Tag Archives | Andy Fickman

Heathers The Musical – The Arts at Marble Arch

Heathers The Musical continues at The Arts at Marble Arch, London until 22 August 2026. The show then tours until 1 May 2027. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Heathers has returned to London and is sure to continue receiving standing ovations throughout the summer.

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Heathers London and tour cast announced

WhatsOnStage Award nominee Gerardine Sacdalan will take on the role of Veronica Sawyer in the upcoming London and subsequent UK and Ireland tour of the record-breaking show Heathers The Musical.

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Heathers The Musical to open London’s newest theatre

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.

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Cast for UK premiere of Freaky Friday musical

Rebecca Lock and Jena Pandya will play the mother and daughter at the heart of the stage musical version of the 1970s body-swap comedy Freaky Friday when it receives its UK stage premiere at HOME Manchester this Christmas.

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13 going on 30: The Musical – Opera House, Manchester

13 going on 30 The Musical continues at the Opera House, Manchester until 12 October 2025. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Surely one of the most exceptionally talented companies to be seen on a UK stage in a long while.

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David Hunter and Grace Mouat join 13 Going On 30 premiere cast

West End stars David Hunter and Grace Mouat have joined the cast for the upcoming world premiere of the musical based on the hit movie 13 Going On 30.

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Heathers The Musical – @sohoplace and Touring

Heathers The Musical was reviewed at @sohoplace, London where it continues until 6 July 2024. The tour continues until until 23 November 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★★

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World Premiere of 13 Going on 30 The Musical to hold workshops in October

The world premiere of new musical 13 Going on 30 The Musical, written by the writers of the hit film of the same name, Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, will be workshopped over a two-week period at Battersea Arts Centre in October 2023. During the workshop, there will be four script-in-hand public performances with accompanied by a live band on 25-28 October. The workshop will take place ahead of a run in summer 2025.

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Halls – Turbine Theatre

Halls continues at the Turbine Theatre, London until 30 July 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Turbine Theatre announces two new musicals for summer 2023

The Turbine Theatre in Battersea will present two musicals during the summer of 2023, beginning with Halls, a new piece directed by Andy Fickman (Heathers) and written by Jennifer Harrison and George Stroud, running from 7-30 July.

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Heathers: The Musical – New Victoria Theatre, Woking and Touring

Heathers: The Musical, was reviewed at the Victoria Theatre, Woking. The UK and Ireland continues until 7 October 2023. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩

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Cinema showing for The Other Palace’s Heathers The Musical

The hit London production of Heathers The Musical is heading for cinemas across the country for one night only in March. Continuing to play to enthusiastic audiences at The Other Palace until 3 September 2023, the award-winning musical will be seen on the big screen nationwide on 28 March 2023. Distributed by Kaleidoscope Entertainment, the […]

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New classmates for Heathers’ autumn term

Award-winning Heathers The Musical is welcoming a host of new classmates to the crowd-pleasing production at The Other Palace this autumn. As announced at this week’s Big Fan Day at the London venue, Erin Caldwell (Pretty Woman The Musical, Savoy Theatre, Twist and Turn, The Other Palace) is stepping into the central role of high […]

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Heathers’ school run at The Other Palace extended into 2023

Heathers The Musical at The Other Palace will continue its crowd-pleasing run for an extra 24 weeks up to 19 February 2023. Presented by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the critic and crowd-pleasing production which returned to its original London home earlier this year will host a sing-along performance on 18 January 2023 with audience […]

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Filmed Heathers The Musical cast confirmed

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), […]

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Current production of Heathers The Musical to be filmed for future release

Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills are excited to announce a new project with Steam Motion and Sound, to bring the hit production of Heathers the Musical to the screen. Performances at The Other Palace have been taken off sale from 3-19 May 2022 to allow for filming to take place ahead of a future release. Performances will resume on […]

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Cast for Heathers The Musical’s Other Palace encore run

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. […]

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Heathers The Musical returns home to The Other Palace in November 2021

Heathers the Musical returns to its original London home at The Other Palace, opening on 25 November 2021, for a season until 20 February 2022. Produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the musical started its UK journey with a cult following and was a box office record-breaker at The Other Palace in 2018, before […]

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Heathers The Musical – Leeds Grand Theatre and Touring

Heathers The Musical continues at the Leeds Grand Theatre until 14 August 2021, then tours to 11 December 2021. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Dear Diary… Heathers is back with a bang! Based on the 1989 film of the same name, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers The Musical is touring across […]

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Heathers The Musical – Theatre Royal Haymarket

Heathers The Musical continues at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London until 11 September 2021. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Bullying, bulimia, under-age sex, suicide, toxic masculinity, murder, school shootings… it’s rarely the stuff of musical theatre, let alone jolly, bubble-gum musicals with infectious pop scores. Yet Heathers The Musical manages to combine […]

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Heathers The Musical returns to the West End and launches new touring production

Heathers The Musical will return to the West End this summer just a few weeks before the launch of the show’s eagerly-anticipated first national tour. Presented by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills, the critic and crowd-pleasing show will return to the Theatre Royal Haymarket from 21 June 2021 for a strictly limited 12-week run. The […]

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Andy Fickman is planning a UK return to direct new musical Halls

Heathers director Andy Fickman will return to the UK in 2021 as director of new British musical Halls. Written by George Stroud and Jennifer Harrison, the pop/rock-flavoured musical which follows the fortunes of eight first year university students, Fickman has already presided over a virtual first official read-through during the national lockdown. Discussing his involvement […]

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Heathers The Musical to return for UK tour

Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor-Mills have confirmed plans to take the critic and crowd-pleasing Heathers The Musical on the road next year. Chosen by Mousetrap Awards’ voters earlier this year as the show young theatregoers would most like to see return, the award-winning production will follow its two record-breaking seasons at London’s The Other Palace […]

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New song and revised script for Heathers West End transfer run

The record-breaking Heathers – The Musical will feature a new song and a re-worked script when it arrives at the Theatre Royal Haymarket next month. Due move to the bigger stage in the heart of the West End for a strictly limited run from 3 September 2018, audiences for the final performances of the European […]

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West End transfer for The Other Palace hit Heathers – The Musical

The record-breaking European premiere of Heathers – The Musical looks set to keep hitting the high notes with a West End transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in September. Now the highest grossing show in history at both Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Other Palace and the venue’s previous incarnation the St. James Theatre, Heathers – […]

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Jodie Steele, Sophie Isaacs, T’Shan Williams and Jamie Muscato are cast in Heathers – The Musical at The Other Palace

Veronica’s ‘mean girl’ classmates, playing opposite Carrie Hope Fletcher’s Veronica Sawyer in the eagerly-anticipated European premiere of Heathers – The Musical (beginning its limited run next month) will be played by Jodie Steele (Myth, The Other Palace), Sophie Isaacs (The Rocky Horror Show, European tour) and T’Shan Williams (Caroline or Change, Hampstead Theatre). Big Fish star […]

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Carrie Hope Fletcher to star in European premiere of Heathers – The Musical at The Other Palace

Following a rapturous response to its sell-out 2017 workshop, 80s cult classic Heathers – The Musical is back in class this summer with new songs, new material and new classmates – including Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica Sawyer. Produced by Bill Kenwright and Paul Taylor Mills, who produced the award winning Carrie together in 2015, the musical premieres at The Other […]

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