Strictly Come Dancing and Greatest Dancer champion Oti Mabuse announces Mayflower Theatre tour date

Strictly Come Dancing and the Greatest Dancer reigning champion Oti Mabuse is going on tour for the first time next year.
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Her 2021 tour will include a date at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton on May 9.

Speaking about the tour, Oti said: ‘It’s like a dream come true to be announcing my first ever tour.

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‘Performing on stage is something I feel so passionately about, and I can’t wait to get out on the road and share my story with you all.’

Strictly's 2019 winners Kelvin Fletcher with Oti Mabuse.Strictly's 2019 winners Kelvin Fletcher with Oti Mabuse.
Strictly's 2019 winners Kelvin Fletcher with Oti Mabuse.

Oti won the last series of Strictly with former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher.

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Her elder sister Motsi Mabuse is also a professional ballroom dancer and has participated in the German series Let’s Dance both as a professional dancer and as a judge. She joined the Strictly panel last year.

I am here, a direct translation of Oti’s name in the language Setswana spoken in South Africa, is a whirlwind celebration of the influences and inspirations that took her on a journey from growing up in South Africa to following her dream.

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From jives and pumping sambas to South African traditional dances, this is an explosive night of dance and music likely to set audience pulses racing.

Oti will also be joined by some of the world’s greatest dancers and the West End’s finest singers and musicians, for what is promised to be a night of electrifying choreography.

To order tickets for the show go to the Mayflower Theatre website or to otimabuse.com.

Here is the full list of dates:

April 16 – Peterborough New Theatre

April 17 – Peterborough New Theatre

April 18 – Edinburgh Festival Theatre

April 19 – Perth Concert Hall

April 22 – Norwich Theatre Royal

April 23 – Stoke-On-Trent The Regent Theatre

April 24 – Sheffield City Hall

April 25 – Southend-on-Sea The Cliffs Pavilion

April 27 – Cheltenham Everyman Theatre

April 28 – Cheltenham Everyman Theatre

April 29 – Salford The Lowry

April 30 – Guildford G-Live

May 1 – Oxford New Theatre

May 2 – Birmingham Hippodrome

May 4 – Belfast The Grand Opera House

May 5 – Belfast The Grand Opera House

May 7 – Blackpool Opera House

May 8 – Northampton Royal & Derngate

May 9 – Southampton Mayflower Theatre

May 12 – Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre

May 13 – Canterbury The Marlowe Theatre

May 14 – Leicester De Montfort Hall

May 15 – Buxton Opera House

May 16 – Newcastle-upon-Tyne The Theatre Royal

May 20 – Inverness Eden Court Theatre

May 21 – Aberdeen The Music Hall

May 22 – Glasgow The SEC Armadillo

May 23 – Grimsby Auditorium

May 27 – Dartford The Orchard Theatre

May 28 – Poole Lighthouse Theatre

May 29 – Llandudno Venue Cymru

May 30 – Plymouth Theatre Royal

June 3 – Hull New Theatre

June 4 – Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

June 5 – Carlisle The Sands Centre

June 6 – Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre

June 8 – High Wycombe Swan Theatre

June 9 – Bath The Forum

June 10 – Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House

June 11 – Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House

June 12 – Leeds Grand Theatre & Opera House

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