A Different Stage is a one-man show with music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and a book by Tim Firth.

The show received its world premiere, close to Barlow's home town of Frodsham, in Runcorn at The Brindley in February 2022 before embarking on a tour around the UK.

Barlow then went on to co-write The Girls (later retitled in 2017 as Calendar Girls The Musical) which opened in London's West End in January 2017 before producing a UK & Ireland tour of the second Take That musical Greatest Days in 2017 which visited London and Germany.

[4] Additional dates were announced in York, Newcastle, Dublin, Southend, Portsmouth, Nottingham and a return to The Lowry in Salford.

[7] It was later announced the show would run for two encore performances on 21st & 28th November 2022 at London's Savoy Theatre to close the tour for 2022.