Watch out Geordies....the Mormons are coming!
Yes, after its massively successful stint down the road in Sunderland, smash hit musical The Book of Mormon has been confirmed for a Newcastle run with the news announced with a Facebook tribute to Tyneside institutions Ant & Dec and Greggs.
A post on the Book of Mormon page on Monday night read " TheMormonsAreComing ...
TO #NEWCASTLE
"OH Cool, the home of Ant & Dec and SO MANY FREAKIN’ Greggs!"
If you didn't see the Facebook post, you might well have seen the 'Mormons are Coming!" poster on the electronic notice board near eat4less on Northumberland Street.
You can be the first to know all about The Book of Mormon's stint in Newcastle by signing up to the mailing list HERE, which will also give you access to priority tickets.
Written by South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, together with Avenue Q's Robert Lopez, Book of Mormon follows two missionaries sent from their home in Salt Lake City to preach the Mormon religion to a remote Ugandan village.
The two young men find a notable lack of interest from the villagers, who have bigger things to deal with - such as famine, AIDS, and warfare.
The musical debuted on Broadway in 2011 and immediately won a flurry of Tony Awards, including best musical, best original score, and best direction.
The London production opened at the Prince of Wales theatre in 2013 where it has sold out every single one of its 2,380 performances to date, broken records for the highest single day of sales in West End history and won four Olivier awards.
