Sir Andy Murray has announced the latest chapter in his post-tennis life, moving from Centre Court to the stage next summer for an intimate phone-free theatre tour.
Fittingly, the tour will begin in Scotland with dates in Glasgow and Edinburgh before rounding off at SW19 inside the New Wimbledon Theatre on the eve of next summer’s Wimbledon Championships.
Sir Andy’s Wimbledon career spanned almost two decades from 2005 until his final appearance alongside his brother Jamie in the men’s doubles on Centre Court last summer.
Joining Sir Andy to host the theatre tour will be the BBC sports presenter Andrew Cotter. They will look back over his illustrious career and are promising to reveal “new anecdotes and the innermost details of a life lived on the tennis tour”.
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Credot: Andy Murray Centre Stage
The show will run for just four nights in June 2025 to coincide with the UK grass-court tennis season. Venues have been carefully chosen to guarantee intimacy and the feel of a very personal audience with the double Wimbledon champion and Olympic gold medallist. The maximum capacity of the four theatres is 3,400 and audiences will be requested to leave their phones at the door for the show.
“After I retired this summer, I wanted to try some different things,” said Sir Andy. “I don’t think a tennis player has done anything like this before so it felt like a great challenge for me. I haven’t stepped on a tennis court for a long time, so hopefully my fans will enjoy seeing me in this new setting”.
‘What would you like to know?’
On the promotional video for the tour, Sir Andy says: “Hearing the roar of the crowd is a feeling like no other but I am now moving on to a different type of stage. What would you like to know?”
Sir Andy, who is now 37, had initially been concerned about post-tennis life after battling to prolong his professional career for so long in the face of injury but has been pleasantly surprised by the reality.
He has been playing golf regularly alongside Tim Henman at Sunningdale and, following a recent Pro-Am with the professional Bob MacIntyre, was backed to lower his handicap from seven to scratch.
Sir Andy, who has four children with his wife Kim, has also been eyeing a move into tennis coaching. Tickets for the four-date theatre tour will go on general sale on Thursday.
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