This production began performances on 13th July and closed on 24th August 2024 as part of the Lyric Hammersmith's 2024 season.
★★★★★
Combining the acid wit of ‘Six’, the rebel streak of ‘Matilda‘ and the gooey heart of ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’, Yve Blake’s new musical will inspire outsized feelings and ardent devotion
The Independent
FANGIRLS, written and composed by Yve Blake and directed by Paige Rattray, will close the season in a six-week run from 13 July – 24 August. The multi-award-winning Australian pop musical phenomenon makes its UK premiere in a brand-new production co-produced with Sonia Friedman Productions. Edna is in love with Harry. But she’s a 14-year-old misfit and he’s a singer in the biggest boyband in the world. FANGIRLS is the embodiment of the rush of first love; an effervescent, adrenaline-fuelled, electrifying night out.
★★★★★
An extraordinary, heartfelt show that also embraces the ridiculous
WhatsOnStage
Get ready for an unmissable show that pulses with the soaring adrenaline of a first crush and feels like the best pop concert you’ve never been to…
Meet Edna: she's 14, she’s a mistfit, and she's in love with Harry. There's just one problem: Harry’s in the world’s biggest boy band, has 38 million fans, and doesn't know she exists. When Harry’s band announces a tour stop in Edna's hometown of Sydney, Australia, she knows this is her destiny – her one chance to meet him. But how on EARTH will she get Harry's attention?! And exactly how far is she prepared to go in the name of love?
If you think this is just a story about loving a boy band... think again. FANGIRLS is a thrilling and subversive musical comedy about the danger of underestimating teenage girls. After multiple sell-out runs across Australia, including the Sydney Opera House, this brand new production of the multi-award-winning, pop musical phenomenon FANGIRLS is about to take the UK by storm.
★★★★★
Fangirls has everything that you could want from modern musical theatre
Broadway World
CAST
MIRACLE CHANCE (SHE/HER) – Brianna
JASMINE ELCOCK (SHE/HER) – Edna
MAC GILL (HE/SHE/THEY) – Greta / Ensemble (Swing / Dance Captain)
THOMAS GRANE (HE/HIM) – Harry
MAX JAMES HODGE (HE/HIM) – Pat / Ensemble (cover Salty / Harry)
TERIWUE JARRETT (HE/HIM) – Salty
DEBBIE KURUP (SHE/HER) – Caroline
MARY MALONE (SHE/HER) – Jules
GRACIE MCGONICAL (SHE/HER) – Lily
EVE NAOMI DE LEON ALLEN (THEY/THEM) – Dom / Ensemble (cover Jules / Brianna)
LENA PATTIE JONES (SHE/HER) – Ash / Ensemble (cover Edna / Lily)
NICKY WONG RUSH (HE/THEY) – Odette / Ensemble (Assistant Dance Captain)
CREATIVES
YVE BLAKE – Book, Music and Lyrics
PAIGE RATTRAY – Director
DAVID FLEISCHER – Production Designer
EBONY WILLIAMS – Choreographer
ASH J WOODWARD – Video Designer
JESSICA HUNG HAN YUN – Lighting Designer
TONY GAYLE – Sound Designer
ZARA STANTON – Vocal Arranger and Orchestrator
DAVID MURATORE – Music Producer
ALEX SARMIENTO – Associate Choreographer
LAURENCE STANNARD – Associate Musical Director