HEATHERS THE MUSICAL TOUR
Heathers The Musical is set for a new UK tour in 2023. It previously ran at The Other Palace and in the West End in 2018 and 2021, 2019 and 2023 and picked up the Best New Musical Award at the WhatsOnStage Awards.
Casting news for the new tour is Jenna Innes (Les Misérables) takes on the role of Veronica Sawyer (originated by Carrie Hope Fletcher in the UK), and returning to the role of Jason ‘JD' Dean is Jacob Fowler (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella).
Also cast as the three maniacal Heathers will be Verity Thompson (Cinderella) as Heather Chandler, Elise Zavou (Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World) as Heather Duke and Billie Bowman (Heathers) as Heather Macnamara.
The cast is completed by Kingsley Morton (The Addams Family) as Martha Dunnstock, Alex Woodward (Mamma Mia!) as Kurt Kelly, Morgan Jackson (Mamma Mia!) as Ram Sweeney, Katie Paine (We Will Rock You) as Ms Fleming, Jay Bryce (Motown: The Musical) as Kurt's Dad/Big-Bud/Principal, Conor McFarlane (Once) as Ram's Dad/Veronica's Dad/Coach with Tom Dickerson (The Book of Mormon) as Beleaguered Geek, Lizzie Emery (Rent) as Midwestern Surfer Punk, Eliza Bowden (professional debut) as New Wave Party Girl, Eleanor Walsh (The Rocky Horror Show) as Drama Club Drama Queen, Summer Priest (Get Up, Stand Up!) as Young Republicanette, Maeve Byrne (Grease) as Stoner Chick, Liam Dean (Gypsy) as Hipster Dork and Markus Sodergren (Roles We'll Never Play) as Preppy Stud.
Laurence O'Keefe and Kevin Murphy's musical is based on the iconic film of the same name, following a school girl, Veronica, who tries to fit in with the elitist clique of "Heathers".The musical is is based on the 1988 cult movie that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater and and follows protagonist Veronica Sawyer, who joins Westerberg High, where popularity is so very a matter of life and death, and she is just another of the nobodies dreaming of a better day. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. Until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody.
Produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the musical is directed by acclaimed American screen and stage director Andy Fickman, with choreography by Thriller Live’s Gary Lloyd, design by David Shields, lighting by Ben Cracknell and sound by Dan Samson.
Below are the dates we have so far
Coventry Belgrade |
19-23 September |
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Hull New |
26-30 September |
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Darlington Hippodrome |
3-7 October |
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Wellingborough Castle |
10-14 October |
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| Guildford Yvonne Arnaud | 17-21 October | Buy tickets |
| Wimbledon New | 24-28 October | Buy tickets |