Full cast announcement for Jersey Boys at the Manchester Palace Theatre

The boys are back! The original Tony®-winning musical sensation JERSEY BOYS returns to the UK and Ireland for its 20^th Anniversary tour. The tour comes to the Manchester Palace Theatre September 7^th 2026, with further tour dates to be announced.

JERSEY BOYS is written by Marshall Brickman & Rick Elice, with music by Bob Gaudio and lyrics by Bob Crewe.

The tour boasts a richly international cast lead by Luke Baker (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Sheffield/West End; Billy Elliot, Curve Leicester) as Frankie Valli, Carlo Boumouglbay (Muriel’s Wedding, Curve Leicester; Miss Saigon, international tour) as Tommy DeVito, Lewis Kennedy (All male Pirates of Penzance, Wilton’s Music Hall) as Nick Massi, Toby Miles (Les Misérables, West End; School of Rock, international tour) as Bob Gaudio and Ellis Kirk (Dear Evan Hansen, West End/Asia tour) as Alternate Frankie Valli.

Also joining the 20^th Anniversary tour cast will be Aiden Carson (Stiletto, Charing Cross Theatre; Peter Pan, Nottingham Theatre Royal) as Joey, Artemis Chrisoulakis (SIX The Musical; Jersey Boys, NCL) as Francine, Sydnie Hocknell (Pretty Woman, UK & Ireland tour; Bonnie & Clyde, West End) as Mary Delgado, Michael Levi (Jersey Boys, UK tour; Kinky Boots, NCL) as Bob Crewe, Olivia Mitchell (Waitress, UK & International tour; Jersey Boys, NCL) as Lorraine, Jarryd Nurden (The Rocky Horror Show, UK tour; We Will Rock You, London Coliseum) as Hank Majewski, Oliver Tester (Jersey Boys, West End; Evita, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Norm Waxman, Damien Winchester (Titanique, West End; Aladdin, UK tour) as Barry Belson and Fed Zanni (A View From The Bridge, West End; MAMMA MIA! The Party, London O2) as Gyp DeCarlo. The cast is completed by swings Scott Goncalves (Jersey Boys, NCL; The Legend of King Arthur, York Theatre Royal), Melissa Potts (Blood Brothers, UK tour; Wannabe, Edinburgh Fringe/UK tour), Zach Sorrow (The Sound of Music, Lyric Opera of Chicago; The Who’s Tommy, Goodman Theatre Chicago) and Joshua Spencer-Pepper (La Bayadere, WA Ballet Company; Jersey Boys, NCL).

Go behind the music and inside the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the true-life phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, this is the musical that’s too good to be true.

They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a sound nobody had ever heard… and the radio just couldn’t get enough of. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story — a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. The show features all their hits, including Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, Walk Like A Man, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You, Beggin’, Oh What a Night and more.

Recipient of Broadway’s Tony, London’s Olivier and Australia’s Helpmann Awards for Best New Musical, JERSEY BOYS is the winner of 65 major awards and has been seen by over 30 million people worldwide.  

JERSEY BOYS originally opened in New York on 6 November 2005 and, by the time it closed on 15 January 2017, it was the 12^th longest running show in Broadway history.  It returned to New York with a new production from November 2017 to May 2022. JERSEY BOYS has also had multiple record-breaking US National Tours. 

JERSEY BOYS first ran in London’s West End from 18 March 2008 to 26 March 2017 – nine amazing years – and, at the time, was the 6^th longest musical running in the West End. The musical returned to the West End as the first show to play the reinstated Trafalgar Theatre from 14 April 2021 to 4 January 2024. JERSEY BOYS previously played three record-breaking UK and Ireland tours from 2014 to 2016, 2017 to 2019 and 2021 to 2022.

The JERSEY BOYS 20th Anniversary UK and Ireland tour is staged by the original Broadway creative team, led by the Tony Award-winning team of director Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo, with musical supervision, vocal arrangements & incidental music by Ron Melrose. Danny Austin is the associate director & choreographer, with scenic design by Klara Zieglerova, costume design by Jess Goldstein, lighting by Howell Binkley, sound by Steve Canyon Kennedy and projection design by Michael Clark. The orchestrations are by Steve Orich and casting is by Jill Green CDG. The associate UK musical supervisor is Ed Bussey, the musical director is Lauren Ronan, the resident director is Luke Zammit, and general management is by Dodgers UK Productions.

Jersey Boys plays at the Manchester Palace Theatre Mon 7 Sep – Sat 19 Sep 2026. Tickets are available here.