – 18 May 2025, these dates mark the only opportunity to see Jason on the 2025 UK tour.
Jason returns to this sensational production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat having most recently starred in two triumphant seasons of the new London Palladium production in the summers of 2019 and 2021. Swapping his loin cloth for gold leathers, his show-stopping rendition of ‘Song of the King’ raised the roof night after night, ahead of a major UK Tour in 2022 which included a rapturously received week at Mayflower Theatre, Southampton. Jason was last seen as The Evil Ringmaster at the venue in the 2022 pantomime season Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Jason Donovan says of his return to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: “Joseph will always hold a special place in my heart and to return to the show in the new Palladium production and later UK tour as Pharaoh was an incredible experience. Southampton’s audiences were electrifying and I can’t wait to revisit the city later this year when I play my only dates on the 2025 tour. Be sure you don’t miss out on your ‘dream’ ticket!”
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is directed by Laurence Connor. Laurence’s credits include the acclaimed London production of School of Rock and the Tony-Award nominated production on Broadway, the recent London productions of Miss Saigon, Chess and Cinderella, the international arena tour of Jesus Christ Superstar and he is also the Co-Director of the new version of Les Misérables which has enjoyed worldwide success including Broadway, UK and US tours.
JoAnn M Hunter (who has 20 Broadway shows to her credit, including School of Rock and On A Clear Day You Can See Forever) is the show’s choreographer, set and costume design are by the award-winning Morgan Large with Ben Cracknell as Lighting Designer and Gareth Owen as Sound Designer.
