The One Where FRIENDS! The Musical Parody Comes to Milton Keynes 🎭

Could this BE any more exciting?!
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Seven performers on a stage set like the Friends fountain scene, holding colorful closed umbrellas with illuminated windows in the background.

Could this BE any more exciting?! The UK & Ireland tour of FRIENDS! The Musical Parody will be entertaining audiences at Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 13 - Sat 17 Jan 2026.

Mark Goucher, Matthew Gale, and Oskar Eiriksson, in association with The Barn Theatre Cirencester, present the 2025/26 UK and Ireland tour of FRIENDS! The Musical Parody. This side-splitting musical comedy is packed with iconic moments from all 10 seasons of the much-loved television series and will run at the milton keynes theatre logo is blue and white with a red stripe .Milton Keynes Theatre from Tue 13 - Sat 17 Jan 2026.

The iconic characters will be portrayed by Enzo Benvenuti (The Devil May Care; Southwark Borough Playhouse) as Ross, Alicia Belgrade (GREASE; UK & Ireland Tour) as Monica, Daniel Parkinson (Jersey Boys; Trafalgar Theatre) as Chandler, Eva Hope (Snow White and the Seven Elves) as Rachel, Ronnie Burden (GREASE; Royal Caribbean Cruise Line) as Joey, Amelia Atherton (SIX The Musical; Vaudeville Theatre) as Phoebe, and Edward Leigh (Shrek; Apollo Theatre Hammersmith) as Gunther, Tom Selleck and Paolo. They are joined by Lottie Lester and Meg Darcy as Female Ensemble Covers, alongside Jared Thompson and Harry Mallaghan as Male Ensemble Covers.

The creative team includes Director Michael Gyngell, Book & Lyrics by Bob and Tobly McSmith, Music by Assaf Gleizner, Set and Lighting Design by Andrew Exeter, Sound Design by Chris Whybrow, Costume Design by Jennie Quirk, Wigs, Hair and Make-up Design by Craig Forrest-Thomas, Music Supervisor Mark Crossland, and Music Arranged by Charles Olins.

FRIENDS! The Musical Parody is produced by Mark Goucher, Matthew Gale, and Oskar Eiriksson under license from Theatre Mogul, and was originally produced in New York City by Lynn Shore Entertainment, Theater Mogul and McSmith Family Entertainment.

Six actors dressed as the "Friends" cast emerge smiling from a purple door frame and green door on a stage.
A person wears a large turkey on their head, adorned with a red fez and yellow glasses, in front of the purple 'Friends' apartment door with its yellow peephole frame.
A blonde woman sings and plays an acoustic guitar on stage, while a blonde man holding a tray of colorful mugs watches her.
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A woman in a floral apron and yellow gloves joyfully poses with a mop like a microphone in a kitchen.
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