Legally Blonde the Musical returns to the West End with Amber Davies as Elle Woods

Olivier Award-winning musical Legally Blonde the Musical has announced a return to the West End, following a smash hit UK tour. Amber Davies will reprise her acclaimed role as Elle Woods as Legally Blonde The Musical transfers to the London Coliseum in March 2027

Elle Woods is back! Legally Blonde the Musical is set to return to the West End later this year following a sold-out tour across the UK, it has been announced today. The musical will transfer to the London Coliseum from 22 March to 22 May 2027, for a strictly limited season. West End star Amber Davies is set to reprise her role as Elle Woods, following rave reviews of her performance on tour.

Davies returns to the West End having previously originated the role of Jordan Baker in the London Coliseum’s production of The Great Gatsby in 2025, for which she won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical. She has also given acclaimed performances as Vivian Ward in the UK tour of Pretty Woman, Lorraine Baines in the West End production of Back to the Future The Musical and Campbell in Bring It On at the Southbank Centre. Davies made her professional theatre debut as Judy in the original West End cast of 9 to 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre, going on to play the role on the UK tour. She is also known for winning Love Island in 2017.

Legally Blonde on tour

Legally Blonde the Musical is currently on tour across the UK with West End star Amber Davies (The Great Gatsby, Pretty Woman, Back to the Future) starring as fashion major-turned-Harvard grad Elle Woods. The production is directed by the Curve’s artistic director Nikolai Foster (Kinky Boots, A Chorus Line), who recently saw his production of Kinky Boots grace the stage at London Coliseum.

Originally premiering on Broadway in 2007, Legally Blonde the Musical arrived in London in 2010 with Sheridan Smith starring as the oft-underestimated blonde. The last tour of the show in the UK was in 2017. The positively joyous musical features music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe (Heathers: The Musical) and Nell Benjamin (Mean Girls), and a book by Heather Hach, based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the smash-hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon.

25 years of Elle Woods

The news of the London run comes hot on the heels of new TV show Elle that centres around Elle Woods as a high school student. The TV show is produced by the original Elle herself, Reese Witherspoon. Already an established screen star by the time she stepped into the role of Elle Woods, Witherspoon became a certified Hollywood star with the release of Legally Blonde in 2001. The film has quickly gained icon status, and was even followed by two sequel films, in addition to the new television show and hit musical. Based on the book by the same name, Legally Blonde follows Elle Woods, who enrols at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend but ends up discovering something much more important along the way: her voice.

Legally Blonde the Musical

London Coliseum, London

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