Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice has paired up for memorable and long running musicals including “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”, “Jesus Christ Superstar”, and “Evita”. This holiday season, the duo will debut a new musical “Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Days of Christmas”.
The comedy is set to open at the Birmingham Rep on November 20, 2025 and is currently set to run until January 11, 2026.
Set in Victorian London, Holmes races against time to find and save the items from “The Twelve Days of Christmas” including Gold Rings, French Hens, and Mother Goose.
Lord Webber and Rice spoke on the new musical saying, “Sherlock Holmes and The Tweve Days of Christmas is pure mischief. It has the exuberance of a Christmas tree, the joy of a panto, and a plot worthy of Conan Doyle. It’s wonderful to be working together again on something so unashamedly fun.”
In a description on The Rep’s page…”it’s Christmas in Victorian London but in the West End – where dreams come true and nothing bad ever happens – a flurry of performers are suddenly dying mid-scene. Scotland Yard rules out foul play…until the world’s greatest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, discovers an intriguing link to ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’. The game is afoot!
Racing against the clock to save French Hens, find Gold Rings and rescue Mother Goose, Sherlock plunges himself into mortal danger. Will this really be the last stand for our hero, or will his trusty sidekick Dr Watson and rival hotshot detective Athena Faversham ensure he lives to consume another Christmas Pudding…?”
The Rep proclaims that the show is “for everyone aged 10 to 110!”
The musical is directed by Phillip Breen and Becky Hope-Palmer with the full cast list coming.