UK pop band Steps’ official musical Here & Now will tour to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 20 to Saturday 24 January 2026.
Welcome to seaside superstore Better Best Bargains, where it’s Friday night, the vibe is right, and everyone’s dancing in the aisles.
But, when Caz discovers the shelves are stocked with lies and betrayal – the summer of love she and her friends dreamed of suddenly feels like a tragedy.
Have they all lost their chance of a ‘happy ever after’? Or does love have other plans in store…
Featuring Steps’ most beloved hit songs, Here & Now is produced by the band and ROYO with Pete Waterman and Fascination Management with an original book by Shaun Kitchener and is directed by Rachel Kavanaugh and choreographed by Olivier Award winning Matt Cole.
Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins’, Lee Latchford-Evans and Lisa Scott-Lee) are the UK’s most successful mixed sex pop group of all time, with 14 top five singles, 4 number one albums, 22 million record sales, 500 million streams & 11 sold-out national arena tours under their belts. The band’s hits include number 1 singles Tragedy/Heartbeat, Stomp, 5,6,7,8, Last Thing On My Mind, Love’s Got A Hold Of My Heart, and Chain Reaction.
Ben Darcy will play Ben and Lauren Woolf will play Tracey, alongside Blake Patrick Anderson as Robbie, River Medway as Jem, Edward Baker Duly as Max and John Stacey as Lesley. Joining the principal cast are new cast members Jacqui Dubois as Vel, Chris Grahamson as Gareth, and Rosie Singha as Neeta.
Musical supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Matt Spencer-Smith, set design is by Tom Rogers, costume design is by Gabriella Slade, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, wigs, hair and makeup design by Sam Cox, casting by Will Burton for Grindrod Burton Casting, Music Technology by Phij Adams with Production Management by Setting Line.
Tickets for Here & Now (Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 January 2026) are on sale at mayflower.org.uk or 02380 711811.
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