Developed in London in close collaboration with Tina Turner, this critically acclaimed musical had its world premiere at the Aldwych Theatre in April 2018. Since then, it has smashed box office records and expanded into ten first-class productions worldwide, including on Broadway, across North America, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, and Australia. The first UK & Ireland Tour launched in March 2025, with a Brazilian production opened in February 2026, and additional international productions in development. After a record-breaking 7 ½ years, the West End production has finished and the show has been seen globally by over 8 million people.
In North America, the Broadway production opened in November 2019, earning 12 Tony Award nominations, including for 'Best Musical'. The North American tour played to packed houses across the continent for three years.
In Australia, the musical completed a highly successful national tour, breaking historic box office records at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre and selling out seasons in Sydney, Perth, and Brisbane. Across Europe, productions have played to acclaim in Hamburg and Stuttgart (Germany), Utrecht (Netherlands), and Madrid (Spain). The UK & Ireland Tour began in Leicester in March 2025 and in February 2026, the show opened in São Paulo, Brazil, marking its 11th global production.
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical is dedicated to the memory of Tina Turner, who passed away on May 24, 2023. From her humble beginnings in Nutbush, Tennessee, to becoming the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll, Tina Turner’s story is one of resilience, passion, and triumph. This electrifying musical brings her inspirational journey to life through show-stopping performances and a soundtrack of her greatest hits.
„I asked myself what’s next? I knew I was finished with stage performance - all of me had changed. But this is big and in order to make it as good as possible I must be involved“. — Tina Turner
Writer: Pulitzer Prize-winner Katori Hall, Frank Ketelaar, Kees Prins
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Producer: Tali Pelman
Choreographer: Anthony van Laast
Set Design: Mark Thompson
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Sound: Nevin Steinberg
Orchestration: Ethan Popp
Wigs, Hair, Makeup: Campbell Young
Opening Night: April 17, 2018 (London)
Olivier Award: Best Actor Male 2019 (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith)
Tony Award: Best Actor Female 2020 (Adrienne Warren)
Act I
- Etherland / Sound of Mystic Law
- Nutbush City Limits
- Don't Turn Around
- Shake A Tail Feather
- The Hunter
- Rocket 88 / Matchbox
- She Made My Blood Run Cold
- It's Gonna Work Out Fine
- A Fool In Love
- Let's Stay Together
- Better Be Good To Me
- I Want To Take You Higher
- River Deep, Mountain High
- Be Tender With Me Baby
- Proud Mary
- I Don't Wanna Fight
Act II
- Private Dancer
- Disco Inferno
- Open Arms
- I Can't Stand The Rain
- Tonight
- What's Love Got To Do With It
- We Don't Need Another Hero
- The Best
- Finale: Nutbush City Limits / Proud Mary
Tina & Adrienne Warren at the London Launch Party in 2017 / Copyright by Craig Sugden
London
Tina was in London on December 16, 2016 for the first workshop presentation of the show. In 2017, at the launch party in October, she introduced Adrienne Warren for the role as Tina Turner. After one year of sold out shows, a new cast was introduced on April 15, 2019 with Nkeki Obi-Melekwe playing the role of Tina, while Adrienne Warren recreated her celebrated performance in New York on Broadway. In September 2024, the musical in the West End was seen by over 2 million people.
Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (as Ike Turner) won an Olivier Award on April 07, 2019 as „Best Actor“ and Adrienne Warren won a Tony Award on September 26, 2021 in the category „Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role“. She was also nominated for an Olivier Award for her work in the London staging.
The musical has been promoted in several television shows and festivals over the years, like The Royal Variety Performance in 2018 with a wonderful interpretation of the classic track River Deep - Mountain High from Adrienne Warren and repeatedly at West End Live.
Venue: Aldwych Theatre
Opening Night: April 17, 2018
Closing Night: September 13, 2025
Original Cast: Adrienne Warren, Nkeki Obi-Melekwe (Tina) / Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Ashley Zhangazha (Ike)
Tina & Kristina Love at the Hamburg Launch Party on October 23, 2018
Germany
The German version of the musical started in 2019 in Hamburg, after Tina presented Kristina Love at the launch party on October 23, 2018 at the Mojo Club. Kristina also visited Tina in her Swiss home in November and was surprised by her singing „Happy Birthday“. After four years in Hamburg, the musical relocated to the Stage Palladium Theater in Stuttgart in 2023.
