West End tour cast announced for Heathers the Musical
The musical will play @sohoplace for six weeks only from 22 May
Heathers is based on the 1989 cult movie with the same title, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. It is a high school story, where popularity is a matter of life and death and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day. But when she's unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is until JD turns up, the mysterious teen rebel who teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but it is murder being a somebody…
The cast includes 13 members making their West End debut led by Jenna Innes (Les Misérables), who returns as Veronica Sawyer. She is joined by Keelan McAuley (Clueless, Grease) as JD. The cast includes Esme Bowdler (ITV’s I Have a Dream finalist) as Heather Chandler, Sedona Sky (making her professional debut) as Heather Duke, and Daisy Twells (Heathers) as Heather McNamara.
Further cast members are Amy Miles (professional debut) as Martha Dunnstock, Lucy Sinclair (Rehab the Musical, We Will Rock You) as Ms Fleming/Veronica’s Mom, Iván Fernández González (Bhangra Nation) as Kurt Kelly, Jason Battersby (Just for One Day) as Ram Sweney, Alexander Service (Heathers) as Kurt’s Dad/Big-Bud/Principal, Conor McFarlane (Once, Heathers) as Ram’s Dad/Veronica’s Dad/Coach, Ben Fenwick (Pippin in Concert) as Beleaguered Geek, Madeleine Hargrave (Hairspray) as Midwestern Surfer Punk, Eliza Bowden (Heathers) as New Wave Party Girl, May Tether (Very Very Bad Cinderella, Heathers) as Drama Club Drama Queen, Jasmine Cole (Crazy Coqs Cabaret) as Young Republicanette, Kelly Sweeney (Six, Hair) as Stoner Chick, Lewis Asquith (Heathers) as Hipster Dork, and Bradly Doko (Sideshow in Concert) as Preppy Stud.
Andy Fickman, choreography by associate director Gary Lloyd, designs by David Shields, lighting by Ben Cracknell, and sound by Dan Samson directs Heather the Musical.
After it runs in the West End, the tour will continue in Windsor, followed by Bath, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Newcastle, Milton Keynes, Chester, Sheffield, Stockton and Torquay with further dates to be revealed.
