Sylvia announces new album and single ahead of UK tour

Sylvia is getting a cast recording!

A 14-track album from the musical will be released on 5 May. Titled Sylvia – The Essentials, it is produced by Grammy award-winning Martin Terefe and released by ZooNation Records.

Sylvia features music by Josh Cohen and DJ Walde, fusing hip hop, funk, and soul, and is choreographed and directed by Kate Prince of ZooNation.

Following the previously released single “March Women March”, you can now download the second single, “Stand Up,” with lead vocals by Sharon Rose.

Set to return to the stage in autumn 2026 for a limited UK tour, followed by a short residency at the Royal Albert Hall, the production celebrates the life and activism of Sylvia Pankhurst, the daughter of Emmeline, focusing on her work for working women and men across the globe, a period which led to conflict within her own family.

Beverley Knight is confirmed to reprise her Olivier Award-winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst, with Rose returning as Sylvia Pankhurst.

Sylvia is presented by The Old Vic and ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company in association with Sadler’s Wells.

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The London leg will comprise five performances at the Royal Albert Hall from 13 to 15 November 2026. This venue holds significance for the Suffragette movement, having hosted over 20 rallies for the cause and becoming the site of historic speeches, before the suffragettes were banned from the Hall between 1913 and 1918.

You can see full dates for the tour, produced in association with Curve Leicester, here.

Find out more about the show from the stars themselves:

Sylvia’s new run follows its successful world premiere production at The Old Vic in 2023. The full creative team includes Priya Parmar (book), Josh Cohenand DJ Walde (music), Ben Stones (set and costume), Natasha Chivers (lighting), Tony Gayle (sound), Andrzej Goulding (video and animation), Cynthia De La Rosa (wigs, hair and make-up), Lolita Chakrabarti (dramaturgy) and Sean Green (music supervisor). The production is supported by a grant from the Arts Council Incentivising Touring scheme.

Watch an interview with Knight, Prince and Rose here: