MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL, is heading our way next month and already the show is nearly sold out. If you want some advice, the best seat availability is the matinee on the 12th March.
Winner of Best New Musical (WhatsOnStage Awards) and direct from the West End, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious smash-hit musical comedy from an award-winning creative team including writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon).
Meet The Plastics – Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist parents, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a queen bee without getting stung.
Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and killer songs. Grab your friends, this is going to be fetch.
Joining the previously announced Emily Lane as Cady Heron, Vivian Panka as Regina George, Sophie Pourret as Karen Smith, Georgie Buckland as Janis Sarkisian, Max Gill as Damian Hubbard, Karim Zeroual as Kevin Ganatra and Joshua Elmore as Mr Duvall, are FAYE TOZER as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George and Kiara Dario as Gretchen Wieners.Â
Also joining the cast are Charlie Barnard, Rebekah Bryant, Michael Dean-Wilson Savannah Ffrench, Fergie Fraser, Thomas Gotobed, Jenny Huxley-Golden, Trisha Kumar, Sadie Levett, Arjun Mudahar, Jessie Odeleye, Stefanos Petri, Charlotte Pourret, Jack Rose, Tori Louise Ryan, Lillia Squires and Jayd’n Tyrone.
There’s also one other cast member to mention and that is BEN OATLEY who takes on the role of Aaron Samuels. Ben is of particular interest to us here as he’s from Carmarthenshire and, as you can imagine, is incredibly excited to be playing back home at WMC.
Ben studied at the Guildford School of Acting. and has already been1st Cover Marius in Les Misérables (Sondheim Theatre); Prince Charming in Cinderella (Regent Theatre); Maxie Boswell in Becoming Nancy (workshop); and Roles We’ll Never Play (Union Theatre). All of which we spoke about during a short break in rehearsals.
Faye Tozer isn’t with the entire tour but the good news is we get her here at the Wales Millennium Centre from 10th March.
Faye is a singer, actress, TV personality and West End star, probably best-known for being a member of BRIT Award-winning pop band STEPS who had number one hits with Tragedy and Stomp and have sold over 25 million records worldwide. Faye’s West End credits include Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre, and her other musical theatre credits including the Dita Von Teese production of Diamonds and Dust, UK tours of 101 Dalmatians, 42nd Street, In The Spotlight, Me And My Girl, Love Shack and Tell Me On A Sunday, Singin’ in The Rain at Sadler’s Wells, in Toronto and on a UK tour, and Saucy Jack And The Space Vixens at The Leicester Square Theatre. Faye’s film credits include St Georges Day, Mixed Up and Lady Godiva Back In The Saddle.
MEAN GIRLS, the smash-hit musical comedy based on the iconic Paramount Pictures film of the same name, had its first West End performance at the Savoy Theatre on 5th June 2024, where it was seen by over 330,000 people and played until 8th June 2025.
The show had its world premiere in 2017 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C and opened on Broadway in April 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre to ecstatic responses, where it played to packed houses. The show then went on a hugely successful US tour in 2019 and recently completed a second US tour. In addition, in 2024, Paramount Pictures released a new twist on the fan-favourite film from the comedic mind of Tina Fey with a fresh and fun re-telling of the story featuring sensational musical performances.
MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL gets to Wales Millennium Centre from Tuesday 10th through to Saturday 14th March. Performances are at 7:30pm each evening with a 2:30pm matinee on Thursday and Saturday. Tickets are available but we should warn you that some performances are showing limited availability. More details HERE.
