The Rocky Horror Show Films in October 2008. In December 2012, a new production of "The Rocky Horror Show" began a year-long UK tour to celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. Christopher Luscombe has returned to direct the production which stars Oliver Thornton as Frank N. Furter, Ben Forster (winner of ITV1 series "Superstar") as Brad Majors until February 2013, Roxanne Pallett (of "Emmerdale") as Janet Weiss until May 2013 and Rhydian Roberts (of "The X Factor") as Rocky until March 2013. Unlike recent productions, the tour will not feature interchanging guest Narrators with Philip Franks taking on the role. The show also features Kristian
The Rocky Horror Show Pinter Theatre) to begin performances on 6 April 1979. At the new venue, "Rocky Horror" required some restaging, for the Comedy was the first theatre at which the musical had played that possessed a traditional proscenium arch stage. For the first time, the musical was also broken into two acts with an interval. It finished its run there on 13 September 1980. Beyond its cult status, The Rocky Horror Show is also widely hailed, alongside other experimental theatre works such as Hair (musical), to have been an influence on the countercultural and sexual liberation movements that followed on from the