New Version of Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom the Musical Will Bow in Britain

Brits, are you ready to "Cha Cha Cha?!" After making its world premiere Down Under in 2014, Baz Luhrmann’s Strictly Ballroom the Musical is heading to the U.K. Based on the much-loved film and the Australian stage adaptation created by Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, the new production will be directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie. Strictly is scheduled to play a limited engagement at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds November 30 through January 21 and to officially open on December 6.

“One of the great joys for us was to take a story that began as a play when I was at drama school and return to our homeland in Australia to birth the musical stage version with all our original collaborators,” said Luhrmann in a statement. “Now that it’s been born, Strictly Ballroom must go on.”

Strictly Ballroom the Musical is the inspiring story of a championship ballroom dancer who defies all the rules to follow his heart. It features classic numbers such as “Love is in the Air,” “Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps” and “Time After Time,” as well as several new songs by artists including Sia, David Foster and Eddie Perfect. Terry Johnson has joined the creative team of the British incarnation to adapt the original book.