THE national tour of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy award-winning Beautiful – The Carole King Musical will include Southampton next year.

It is coming to Mayflower Theatre from Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 September 2017 and casting will be announced soon.

The London production continues to play at the Aldwych Theatre where Carole King attended the opening night in February 2015 and joined the cast on stage for the finale.

The tour is presented by Paul Blake, Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mike Bosner in association with Michael Harrison who in a statement said: “We are truly thrilled that Beautiful will be touring the UK next year. The response from audiences in London has, and continues to be amazing. We know that the rest of the country will take this great show with the most wonderful songs to its heart”.

Long before she was Carole King, the chart-topping music legend, she was an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent.

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical tells the inspiring true story of King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history. Along the way, she wrote the soundtrack to a generation, with countless classics such as You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman, Take Good Care of my Baby, You’ve Got a Friend, So Far Away, It Might As Well Rain Until September, Up on the Roof, Locomotion, You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling, On Broadway and We Gotta Get Out Of This Place.

Beautiful – The Carole King Musical is based on the early life and career of legendary singer/ songwriter Carole King. It has a book by Douglas McGrath with words and music by Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil.

Tickets for Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Tuesday 26 - Saturday 30 September 2017) are on sale from Friday November 18 at Mayflower Theatre Box Office tel: 02380 711811 or online at mayflower.org.uk. Ovation Restaurant bookings: 02380 711833