Beautiful Thing tour to close early

Producers have announced that the UK tour of Beautiful Thing will end its run earlier than planned at the Leicester Curve on Saturday 30 May.

Executive producer Tom O’Connell said: "It is with great regret that we have made the difficult decision to close Beautiful Thing early, but we are all immensely proud to have produced the show, led by a fantastic company and cast. After we staged an acclaimed West End season of the production in 2013, I hoped that this new tour would prove to be as successful but unfortunately the touring market can be an unpredictable place, as the closure of a number of high profile productions recently has shown.

Jonathan Harvey's Beautiful Thing remains a landmark and deeply relevant piece of theatre, and I thank every audience member who has come to see the show and who booked to see it elsewhere."

Beautiful Thing will play at Royal & Derngate Northampton 18 – 23 May and then Leicester Curve from 25 – 30 May.

Ticket holders for dates at Theatre Royal, Brighton, New Theatre, Cardiff and Arts Theatre, London are advised to contact their point of sale.