A brand new production by Music and Lyrics Productions opened at the West Yorkshire Playhouse for the Christmas 2015 season, directed by artistic director, James Brining and choreographed by Stephen Mear. Following the run at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the production toured the UK and Ireland starring Jason Manford and Lee Mead as Caractacus Potts opening at the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (10 - 21 February 2016) before stopping in Dublin (24 February - 13 March 2016), Belfast (16 - 27 March 2016), Stoke (30 March - 9 April 2016), Southend (13 - 24 April 2016), Milton Keynes (4 - 14 May 2016), Nottingham (18 - 29 May 2016), Newcastle (1 - 12 June 2016), Sheffield (29 June - 17 July 2016), Wimbledon (20 - 30 July 2016), Cardiff (3 - 21 August 2016), Canterbury (24 August - 3 September 2016), Birmingham (7 - 18 September 2016), Northampton (21 September - 2 October 2016), Edinburgh (5 - 16 October 2016), Glasgow (19 - 29 October 2016), Woking (9 - 19 November 2016), Salford (6 December 2016 - 15 January 2017) and ended in February 2017 at the Bristol Hippodrome (25 January - 4 February 2017). On 20 March 2020 Charles Hanson of Hanson Auctioneers in Staffordshire announced the firm would sell approximately 120 items, including the flying car, from this production on 20 April.