Cult soap opera Neighbours has announced that a number of their cast members will be once again flying from Melbourne to the UK for a nationwide tour in 2025.
The Ramsay Street residents were last in our country last year, prior to commencement of filming of the new series of Neighbours on Amazon Freevee, where they embarked on a sell-out fifteen date Celebration Tour.
It’s been a troubling time for the show in recent years, having been cancelled by broadcaster Channel 5 in 2022 – but this wasn’t the first time it was taken off the air.
Originally broadcast on the Seven Network, the show didn’t rate well outside of Melbourne where it is produced, and after eight months the final episode aired.
However, rival Channel 10 saw potential in the programme and picked it up for a new run two months later.
The hugely successful revival saw additional sets added, new families and some now very familiar faces – Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Guy Pearce – joining the cast.
It also became Australia’s biggest media export, first arriving on BBC One in the UK in a shakeup to their daytime lineup in autumn 1986, before moving to Channel 5 in 2008.
In a soap twist nobody saw coming, streaming giants Amazon picked Neighbours up and new episodes have aired daily on their ad-supported service Freevee since last September.
Last month, the serial reached a huge landmark of 9,000 episodes, and was celebrated with a number of nods to the past.
The upcoming tour will be hosted by Sky News anchor and self professed superfan Leah Boleto, who also appeared on last year’s road trip.
Cast will make appearances in 6 venues across the UK including the world-famous London Palladium, which first welcomed the show to perform as part of the Royal Variety Performance in 1988.
Neighbours 40th Tour dates and venues
- Monday 3rd February 2025: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
- Wednesday 5th February 2025: City Hall, Newcastle
- Friday 7th February 2025: SEC Armadillo, Glasgow
- Wednesday 12th February 2025: London Palladium
- Sunday 16th February 2025: Millennium Centre, Cardiff
- Tuesday 18th February 2025: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Organisers have teased a new star line-up, never before-heard stories and surprises plus all the inside scoop on what life is really like in Erinsborough.
Last year, Alan Fletcher (Karl Kennedy), Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy), Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson), Ryan Maloney (Toadfish Rebecchi), Annie Jones (Jane Harris) and April-Rose Pengilly (Chloe Brennan) took to the stage, but next year’s names have yet to be announced.
The news comes just weeks after Ryan announced his own solo tour.
In an exclusive interview with Metro.co.uk, he told us:
‘I think it’s going to be a little bit different,’
‘I want it to be a sort of cross between television aspects and theatre at the same time and just bring to the forefront that I’m a performer and I’ve been doing it since I was eight years old on stage, doing musicals and comic theatre and performing and hosting – all that kind of jazz
‘I think it’s time to let people in and show them something a bit different, [so they can] see what Ryan’s really like.’
Tickets will go on general sale on 10th April at 10am with a pre-sale on 8th April also at 10am.
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