Heathers the Musical 2024

Greetings and salutations!

 

Following a smash hit West End run at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018, two national tours and record breaking runs at London’s The Other Palace, the WhatsOnStage ‘BEST NEW MUSICAL’ winner, Heathers the Musical returns to London at @sohoplace from 22 May for a strictly limited season, before heading back out on tour across the UK opening on 24 July at Theatre Royal Windsor.

 

Produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills, this high octane, black comedy, rock musical based on one of the greatest cult teen films of all-time that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, is back with a bang!

 

Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer 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.

That is 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.

 

The award-winning writing team, Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy’s hit musical adaptation has enjoyed successful runs in Los Angeles and New York, and its European premiere saw it become the highest grossing show at The Other Palace, having sold over 20,000 tickets across the run and selling out prior to its opening gala performance. It had a similar success on transferring to the Theatre Royal Haymarket.

Cast

JENNA INNES

Veronica Sawyer

KEELAN McAULEY

Jason ‘J.D.’ Dean

ESME BOWDLER

Heather Chandler

SEDONA SKY

Heather Duke

DAISY TWELLS

Heather McNamara

LUCY SINCLAIR

Ms. Fleming / Veronica’s Mom

AMY MILES

Martha Dunnstock

IVÁN FERNÁNDEZ GONZÁLEZ

Kurt Kelly

JASON BATTERSBY

Ram Sweeney

CONOR McFARLANE 

Ram’s Dad/Big Bud Dean/Coach Ripper

ALEXANDER SERVICE

Kurt’s Dad/Veronica’s Dad/Principal Gowan

BEN FENWICK

Beleaguered Geek/Swing

LEWIS ASQUITH

Hipster Dork/Officer/Swing

BRADLY DOKO

Preppy Stud/Officer/Swing

JASMINE COLE

Young Republicanette/Swing

KELLY SWEENEY

Stoner Chick/Swing

ELIZA BOWDEN

New Wave Party Girl/Swing

May Tether

Drama Club Drama Queen/Swing

MADELEINE HARGRAVE

Midwestern Surfer Punk/Swing

Creative team

Book, Music and Lyrics by

Kevin Murphy and Laurence O’Keefe

Based on the film by

Daniel Waters

Directed by

Andy Fickman

Choreographed by/ Associate Director

Gary Lloyd

Set & Costume Design by

David Shields 

Lighting Design by

Ben Cracknell 

Sound Design by

Dan Samson

Costume Supervisor

Robin Lill

Musical Director

Will Joy

Associate Lighting Designer

Chris Winn

Associate Musical Director

Jeremy Wootton

Associate Choreographer

Christopher Parkinson

Quotes

‘Heathers is High School Musical’s darker, dirtier cousin.’

Sunday Express

‘A banging five star night out’ 

Mail on Sunday    

‘Darkly delicious fun’

Sunday Mirror

‘Stiletto sharp’

Daily Telegraph

‘It’s like the best parts of Glee smashed together with the sassy vindictiveness of Mean Girls.

City AM

‘It’s a blast’.

Daily Express

CLASS OF 2024        Production Photography – Pamela Raith 

2024 Tour dates

19 – 23 Nov

CAMBRIDGE Cambridge Arts Theatre

5 – 9 Nov

TORQUAY Princess Theatre

29 Oct – 2 Nov

BLACKPOOL Grand Theatre

22 – 26 Oct

OXFORD Oxford Playhouse

15 – 19 Oct

STOCKTON-ON-TEES Stockton Globe Theatre

8 – 12 Oct

LONDON Richmond Theatre

1 – 5 Oct

SHEFFIELD Lyceum Theatre

24 – 28 Sep

ABERDEEN His Majesty’s Theatre

17 – 21 Sep

CHESTER Storyhouse Theatre

10 – 14 Sep

MILTON KEYNES Milton Keynes Theatre

3 – 7 Sep

NEWCASTLE Theatre Royal

27 – 31 Aug

PERTH Perth Theatre and Concert Hall

13 – 17 Aug

CARDIFF Wales Millennium Centre

6 – 10 Aug

PORTSMOUTH King’s Theatre

30 Jul – 3 Aug

BATH Theatre Royal

24 – 27 Jul

WINDSOR Theatre Royal Windsor

22 May – 6 Jul

LONDON @sohoplace