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