Two of Six’s original Queens will feature among the UK touring cast of new female-celebratory musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World this autumn.
Christina Modestou (Carousel, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; The Winter’s Tale, National Theatre; Six, Arts Theatre) and Renée Lamb (Ain’t Misbehavin’, Southwark Playhouse/Mercury Colchester; Little Shop of Horrors, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Six, Arts Theatre) will appear alongside Olivier Award-nominated Frances Mayli McCann (Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, National Theatre/Duke of York Theatre; Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Palace Theatre/UK tour; Heathers, Theatre Royal Haymarket), Jade Kennedy (Les Misérables, Brighton Theatre Group Youth; Billy Elliot, Victoria Palace Theatre) and Shakira Simpson (Hairspray, London Coliseum; 9 to 5, Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts) in the new pop-powered musical which celebrates some of history’s most inspirational women.
The central role of the musical’s inquisitive heroine Jade will be shared by Fayth Ifil, Kayleen Nguema, Éva-Marie Saffrey and Nielle Springer in rotation.
Co-produced by Six’s Kenny Wax with MAST Mayflower Studios, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World will receive its world premiere at the Mayflower Mast Studio in Southampton from 6-20 November before playing the Norwich Playhouse (23 November-5 December), the Liverpool Playhouse (8 December 2021-2 January 2022), the Waterside, Aylesbury (5-8 January) and Chichester Festival Theatre (12-16 January).
Written by dramatist Chris Bush, the stage adaptation of Kate Pankhurst’s award-winning picture book features music by chart-topping songwriter Miranda Cooper. A descendant of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, Pankhurst’s book offers a guide to some of the famous females who have helped shape the world. Historical figures featuring in the work include Jane Austen, Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo and Rosa Parks
The high-powered all-female creative team is completed by director Amy Hodge, choreographer Dannielle Lecointe, set and costume designer Joanna Scotcher, lighting designer Zoe Spurr and sound designer Carolyn Downing.
Commenting on the project, producer Kenny Wax said: “What a thrill to have assembled our own team of fantastically great women to create this incredible show. No one is more excited than me for the curtain to rise on that first performance. And what an honour to be opening at the MAST Mayflower Studios who are making a commitment to premiering such daring new work.”
Angela Thomas
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