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Carrie Hope Fletcher stars in a brand new version of Cinderella with a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Cinderella began performances in London will open at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 25 June 2021, with Cinderella tickets on sale now.
Carrie Hope Fletcher is best known for her musical stage performances in Les Miserables as Fantine and Eponine, which she returned to in 2019 to appear in the all-star concert before returning to the full West End production at the Sondheim Theatre. Fletcher also originated the role of Veronica Sawyer in Heathers the Musical in London.
Cinderella will feature an original book by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Emerald Fennell. As well as writing Promising Young Woman, Fennell’s credits include leading the script of season two of BBC's Killing Eve, as well as appearing on screen in Netflix's The Crown, playing Camilla.
The Cinderella musical features a new score by Lloyd Webber, with 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 Cinderella cast recording will be released in July 2021.
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. Read more to find out about the "confident, funny, fresh and sassy contemporary take on such a classic tale."
A Cinderella concept album was released in July, and you can listen to the Cinderella album now. Listen to the first song released from Cinderella, "Bad Cinderella" below.
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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.
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Thursday, 19 August, 2021, 13:43
Andrew Lloyd Webber can’t quite believe his latest show has finally opened. Although Cinderella has taken a winding path to opening night at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on 18 August, full of pandemic-related postponements, the moment finally arrived.
“I’m still pinching myself, I can’t quite believe we’re here,” Lloyd Webber said from the stage before the opening night performance. “Short of a passing asteroid hitting us, I think it might be possible that we’re going...
Friday, 23 July, 2021, 14:34
The world premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella will now resume performances on 18 August. Cinderella tickets are on sale now.
Cinderella performances have been suspended from 17 July, due to a positive Covid test within the company. The Cinderella press night will now take place at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on 25 August.
In a statement from Andrew Lloyd Webber earlier this week, he said:
“Today, on this “Freedom Day”, I have been...
Monday, 19 July, 2021, 16:00
UPDATE: Cinderella performances will resume at the Gillian Lynne Theatre from 18 August. Find out more about Cinderella in London here.
We're not going to the ball just yet. The world premiere of Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre has had to postpone performances tonight and tomorrow. Cinderella was due to officially open this week, after previews began last month. A new opening date for Cinderella at the Gillian Lynne Theatre is to be announced...
Friday, 09 July, 2021, 17:45
The original cast recording for the world premiere musical, Cinderella, has been released today, 9 July. Gone are the days of a conventional Cinderella fairytale, as the story's been revitalised with a fresh, feminist take courtesy of Academy Award-winning Emerald Fennell’s script. The Cinderella music is by the legendary impresario Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by David Zippel.
Even though Cinderella began performances at the Gillian Lynne...
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.
In a statement from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cinderella will still ...
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...
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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