Matt Henry will lead the cast of To Sir, With Love – A New Musical when it opens its UK tour at Leeds Grand Theatre on 15 April 2027. He will play Mr. Braithwaite in a production that is returning to the stage in fully staged form after sold-out concert performances in London.
The announcement gives the project a clear shape at last: a start date, a lead actor and the first run of limited engagements across the UK. The tour will also include Hull’s New Theatre, Manchester Palace Theatre and London’s New Wimbledon Theatre, with an official open night gala set for 21 April 2027 in support of the Ben Kinsella Trust.
Henry is joined by Amy Di Bartolomeo as Ms Blanchard, Lucy Benjamin as Ms Dale-Evans, Ben Richards as Mr. Florian and Georgia May Foote as Pamela Dare. The musical is being staged to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1967 cinematic masterpiece and draws on E.R. Braithwaite’s memoir, with Sheldon Epps directing and Kris Lythgoe writing the book.
The production also carries the weight of what came before it. In November 2025, To Sir, With Love played two sold-out concert performances at London’s Gillian Lynne Theatre, featuring Lulu and Wayne Brady, but the move from concerts to a fully staged tour has not been fully explained. What is clear is that the creative team is now treating the show as a broader theatrical return, with Don Black and Mark London’s title song, plus original music and lyrics by John Farrar and Kara DioGuardi, brought into a fresh stage version.
That makes the April opening more than a booking announcement. It is the point at which the project stops being a concert-memory exercise and becomes a touring musical with an assigned company, a charity-linked gala and a schedule that has only partly been revealed. For Henry, it is the role that will define the tour from the first night.