Venue: Stage Operettenhaus (Hamburg)
Opening Night: March 05, 2019
Closing Night: August 18, 2022
Original Cast: Kristina Love, Aisata Blackman (Tina) / Gino Emnes, Dinipiri Etebu (Ike)
Venue: Stage Apollo Theater (Stuttgart)
Opening Night: March 16, 2023
Closing Night: September 22, 2024
Original Cast: Aisata Blackman (Tina) / Carlos de Vries (Ike)
Tina with Adrienne Warren and Daniel J. Watts at the Broadway Premiere on November 07, 2019
Broadway
Adrienne Warren recreated her celebrated performance in New York on Broadway with the premiere in 2019 and the attendance of Tina, her husband and celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Whoopie Goldberg. At the end of the show, Tina thanked everybody on stage, which was Tina Turner's last public appearance to say 'goodbye' to her fans. After the final Broadway show in 2022, the musical went on a multi-year North American Tour.
Venue: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York
Opening Night: November 07, 2019
Closing Night: August 14, 2022
Original Cast: Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, Adrienne Warren (Tina) / Daniel J. Watts (Ike)
Nyassa Alberta & Juneoer Mers imitating the cover of Ike & Tina’s most successful album 'Workin’ Together'
Utrecht
The Dutch version opened at the Beatrix Theater in Utrecht with Nyassa Alberta, who played before the role of Tina in the German version as an alternate. Opening night was on February 09, 2020, but unfortunately without the attandance of Tina herself.
Venue: Beatrix Theater
Opening Night: February 09, 2020
Closing Night: February 19, 2023
Original Cast: Nyassa Alberta, Nurlaila Karim (Tina) / Juneoer Mers, Gino Emnes (Ike)
Kery Sankoh & Rone Reinoso at the Madrid Premiere
Madrid
In 2021, the Spanish version opened at the Teatro Coliseum in Madrid with Kerry Sankoh in the main role. The musical was promoted from the main actors in the New Year’s Eve special Feliz 2022 with the live performance of Tina’s signature song Proud Mary.
Venue: Teatro Coliseum
Opening Night: October 01, 2021
Closing Night: January 08, 2023
Original Cast: Kery Sankoh, Luna Manzanares (Tina) / Rone Reinoso, Jefry Xander (Ike)
Ruva Ngwenya with Wayne Pearce (former rugby league player)
Australia
In 2023, the musical came also to Australia with box office records in the pre-sale period. It sold more tickets than any other show at Theatre Royal in Sydney since it reopened. In 2024, it went on tour in Australia, starting with first performances in Perth.
The Australian cast promoted the musical Down Under at the NRL Grand Final at Sydney’s Accor Stadium in 2023 with a pre-game mini concert, marking 30 years since Tina Turner’s iconic performance at the 1993 Grand Final and celebrating her unique association with the Rugby League. Ruva Ngwenya filmed for this event a commercial on top of Sydney's Harbour Bridge, like Tina Turner in 1995, when she climbed to the top of the bridge at dawn, wearing high heels.
„Thirty years on, Tina Turner’s 1993 performance remains one of the great Grand Final moments. This collaboration is a perfect way for Rugby League to pay tribute to Tina and everything she did for our game, and it will be a special moment for fans amongst the outstanding entertainment on offer on Grand Final day.“ — NRL CEO Andrew Abdo
Venue: Theatre Royal, Sydney
Opening Night: May 2023
Closing Night: January 21, 2024
Original Cast: Ruva Ngwenya, Jochebel Ohene McCarthy (Tina) / Tim Omaji (Ike)
Musical On Tour
The tour started in 2022 as a multi-year North American tour with more than 600 performances until August 2024 in all major cities in the U.S. and Canada, with a second leg starting in September. In 2024, the tour was extended to Australia, starting with first performances in Perth and a highly successful run of 14 month. In 2025, the tour came also to England and Ireland and in 2026, the musical performed at the Theater 11 in Tina’s former hometown Zurich. On February 26, performances started at the Theatro Santander in São Paulo, Brazil and in August, it comes also to Denmark with performances in several cities.
