Tour Dates 2026
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Gala Theatre Durham
Sept 15th - 16th
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Forum Theatre Malvern
Sept 22nd - 26th
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New Wolsey Ipswich
Sept 29th - Oct 3rd
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Theatre Royal Windsor
Oct 5th - 10th
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Palace Theatre Southend
Oct 12th - 17th
With special guests Billy Bragg,
Simon Johnson & Norman Watt-Roy
Ruts DC, Nine Below zero & Steve West Weston -
Lowther Pavilion
Oct 19th - 21st
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Severn Theatre, Shrewsbury
Oct 22nd - 24th
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Worthing Pavilion
Oct 27th - 28th
Special guest
blues guitar legend Robin Bibi -
Theatre Royal Northampton
Nov 2nd - 4th
With special guest
James Oliver
(“the best guitarist I’ve played with since Wilko” – Norman Watt-Roy) -
Live Theatre Fareham
Nov 5th - 7th
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Lowry Theatre Salford
Nov 12th - 14th
Special guest
Mo Witham - one of Wilko’s guitar heroes
In 2012, Wilko Johnson, the iconic rock star and founder of legendary Essex band Dr Feelgood, was told he had inoperable cancer and a year to live. Refusing all treatment, he decided to spend his last months living meaningfully: seeing the people, places and things which meant most to him during his remarkable life.
Then, a miracle happened…
A play with live music tours the UK in autumn 2026, direct from the Leicester Square Theatre in London’s West End and before that, from the Southwark Playhouse, following critical and audience acclaim in its initial run at Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch in 2024.
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“Gloriously raw… superbly played … They do it right”
Daily Mirror
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“Intoxicating… Strikingly poignant”
Reviews Hub
“A stonking star turn… Johnson Willis is magnificent”
Guardian
