The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical heads off on a UK Tour

The Cast of - The Lightning Thief - The Other Palace - Photos credit Manuel Harlan -257 Screen One

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical will finish its run at The Other Palace on Sunday 15 June, after playing 30 weeks in London.

Since opening in November 2024, over 60,000 Demigods and mortals have enrolled at Camp Half-Blood in London and joined Percy on his epic adventure. 

The previously announced UK tour kicks off in August this year and will be playing theatres up and down the country through 2025 and into 2026. New dates include Edinburgh Festival Theatre and Birmingham Hippodrome with many more to be announced.

When New York City teenager Percy Jackson discovers that he is the half-blood son of the Greek god, Poseidon, his life takes a dramatic turn as he is plunged into a world much bigger than he could possibly have imagined.

With newly discovered powers he is unable to control, an unwanted destiny and a whole textbook’s worth of mythical monsters on his trail, Percy must learn what it means to be a hero.

The future of the world hangs in the balance as Percy and his friends embark on an epic adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat. 

Based on the much-loved best-selling book series by Rick Riordan (with over 180 million copies sold worldwide), Percy Jackson’s story has been adapted into both films and a major hit TV series for Disney+. The musical first premiered off-Broadway in 2014 to rave reviews and went on to have two US tours, an off-Broadway run in 2017 and a 16-week limited run on Broadway in 2019. 

The current London cast includes Morgan Gregory (Back To The Future) as Percy Jackson, Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly (Frozen The Musical) as Annabeth, Angus Benstead (Blippi) as Grover, Paisley Billings (SIX) as Sally Jackson/Medusa, Jazz Evans (Spamalot) as Mr Brunner/Poseidon/Hades, Joshua Lay (A Chorus Line) as Mr D, Kenedy Small (SIX) as Clarisse, Xander Pang (Dear Evan Hanson South East Asian premiereas Luke/Ares with Philip Catchpole (The Book of Mormon), Owen Lloyd (Girl from the North Country), Rachel Moran (Just For One Day)Greg Stylinou-Burns (Wicked) and Alex Waxman (who made her stage debut with The Lightning Thief last year) in the ensemble. 

This dynamic musical adaptation of Rick Riordan’s bestselling The Lightning Thief has a book by Joe Tracz(Be More Chill), music and lyrics by Rob Rokicki (Monstersongs) and is directed and choreographed by Lizzi Gee (Groundhog Day). Set and costume design is by Ryan Dawson Laight (La Cage Aux Folles) with lighting design by Charlie Morgan Jones (Derren Brown – Showman), sound design by Dominic Bilkey(The Lehman Trilogy), video design by Duncan McLean (Shrek The Musical), illusions by Richard Pinner(Here You Come Again), fight direction by Lisa Connell (Heathers) and puppet direction by Laura Cubitt (A Monster Calls). The musical supervisor is Jeremy Wootton (Heathers), and musical director is Ben McQuigg (The Power of Camelot) with orchestrations by Wiley DeWeese (Girl From the North Country) and Rob Rokick. Associate choreographer and director is Libby Watts (Wicked), assistant directors are Danielle Kassaraté (Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and Gwenan Bain and associate set and costume designer is Christophe Eynde.

The Lightning Thief official poster
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BILL KENWRIGHT LTD & PAUL TAYLOR-MILLS PRESENT 

THE LIGHTNING THIEF
THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL

Book by Joe Tracz
Music & Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Direction and Choreography by Lizzi Gee

Performance Schedule:          Tuesday – Friday at 7.30pm 
                                                     Saturday at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
                                                     Sunday at 1.30pm and 6pm

May Half Term Schedule:       Wednesday 28 May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

                                                     Thursday 29 May at 7.30pm

                                                     Friday 30 May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

                                                     Saturday 31 May at 2.30pm and 7.30pm

                                                     Sunday 1 June at 2.30pm

Run Time: approximately 2hrs 30 minutes including interval
Ticket Price: 
from £26

Venue:
 The Other Palace 
Address: 
12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA
Box Office: 
020 7592 0302
Website: 
percyjacksonmusical.com

Tour Dates: 

2025

15 – 23 Aug                 Theatre Royal Windsor                       

27 – 31 Aug                 Newcastle Theatre Royal                    

3 – 6 Sep                     Milton Keynes Theatre                                               

16 – 20 Sep                 Liverpool Empire         

23 – 27 Sep                 Edinburgh Festival Theatre                                                     

30 Sep – 4 Oct             Brighton Theatre Royal                                               

7 – 11 Oct                    Regent Theatre Stoke-on-Trent                                  

14 – 18 Oct                  Coventry Belgrade                              

21 – 25 Oct                  Bradford Alhambra Theatre               

28 Oct – 1 Nov            New Wimbledon Theatre


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