Emily Lane, Vivian Panka, Sophie Pourret, Georgie Buckland, Max Gill, Karim Zeroual, Joshua Elmore to star
Initial casting has been revealed for the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of West End show Mean Girls The Musical.
Emily Lane (Frozen The Musical) will star as Cady Heron, alongside Vivian Panka (Dear Evan Hansen) as Regina George, Sophie Pourret (The Great Gatsby) as Karen Smith, Georgie Buckland (The Devil Wears Prada) as Janis Sarkisian, Max Gill (Fangirls) as Damian Hubbard, Karim Zeroual (Strictly Come Dancing) as Kevin Ganatra and Joshua Elmore (La Traviata) as Mr Duvall.
Further casting is to be announced.
Georgie Buckland is currently starring in The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre in London. Emily Lane is currently in Blessings at Riverside Studios. Sophie Pourret is about to star in Elf The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre.
Meet the cast of Mean Girls
Mean Girls – Tour dates
Following its run at the West End’s Savoy Theatre, which ended in June, Mean Girls will hit the road in 2026, starting at Manchester Opera House in February, and then visiting Cardiff, Stoke-on-Trent, Sunderland, Milton Keynes, Eastbourne, Woking, Leicester, Aberdeen, Cheltenham, Hull, Bournemouth, Belfast, Wolverhampton, Glasgow, Southend-on-Sea, Llandudno, Canterbury, Blackpool, Bristol, Crawley, Bradford, Norwich, Liverpool, Nottingham, Edinburgh, London, Birmingham, Oxford, Southampton, and Newcastle. See all dates and booking information here.
London dates for Mean Girls at the New Wimbledon Theatre are from 24 to 28 November 2026. The show will also play Christmas 2026 at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
More about Mean Girls
Mean Girls The Musical is based on Tina Fey’s 2004 film starring Lindsay Lohan, and tells the story of a young girl who moves from the plains of Africa to a suburban high school in Illinois. She quickly learns that the wilds of Africa did not prepare her for the fierce and vicious manoeuvres of the popular girls in an American high school.
Directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw (Disney’s Hercules, The Book of Mormon), the show has music and vocal arrangements by Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), lyrics by Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde), and a book by the film’s screenwriter Tina Fey (30 Rock).
Footage of the West End production
Joining Casey Nicholaw in the creative team are scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Katrina Lindsay, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Brian Ronan, hair design by Josh Marquette, musical supervision/vocal, dance, incidental and additional music arrangements by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, orchestrations by John Clancy and dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly.
Photos of the West End production
Earlier this year Mean Girls won Best New Musical at the 2025 Whatsonstage Awards. Elèna Gyasi also won ‘Best Supporting Female Actor In A Musical’ at the 2024 Black British Theatre Awards.
Director Casey Nicholaw’s other current shows include Disney’s Hercules at the West End’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and 50 First Dates: The Musical, now playing at The Other Palace Theatre in London from 14 September.
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