Sunderland Echo

Strictly’s Oti set to go on tour – here are the dates

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trictly Come Dancing and the Greatest Dancer reigning champion Oti Mabuse is going on tour for the first time next year.

Oti said: “It’s like a dream come true to be announcing my first ever tour.

“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.”

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

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.

From jives and pumping sambas to South African traditiona­l dances, this is an explosive night of dance and music that will set your heart 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 and like nothing you’ve ever experience­d before.

SMay 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-uponTyne The Theatre Royal

May 20 – Inverness Eden Court Theatre

May 21 – Aberdeen The Music Hall

May 22 – Glasgow The SEC Armadillo

May 23 – Grimsby 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

Tickets on sale now from individual venues and http:// www.otimabuse.com/ website.

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Oti Mabuse will tour the UK next year
 ??  ?? Oti won the Strictly Glitterbal­l Trophy last year (photo: Getty Images)
Oti won the Strictly Glitterbal­l Trophy last year (photo: Getty Images)

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