The Curve theatre in Leicester has revealed initial casting for its UK premiere of hit Australian musical Muriel’s Wedding.
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical will play the Curve, Leicester from 10 April to 10 May 2025.
The show is also widely rumoured to be heading to the West End.
The production is a collaboration between Made at Curve and the show’s Australian producers Global Creatures (Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Strictly Ballroom The Musical), in association with Sydney Theatre Company.
The show will star Megan Ellis (Spring Awakening, Careen) as Muriel Heslop, played in the movie by Toni Collette; and Annabel Marlow (Six The Musical) as Rhonda Epinstall, played by Rachel Griffiths in the film.
Muriel’s Wedding is directed by Simon Phillips (Priscilla Queen of the Desert), who directed the Australian world premiere production; and choreography is by Andrew Hallsworth, who again choreographed the Aussie version of the show.
The show boasts a book by PJ Hogan, who wrote and directed the original movie version, with songs by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall, and additional songs by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig Anderson originally written for ABBA.
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical played the Lyric Theatre in Sydney in 2017, proving a huge hit with audiences and winning five Helpmann Awards – the Australian equivalent of the Oliviers, and 7 Sydney Theatre Awards. The show came back in 2019 with a successful Australian tour.
The show has been rumoured to be coming to the UK for a number of years. In January this year the composer of Muriel’s Wedding The Musical, Australian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke, said in an interview in the Sydney Morning Herald that there were plans for a UK tour of the show, before it comes to the West End.
Watch the Muriel’s Wedding Teaser Trailer
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is about Muriel Heslop: stuck in a dead-end life in Porpoise Spit, Muriel dreams of the perfect wedding – the white dress, the church, the attention. Unfortunately, there’s one thing missing. A groom. Following her dreams to Sydney, Muriel ends up with everything she ever wanted – a man, a fortune and a million Twitter followers. That’s when things start to go really wrong.
The Curve’s Chief Executive Chris Stafford and Artistic Director Nikolai Foster said in a joint statement: “Curve has a solid record of celebrating upcoming actors on the cusp of big things, making debuts in leading roles with us here in Leicester. We are thrilled Megan Ellis is making her Curve bow in the iconic role of Muriel Heslop. Megan’s comic brio is matched with her electrifying voice and she is joined by the equally sensational Annabel Marlow as Rhonda. Together, they lead a tremendous company in this all-singing, all-dancing celebration of finding the courage to be your authentic self.”
Megan Ellis said: “This is such a ‘pinch me’ moment – Muriel’s Wedding is one of my favourite films of all time and I could not be more excited to be working with such an incredible team and playing Muriel herself in this UK premiere at Curve!”
Muriel’s Wedding The Musical is playing at the Curve Leicester from 10 April to 10 May 2025.
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