Carrie Hope Fletcher is set to star in a brand new version of Cinderella with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from March 2021.
Fletcher is known for her musical stage performances in Les Miserables, which she returned to in 2019 to appear in the All-Star concert before returning to the full West End production, and Heathers the Musical, in which she played the lead character, Veronica Sawyer.
Cinderella will have its first preview in London on 19th March 2021, and an official opening night on 7th April 2021.
Cinderella will feature an original book by the Emmy Award-nominated screenwriter Emerald Fennell, who is best known for leading the script of season two of BBC's Killing Eve, as well as appearing on screen in Netflix's The Crown, playing Camilla. Lloyd Webber has written the new score which has lyrics by David Zippel. It will be the second time the English composer has partnered with American lyricist - whose other musical work includes City of Angels and Disney's Hercules - since The Woman in White in 2004.
The musical is directed by Laurence Connor with choreography by JoAnn Hunter, reuniting the creatives after working together on Lloyd Webber's musicals School of Rock and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Connor's other musical work includes Chess and Miss Saigon in the West End.
Workshop performances of Cinderella were staged for three nights at The Other Palace in May 2019, with Mark Shenton commenting on its "confident, funny, fresh and sassy contemporary take on such a classic tale." The workshop performances featured Carrie Hope Fletcher in the titular role, alongside Tyrone Huntley, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Sophie Isaacs, Rebecca Trehearn and Ruthie Henshall.
Cinderella tickets are on sale now.
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Tuesday, 15 September, 2020, 10:54
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Friday, 27 March, 2020, 10:00
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Friday, 06 March, 2020, 09:34
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Friday, 14 February, 2020, 12:27
Carrie Hope Fletcher is set to take on the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s new musical version of Cinderella, which will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in August.
Fletcher, who played the role in workshop performances of the musical at The Other Palace, is currently playing Fantine in Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre, and has also starred in Mary Poppins, Heathers and The Addams Family.
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Friday, 10 January, 2020, 09:58
A new production of Cinderella will receive its West End premiere later this year. The musical will feature music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, and will begin performances at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from September 2020, with School of Rock closing at the West End venue in March 2020.
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