Cast News: Mean Girls

Cast News: Mean Girls

03-10-25 On Mean Girls Day, producers Lorne Michaels, Crossroads Live and Sonia Friedman Productions revealed the initial cast and full touring schedule for the 2026–2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning Mean Girls The Musical. The Plastics are back, and they are ready to rule the country.

Emily Lane will star as Cady Heron, the home-schooled outsider who lands at North Shore High, with Vivian Panka stepping into the stilettos of Regina George. Sophie Pourret takes on the delightfully daft Karen Smith, Georgie Buckland joins as Janis Sarkisian, and Max Gill will bring the wit as Damian Hubbard. Karim Zeroual joins the cast as Kevin Ganatra, with Joshua Elmore appearing as Mr Duvall. Further casting is still to be announced.

Emily Lane is already a West End favourite, having played Anna in Frozen at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, as well as appearing in Hello, Dolly! at the London Palladium and Evita in Concert. She was most recently seen as Anne Boleyn in Anne Boleyn, The Musical at Hever Castle. Vivian Panka arrives fresh from the UK tour of Dear Evan Hansen and has also been seen in Heathers at The Other Palace and 9 to 5 The Musical. [gallery columns="6" ids="18247,18248,18249,18250,18251,18252,18253"] Sophie Pourret is currently preparing to appear in Elf the Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, following credits including Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre and La Cage Aux Folles at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Georgie Buckland can currently be seen leading The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre, with previous credits including Shrek The Musical and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Max Gill’s credits span Charley’s Aunt at the Watermill Theatre, The Boy in the Dress for the RSC and Disney’s Dumbo. Karim Zeroual is well known from CBBC and Strictly Come Dancing, as well as appearing in The Lion King and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Opera singer Joshua Elmore brings a wealth of classical experience from Opera Holland Park and English National Opera. The tour opens at Manchester Opera House on 23 February 2026, before heading to more than 30 cities across the UK and Ireland through to January 2027. Newly announced stops include Stoke, Eastbourne, Woking, Leicester, Aberdeen, Canterbury, Norwich, Nottingham, Sheffield, Wimbledon, Birmingham, Oxford and Southampton.

Mean Girls UK and Ireland Tour Dates 2026–2027

Manchester Opera House – 23 Feb–7 Mar 2026

Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre – 10–14 Mar 2026

Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent – 30 Mar–4 Apr 2026

Sunderland Empire – 6–11 Apr 2026

Milton Keynes Theatre – 14–18 Apr 2026

Congress Theatre, Eastbourne – 21–25 Apr 2026

New Victoria Theatre, Woking – 27 Apr–2 May 2026

Curve, Leicester – 5–9 May 2026

His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen – 12–16 May 2026

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham – 19–23 May 2026

Hull New Theatre – 25–30 May 2026

Bournemouth Pavilion – 1–6 Jun 2026

Grand Opera House, Belfast – 9–20 Jun 2026

Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton – 23–27 Jun 2026

King’s Theatre, Glasgow – 29 Jun–11 Jul 2026

Cliff’s Pavilion, Southend – 14–18 Jul 2026

Venue Cymru, Llandudno – 20–25 Jul 2026

Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury – 3–8 Aug 2026

Winter Gardens, Blackpool – 18–22 Aug 2026

Bristol Hippodrome – 8–12 Sep 2026

The Hawth, Crawley – 28 Sep–3 Oct 2026

Alhambra Theatre, Bradford – 5–10 Oct 2026

Norwich Theatre Royal – 13–17 Oct 2026

Liverpool Empire – 19–31 Oct 2026

Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham – 3–7 Nov 2026

Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield – 10–14 Nov 2026

Edinburgh Playhouse – 17–21 Nov 2026

New Wimbledon Theatre – 24–28 Nov 2026

The Alexandra, Birmingham – 14 Dec 2026–2 Jan 2027

New Theatre Oxford – 4–9 Jan 2027

Mayflower Theatre, Southampton – 11–16 Jan 2027

Newcastle Theatre Royal – 18–30 Jan 2027

Based on Tina Fey’s smash hit film, Mean Girls The Musical follows the rise and fall of Cady Heron as she tangles with Regina George and her Plastics. Packed with razor-sharp wit, killer songs, and plenty of pink, it has already proven itself a phenomenon in New York and London. The West End production ran from June 2024 to June 2025 at the Savoy Theatre, where it played to over 330,000 people and won Best New Musical at the 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards. With Tina Fey’s book, music by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin and Casey Nicholaw directing and choreographing, the tour promises a hilarious and high-energy night out. The message is simple. Don’t be fooled by the pink. These Plastics bite. Get tickets from the official site HERE

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