The musical will run at The Other Palace Theatre from the 20th July until the 8th September.
Casting has now been confirmed for the London run of Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World taking place this summer.
This new run of the musical will see Georgia Grant-Anderson (David Walliams’ Demon Dentist, UK tour; Beauty and the Beast, Lighthouse Poole; So Awkward, CBBC) as heroine Jade and Elena Breschi (Kindertransport, Nottingham Playhouse; Little Fir Tree,
Kings Palace Theatre; SIX, Norwegian Cruise Line) returning to the show following its Winter tour.
They will be joined by new cast members Meg Hateley (Mamma Mia!, Novello Theatre; Oliver!, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Cinderella, Hall for Cornwall), Charlotte Jaconelli (Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre; Heathers The Musical, Theatre Royal Haymarket; Call the Midwife, BBC), Anelisa Lamola (Once on This Island, Regent’s Park Theatre; The Color Purple, Leicester Curve; Sunset Boulevard, Alexandra Palace), and Aaliyah Monk (School of Rock, Gillian Lynne Theatre; Kids of the West End, Leicester Square;
West End Musical Christmas, Lyric Theatre).
Meanwhile, swings Summer Priest (Get Up Stand Up!, West End; Heathers The Musical, UK tour) and Rachel Seirian (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre; The Land of Might Have Been, Buxton Opera; A Christmas Carol, RSC), who is also Assistant Choreographer also return to the show.
When young heroine Jade finds the Gallery of Greatness on a day trip, she is introduced to each of these iconic women, discovering their stories and how they changed the course of history as we know it.
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is based on the book by Kate Pankhurst and adapted for the stage by Chris Bush. It features music by Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo and lyrics by Chris Bush and Miranda Cooper.
The creative team behind the show also includes: live arrangements by Jen Green (Beverley Knight; Pixie Lott), direction by Amy Hodge (Mr Gum and The Dancing Bear – The Musical!, National Theatre), designs by Joanna Scotcher (Emilia, Shakespeare’s Globe/Vaudeville Theatre), choreographer Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe (Dick Whittington, National Theatre), musical direction and supervison by Audra Cramer (Cinderella, Hope Mill Theatre;SIX, West End), lighting design by Zoe Spurr (Emilia, Shakespeare’s Globe/Vaudeville Theatre), sound design by Carolyn Downing (Summer & Smoke, Almeida/Duke of York’s Theatre) and co-sound designer Rob Bettle (Frozen: The Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Billy Elliot, UK tour; One Man, Two Guvnors, Theatre Royal Haymarket).
To book tickets visit: https://theotherpalace.co.uk/fantastically-great-women/