The record-breaking and crowd-pleasing show Heathers The Musical will be the opening show at the Arts at Marble Arch – the 594-seat semi-permanent theatre which will be the Arts Theatre’s temporary home while its current building is renovated.
Westerberg High will reopen its doors at London’s newest theatre next to one of the capital’s most iconic landmarks for 52 performances from 9 July to 22 August.
Announcing the London season at Marble Arch, Jenny Seagrove, chairperson of producers, the Bill Kenwright Group said: “I’m thrilled to be working with Louis Hartshorn and Brian Hook and the whole team at the Arts at Marble Arch to present Heathers the Musical as the inaugural show at their fantastic new theatre in the heart of the West End.
“The Arts at Marble Arch is just a stone’s throw from Speakers’ Corner where, for over 150 years, people have gathered to discuss, dissent, and speak their own truth. It feels wonderfully fitting to be so close to this historic spot as our production of Heathers celebrates having the courage to speak up, speak out and be heard – themes that resonate deeply with many of the audience seeing the show.
“I can’t wait for the doors of Westerberg High to open on 9 July and for class to be in session this summer. Colour me stoked!”
After its summer in the capital, audiences across the UK and Ireland will be able to join the Heathers as they head off on their autumn 2026 and spring 2027 tour.
Westerberg High will open its doors at Windsor’s Theatre Royal on 26 August 2026 before travelling to Leeds, Nottingham, Coventry, Darlington, Poole, Leicester, Peterborough, Sheffield, Blackpool, Cheltenham, Dublin and Oxford in 2026.
Class will resume in spring 2027 in Hull, Liverpool, York, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Chelmsford and Torquay, with further dates to be announced.
A record-breaker at London’s The Other Palace within days of tickets first going on sale, Heathers The Musical was the first show from 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.
The production has three hit West End runs and three record-breaking UK and Ireland tours under its belt.
A reworking 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.
Produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills, the musical has choreography by Gary Lloyd, design by David Shields, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Dan Samson and musical supervision by Jeremy Wootton and Will Joy.
A replica production is currently touring Australia and New Zealand while the New York production is playing New World Stages in New York where the musical attracted the largest advance booking in the venue’s history ahead of its opening in June 2025, and is now booking up to 6 September. Heathers the Musical will also embark on a year-long tour across North America beginning in spring 2027.
Angela Thomas
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