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Lord of the Dance (musical) Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Greece 2010 – Tour with Michael Flatley – UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria 2015 – "Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games" had temporary shows at the Playhouse Theatre, London and at the Lyric Theatre, Broadway and two touring casts elsewhere at the same time – one was in Sydney, Australia and also in Auckland, New Zealand, the others were spread across Europe. The European tour included countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg, and Poland. Lord of the Dance (musical) Lord of the Dance is an Irish musical and dance