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 June 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 feature an original book by the Academy Award-winning 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.
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Cinderella The Musical Cast and Creative
By:
Emerald Fennell
Songs by:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lighting:
Bruno Poet
Sound:
Gareth Owen
Design:
Gabriela Tylesova
Choreography:
JoAnn Hunter
Cast list:
Carrie Hope Fletcher, Victoria Hamilton-Barritt, Ivano Turco, Rebecca Trehearn, Laura Baldwin, Georgina Castle, Glorian Onitiri, Sam Robinson, Giovanni Spano, Vinny Coyle, Caleb Roberts, Georgina Onourah, Michael Afemaré, Lydia Bannister, Michelle Bishop, William Bozier, Lauren Byrne, Sophie Camble, Tobias Charles, Nicole Deon, Jonathan David Dudley, Dominic Adam Griffin, Michael Hamway, James Lee Harris, Leah Harris, Kate Ivory Jordan, Kelsie-Rae Marshall, Andy Rees, Alexandra Waite Roberts, Lauren Stroud, Georgia Tapp, Matthieu Vinetot and Rodney Vubya.
Gillian Lynne Theatre Venue Information
Address:
Gillian Lynne Theatre, 166 Drury Lane, London, WC2B 5PW
Nearest tube:
Covent Garden
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Tuesday, 15 June, 2021, 12:15
Just days before Cinderella was due to open at full capacity at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, the Prime Minister’s address that Step Four is delayed until 19 July means that full capacity performances are still not permitted. Although the immediate future of Cinderella hangs in the balance, Boris Johnson has confirmed he’s in talks with Andrew Lloyd Webber to open Cinderella as early as possible.
Cinderella is currently scheduled to begin performances at the Gillian...
Friday, 04 June, 2021, 13:23
With the world premiere of Cinderella opening later this month, a fourth song from the new musical has been released today. “Far Too Late” is the latest song to be made available to stream from Cinderella , which begins performances at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 25 June.
“Far Too Late” features Carrie Hope Fletcher, who will play the title princess. Other songs to have been released include “Bad Cinderella and “I Know I Have A Heart”, both sung by Fletcher, as well as...
Thursday, 29 April, 2021, 10:33
The complete casting for the world premiere of Cinderella in the West End has been named today. Cinderella will begin performances at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 25 June, with Cinderella tickets on sale now.
Rebecca Trehearn will play the Queen, recently starring in City of Angels at the Garrick Theatre and A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic. Laura Baldwin and Georgina Castle will play the stepsisters, with Gloria Onitiri as the Godmother.
Sam Robinson plays...
Monday, 26 April, 2021, 10:54
Emerald Fennell has won her first Academy Award, taking home the award for best original screenplay for her film Promising Young Woman. In winning the award, Fennell becomes the first British woman to ever win the category, and the seventh woman to win the category since its inception in 1940.
Later his year, Fennell will make her musical writing debut, penning the original book for Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre. Carrie Hope Fletcher will play the titular...
Friday, 12 February, 2021, 10:10
Ahead of the upcoming world premiere of Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, a new song has been released.
Titled “I Know I Have A Heart”, the song features Carrie Hope Fletcher, who will play the title princess. As Cinderella is a brand new musical, it’s uncertain where “I Know I Have A Heart” will feature in the show, but the song suggests that Cinderella has fallen out of love.
“I Know I Have A Heart” is the third song to be revealed from Cinderella, ...
Tuesday, 15 September, 2020, 10:54
Andrew Lloyd Webber has released one of the new songs which will be performed in the world premiere of Cinderella, which will open next year. Titled “Far Too Late”, Carrie Hope Fletcher sings the track in an exclusive video, which can be watched here.
Webber dedicates the song to governments worldwide, stating that: “we are getting to the point where it is ‘far too late.’ We want to get back to the theater again, we want to be open."
Fletcher will star as the titular...
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.
She will star as Cinderella in the musical which has a new book by...
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