Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera
West End and UK Tour
Phil recently complete touring with Harry Hill and Steve Brown’s new hit musical – Tony! The Tony Blair Rock Opera – which played London’s West End and then Toured around the UK in 2023.
A reckless reappraisal of the life of former Ugly Rumours front man and Britain’s first pop Prime Minister Tony Blair.
The story of how one man went from peace-loving, long-haired hippy and would-be pop star to warmongering multimillionaire in just a couple of decades. Throw in a stellar cast of larger-than-life characters – Cherie Blair, Princess Diana, John Prescott, Peter Mandelson, Alastair Campbell, Osama bin Laden, George W Bush, Saddam Hussein and Gordon Brown – it’s Yes, Minister meets The Rocky Horror Show! and a musical like no other.
A hilarious tragedy of political intrigue, religion, power, and romance; this rip-roaring new musical by **Harry Hill **and Steve Brown received critical acclaim following a sold-out run at the Park Theatre in London.
Reviews
★★★★★ Daily Mail
★★★★★ Theatre Weekly
★★★★ Observer
★★★★ The Times
★★★★ The Sunday Times
★★★★ Mail on Sunday
★★★★ London Box Office
★★★★ Musical Theatre Review
★★★★ The Reviews Hubs
★★★★ Broadway World
“This is a colossally tasteless show”– THE NEW EUROPEAN
Cast
Phil Sealey
Gordon Brown
Jack Whittle
Tony Blair
Tori Burgess
Cheri Blair
Sally Cheng
Robin Cook
Martin Johnston
Neil Kinnock
Emma Jay Thomas
Diana, Princess of Wales
Howard Samuels
Peter Mandelson
Rosie Strobel
John Prescott
Creative Team
Gallery
Jack Whittle as Tony Blair
Young Tony and Young Gordon
Tony Blair and George Bush
Reviews
Best Ensemble
WhatsOnStage Awards"Phil Sealey is balletically brilliant as Gordon Brown throwing himself around the stage with the deftness of Astaire but with perfect comic timing resulting in utter hilarity"
The American
"In a singular flash of brilliance Phil Sealey’s Saddam Hussein is reimagined as an all singing all dancing Groucho Marx with thick moustache and cigar: 'Oy, Allah!' he mutters to himself as he breaks into a Broadway Blues-infused ballad"
Broadway World
"I do think it might be a kind of perverse genius to make Phil Sealey’s Saddam Hussein inexplicably from old New York, having him barrel around the stage huffing on a cigar and singing ‘I’ve never done anything wrong’."
New Statesman
"All the performances are great, particularly Phil Sealey’s laboured gulps of breath as Gordon Brown"
New Statesman