13 Going on 30 The Musical to open in London

A new comedy musical from Andy Fickman is heading to London, with a stage adaptation of hit 2004 movie 13 Going on 30.

Hollywood, Broadway and West End producer and director Andy Fickman (Heathers The Musical) is set to direct the show which will open in Summer 2025. Prior to this, the show will hold two-weeks of workshops this October in London hosted at Battersea Arts Centre.

During the workshop, there will be four script-in-hand public performances with a brilliant cast and live band on Wednesday 25 October, Thursday 26 October, Friday 27 October and Saturday 28 October at 7:30pm. This is a ticketed event.

The musical was originally slated for Broadway, announcing in 2016 that Revolution Studios were setting up the project. It was still a live topic in 2019, when Revolution Studios CEO Vince Totino told Deadline that they were still working on the musical, and that he hoped it would be a live musical on TV after the stage production.

The 2004 movie starred Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer and Andy Serkis and was a box-office hit.

The stage show will boast a book by the original movie’s screenwriters, Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, and music and lyrics by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date).

Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, writers of the book and the original screenplay, said: “When we poured our middle school pain into the movie 13 Going on 30, we never quite imagined it would stick around to this day as a rom-com parents show their kids, a Halloween costume, a scene in an Ariana Grande music video, and a teen sleepover staple. Now we’re thrilled to be bringing our pain across the pond with 13 Going on 30 The Musical. It’s been endlessly fun working with ROYO, Todd Garner, Revolution Studios, composer/lyricists Alan Zachary & Michael Weiner, and director Andy Fickman to reinvent this story for the London stage. We can’t wait for a new generation to grab some Razzles and feel thirty, flirty, and thriving.”

The fantasy romantic comedy sees 13 year old Jenna wish that she was more popular at school, only to wake up the next day as a successful and glamorous 30 year old woman! But adulthood, with its own set of romantic challenges, isn’t as easy as it looks.

The show is produced by ROYO, whose current projects include Police Cops The Musical at Southwark Playhouse Borough, and recent shows include the UK tour of The Cher Show, Fisherman’s Friends The Musical, The Osmonds A New Musical, and Winnie The Pooh: The New Musical Stage Adaptation.