Due to the unprecedented demand, Britain’s most-successful dance group, Diversity have added extra dates at Southend Cliffs Pavilion to their biggest-ever UK and Ireland tour of brand-new show, Supernova. The 7th and 8th performances at the venue will be matinees taking place on Sunday 24th and Sunday 31st of March 2024. The tour now has a total of 83 sates in 40 towns and cities – their biggest tour yet across the UK and Ireland.
Supernova follows Diversity’s sold-out Connected tour earlier this year, which combined playful, comedic routines with powerful statements on human connectivity. Big, relentless and energetic, the tour dazzled fans across the UK.
Diversity took the nation by storm when they won the third series of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009 and have since sold out multiple UK and Irish tours, with countless television and live performances. Alongside preparing for their brand-new tour, and in keeping with their progressive, innovative nature, Diversity are currently preparing to launch Diversity Studios, which will offer in-person and live streamed dance classes.
Earlier this year, Ashley Banjo was awarded an MBE for his services to dance. Alongside choreographing and performing with Diversity, Ashley has been committed to educating people on dance, becoming a judge on ITV’s Dancing on Ice and offering his expertise as a host and creative in the BAFTA-nominated The Real Full Monty and International Emmy Award, Broadcast Award, and Royal Television Society Award-winning The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night. Ashley also had the honour of becoming a co-presenter at the Pride of Britain Awards, working alongside Carol Vorderman.
Jordan Banjo has also hosted a variety of TV shows, including two series of BBC 1’s Primetime and BAFTA-nominated show The Greatest Dancer. Jordan, along with Perri Kiely, is part of breakfast radio royalty, presenting Kiss Breakfast every weekday.
Diversity’s illustrious career shows how they continue to innovate, grow and achieve. Collectively, Diversity recently won Virgin Media’s Must-See Moment of 2020 at the British Academy Television Awards for their incredible Britain’s Got Talent routine.
They have also confirmed that they will be supporting anti-poverty charity the Trussell Trust, which provides emergency food and support to people locked in poverty while campaigning for change to end the need for food banks in the UK. Right now, millions of people across the country are facing a cost-of-living crisis as food and energy prices soar and families are feeling the biggest squeeze on incomes in a generation. Attendees on the tour are being invited to bring along food donations to the shows, where there will be collection points across the venue each night. There will also be collection buckets for any cash donations. All donations will be distributed to people in crisis across the 1,300 food bank centres in the Trussell Trust network.
For more information on the items that are requested visit the Trussell Trust’s website here.
Tickets for Diversity’s Supernova are on sale here.
Full dates
2023
Thu 12 Oct Eastbourne Congress Theatre
Fri 13 Oct Eastbourne Congress Theatre
Sat 14 Oct Eastbourne Congress Theatre – MATINEE
Mon 16 Oct Northampton Derngate
Tue 17 Oct Northampton Derngate
Wed 18 Oct Northampton Derngate
Fri 20 Oct Portsmouth Guildhall
Sat 21 Oct Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
Sun 22 Oct Nottingham Royal Concert Hall- MATINEE + EVENING
Thu 26 Oct Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Fri 27 Oct Aylesbury Waterside Theatre
Sat 28 Oct Truro Hall for Cornwall – MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 29 Oct Truro Hall for Cornwall- MATINEE + EVENING
Wed 01 Nov Dundee Caird Hall
Thu 02 Nov Edinburgh Usher Hall
Fri 03 Nov Perth Concert Hall
Sat 04 Nov Glasgow SEC Armadillo – MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 05 Nov Glasgow SEC Armadillo – MATINEE
Tue 07 Nov Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Wed 08 Nov Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
Sat 11 Nov Swansea Arena – MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 12 Nov Cardiff International Arena – MATINEE
Wed 15 Nov Reading Hexagon
Thu 16 Nov Reading Hexagon
Fri 17 Nov Birmingham Alexandra Theatre
Sat 18 Nov Birmingham Alexandra Theatre- MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 19 Nov Birmingham Alexandra Theatre – MATINEE + EVENING
Wed 22 Nov Oxford New Theatre
2024
Wed 31 Jan Carlisle Sands Centre
Thu 01 Feb Carlisle Sands Centre
Sat 03 Feb Blackpool Opera House – MATINEE + EVENING
Wed 07 Feb Bradford St Georges Hall
Fri 09 Feb London Palladium
Sat 10 Feb London Palladium – MATINEE + EVENING
Fri 14 Feb Gateshead Sage
Thu 15 Feb Gateshead Sage
Fri 16 Feb Stockton Globe
Sat 17 Feb Sheffield City Hall – MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 18 Feb Hull Bonus Arena – MATINEE
Tue 20 Feb Leicester De Montfort Hall
Wed 21 Feb Llandudno Venue Cymru Theatre
Sat 24 Feb Belfast Waterfront -MATINEE
Sun 25 Feb Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre -MATINEE
Thu 27 Feb Bristol Hippodrome
Wed 28 Feb Bristol Hippodrome
Thu 29 Feb Bristol Hippodrome
Sat 02 Mar Bournemouth International Centre MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 03 Mar Brighton Centre – MATINEE + EVENING
Thu 07 Mar York Grand Opera House
Fri 08 Mar York Grand Opera House
Sat 09 Mar Harrogate Convention Centre – MATINEE
Tue 12 Mar Peterborough New Theatre
Wed 13 Mar Peterborough New Theatre
Fri 15 Mar Salford Lowry Lyric Theatre
Sat 16 Mar Salford Lowry Lyric Theatre – MATINEE + EVENING
Wed 20 Mar Stoke-On-Trent Regent Theatre
Thu 21 Mar Stoke-On-Trent Regent Theatre
Fri 22 Mar Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Sat 23 Mar Southend Cliffs Pavilion – MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 24 Mar Southend Cliffs Pavilion – MATINEE
Tue 26 Mar Ipswich Regent
Wed 27 Mar Ipswich Regent
Fri 29 Mar Southend Cliffs Pavilion
Sat 30 Mar Southend Cliffs Pavilion – MATINEE + EVENING
Sun 31 Mar Southend Cliffs Pavilion – MATINEE
Wed 03 Apr Guildford G Live
Thu 04 Apr Guildford G Live
Sat 06 Apr Wolverhampton Civic Hall – MATINEE
