Picture: Pamela Raith
Ailsa Davidson and Simon Gordon feature in the central roles of Veronica Sawyer and Jason ‘J.D’ Dean in the eagerly-anticipated live capture of Heathers The Musical which was recorded at the hit show’s original London home The Other Palace earlier this month.
Davidson and Gordon appear alongside Maddison Firth (Heather Chandler), Vivian Panka (Heather Duke), Teleri Hughes (Heather McNamara), Vicki Lee Taylor (Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s mother), Mhairi Angus (Martha Dunnstock), Liam Doyle (Kurt Kelly), Rory Phelan (Ram Sweeney), Oliver Brooks (Kurt’s Dad/Big Bud Dean/Coach Ripper), Andy Brandy (Ram’s Dad/Principle Gowan/Veronica’s Dad), Benjamin Karran (Beleaguered Geek), Chris Parkinson (Hipster Dork/Officer McCord), Jermaine Woods (Peppy Stud/Officer Milner), Eleanor Morrison (Young Republicanette), Mary-Jean Caldwell (Stoner Chick), Hannah Lowther (New Wave Party Girl) and May Tether (Drama Club Drama Queen).
Presented by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the film has been recorded by live theatre specialists Steam Motion and Sound. The critic and crowd-pleasing show has now resumed performances at The Other Palace through to 4 September 2022.
A record-breaker at The Other Palace within days of tickets first going on sale, Heathers The Musical was the first show at The Other Palace to move from a studio workshop to a main house production before becoming the first production from the venue to celebrate a West End transfer in 2018. The production continued its record-breaking ways at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in 2018 and went on to win the WhatsOnStage award for Best New Musical 2019.
In 2021 the production returned to the Haymarket for another successful West End run in parallel with a UK tour, before returning to The Other Palace in November for another record-breaking run.
A re-working of the cult classic 1980s film Heathers which starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers The Musical features music, lyrics and book by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy.
Based on Daniel Waters’ original screenplay for Michael Lehmann’s dark tale of murderous teenage angst, Heathers The Musical was initially presented at The Other Palace in workshop form in 2017 as the venue’s first work in progress production.
The musical arrived in the UK following successful runs in the US in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco, and in Sydney Australia. Featuring new material exclusively written for the London production by Murphy and O’Keefe, the production is directed by the show’s original Off-Broadway director Andy Fickman. Choreography is by Gary Lloyd, with designs by David Shields, lighting design by Ben Cracknell and sound by Dan Samson.
Angela Thomas
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