Ailsa Davidson and Freddie King will take on the central roles as Veronica Sawyer and Jason ‘J.D’ Dean when Heathers The Musical returns to its original London home The Other Palace later this month.
They will be joined by Emma Kingston, Inez Budd and Teleri Hughes as ‘The Heathers’ with Vicki Lee Taylor as Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s mother, Lizzie Bea as Martha Dunstock, George Maddison as Kurt Kelly, Tom Scanlon as Ram Sweeney, Kieran Brown as Ram’s Dad/Coach Ripper, Jacob Fowler (ensemble u/s Jason J.D Dean, Beleaguered geek), Jordan Cunningham (ensemble/u/s Kurt Kelly and Kurt’s dad/hipster dork/officer), Iván Fernández González (ensemble/u/s Ram Sweeney/Preppy Stud/Officer), Eliza Waters (ensemble/u/s Heather Duke/Young Republicanette), Mary-Jean Caldwell (ensemble/u/s Martha Dunnstock/Mrs Fleming/Veronica’s mom/Stoner Chick), Hannah Lowther (ensemble/u/s Heather Chandler and Heather McNamara/New Wave Party Girl) and Kayleigh McKnight (ensemble/U/S Veronica Sawyer/Drama Club Drama Queen).
Presented by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the critic and crowd-pleasing show is due to play its return season at The Other Palace from 25 November 2021 until 20 February 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.
The current UK and Ireland tour is due to visit Bristol, Milton Keynes, High Wycombe and Cardiff, before completing its run in Edinburgh on 11 December.
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 UK productions are both directed by the show’s original Off-Broadway director Andy Fickman. Choreography is by Gary Lloyd, with design by David Shields, lighting design by Ben Cracknell and sound by Dan Samson.
Angela Thomas
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