Mean Girls
The musical feels about as impactful as an AI-generated playlist from Spotify, with audiences merely waiting for the final note
Mean Girls
Mean Girls successfully translates the wit and heart of the original film to the stage, while adding its own musical flair.
Theatre Weekly
Mean Girls
The musical feels about as impactful as an AI-generated playlist from Spotify, with audiences merely waiting for the final note
Why see Mean Girls?
Totally Grool - The Plastics Are Coming!
Get in losers, we're going to London! Tina Fey's musical adaptation of her 2004 movie Mean Girls finally brings the Burn Book to the West End in summer 2024! Featuring a book by Fey, music from Jeff Richmond, lyrics from Legally Blonde's Nell Benjamin and direction from Book of Mormon's Casey Nicholaw the production garnered 12 Tony Award nominations when it opened on Broadway in 2018. So join wide-eyed Cady Heron once again as she heads from the wilds of Africa to the wilds of high-school...This time with songs!
It's hard to believe it's been nearly 20 years since Tina Fey's smart, funny and emotionally engaging movie came out and introduced us to Cady's high-school food chain, ruled at the top by a trio called 'The Plastics', a group of menacing popular girls with social scare tactics more terrifying than pride of lions. In light of the years that have passed (there probably weren't even like, computers back then), Fey has brought the musical into the present day, where the Plastics have added Snapchat, WhatsApp and Instagram to their legion of weapons!
What Is The Story?
Cady Heron is a bright home-schooled student who has spent most of her life in Africa with her parents. Now back in the US, she's sent to the local high school to learn to play with others. Turns out, it might be her biggest challenge yet. Coupled with learning what normal school is like, she must navigate the twisting social whirl surrounding her. When she finds herself the target of the infamous Plastics, led by wolf in sheep's clothing Regina George, Cady decides with her new friends Janis and Damien that it's time to put a stop to their dictatorship. As Cady's plan sees her growing ever more popular and catching the eye of a certain boy, her revenge seems less and less important.
Can Cady rediscover herself and bring down the Plastics, or will she be seduced by their world and lost to the Mathletes forever? It might be a classic high-school conundrum but we guarantee you won't mind seeing how this one plays out.
Key Information
Audience
12+
Dates
Showing until 8 Jun
Upcoming Performances
Cast
- Charlie Burn as Cady
- Georgina Castle as Regina
- Elèna Gyasi as Gretchen
- Grace Mouat as Karen
- Elena Skye as Janis
- Tom Xander as Damian
- Daniel Bravo as Aaron Samuels
- Lucca Chadwick-Patel as Kevin Ganatra
- Ako Mitchell as North Shore Principal Mr Duvall
- Zoë Rainey as Mrs George and Ms Heron and Ms Norbury
Creative
- Directed by Casey Nicholaw
- Written by Tina Fey
- Music by Jeff Richmond
- Lyrics by Nell Benjamin
- Produced by Lorne Michaels, Stuart Thompson and Paramount Pictures
Awards
Tony Awards, 2018 - NOMINATIONS
Best Musical
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical - Taylor Louderman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical - Grey Henson
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical - Ashley Park
Best Book of a Musical - Tina Fey
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Best Costume Design of a Musical
Best Sound Design of a Musical
Best Direction of a Musical - Casey Nicholaw
Best Choreography
Best Orchestrations
Reviews
Our review
Average, Uninspired, Passable
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