Regions: North America / Australia / UK, Ireland / South America / Europe
Opening Night: September 11, 2022 (Providence, USA) / February 27, 2024 (Perth, Australia) / March 06, 2025 (Leicester, UK) / February 26, 2026 (São Paulo, Brazil) / April 14, 2026 (Zurich, Switzerland) / August 27, 2026 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Closing Night: March 02, 2025 (Melbourne, Australia) / April 04, 2026 (Leeds, UK) / April 19, 2026 (Los Angeles, USA) / May 03, 2026 (Zurich, Switzerland) / July 12, 2026 (Brazil)
Original cast: North America (2nd leg): Darilyn Burtley (Tina), Monty Kane (Ike) / UK & Zurich: Elle Ma-Kinga N’Zuzi, Jochebel Ohene MacCarthy (Tina), David King-Yombo(Ike) / Brazil: Analu Pimenta (Tina), César Mello (Ike) / Denmark: Iris Gold (Tina), Luc Boris André Kouadio (Ike)
Performances: 1.300+
„It has been years since I toured the U.S., and I am very excited that my own musical can now bring my music and story to my fans in their home cities across America. Together with the show running on Broadway, it’s a homecoming and that is very special to me.“ — Tina Turner
Cast Recordings
The 24-track London Cast Recording features all songs from the musical, recorded in the studio from Adrienne Warren, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith and the Westend cast. It was promoted with the single River Deep - Mountain High (with an associated music video) performed by Adrienne and the track The Hunter performed by Kobna.
Release: March 2019 (Digital) / October 2019 (CD) / September 2020 (Vinyl)
Format: Digital, CD, 2 Vinyl (Gold)
The Hamburg Cast Recording from 2020 features live recordings from the Operettenhaus in Hamburg, Germany with Kristina Love as Tina, Gino Emnes as Ike and the entire ensemble, including some of the songs in German.
Release: May 2020 (Digital) / June 12, 2020 (CD)
Format: Digital, CD
The Utrecht Cast Recording from 2021 features the complete performance from the Beatrix Theater in Utrecht, Netherlands. The songs are performed by Nyassa Alberta as Tina, Juneoer Mers as Ike and the entire ensemble, with some songs in Dutch. This recording is the first one to incorporate the songs added to the show for it's Broadway premiere, with „Rocket ’88“ (replacing „The Hunter“) and „She Made My Blood Run Cold“.
Release: July 2021
Format: Digital, CD
River Deep - Mountain High
was the first single to promote the London cast album. The song was recorded on January 28, 2019 at Angel Studios in London, performed by Adrienne Warren and the West End cast.
Tina Turner recorded River Deep - Mountain High in 1966, produced by Phil Spector as his ground-breaking masterpiece using his trademark 'Wall of Sound' music technique. Tina would later recall: "I must have sung that 500,000 times. I was drenched with sweat. I had to take my shirt off and stand there in my bra to sing”. George Harrison, who worked with Spector when he later produced „Let It Be“ for the Beatles, would later call it: „A perfect record from start to finish“.
The music video shows Adrienne Warren driving with a taxi to the studio to record the song together with the orchestra and background singers. The first part is filmed in black & white, but switches later to colour when Adrienne performs the last part of the song on stage of the musical.
- River Deep - Mountain High 3:29
Writer: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich
Producer: Nicholas Skilbeck
Release: February 05, 2019
Format: Digital
Music Video: 4:03 / Brett Sullivan (Director) / Natalie Daniels-Browne (Producer)
The Hunter
was repositioned in the musical to be performed by Ike Turner (Kobna Holdbrook-Smith) and The Kings of Rhythm live at Club Manhattan in St. Louis in the 1950s, show-casing Ike’s musical genius and his role in creating the sound of tomorrow.
The Hunter, a cover song from Albert King, was originally released in 1969 as an over six minutes version from Ike & Tina Turner on the same named album The Hunter. The track earned the duo their first R&B Vocal Performance Grammy nomination.
- The Hunter 2:31
Writer: Al Jackson Jr., Booker T. Jones, C. Wells, Donald Dunn, Steve Cropper
Producer: Nicholas Skilbeck, Kurt Deutsch, Tom Kelly
Release: March 2019
Format: Digital