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Get in loser, we’re going to the Theatre Royal: Mean Girls the Musical is heading to Newcastle
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The smash-hit West End musical, with TV and stage star Jennifer Ellison in the cast, lands at Newcastle Theatre Royal in January. Round up your squad, because tickets are already going fast.
It’s been more than two decades since a clique in pink first took over our screens, yet most of us can still recite the lines. If you’ve ever said “so fetch” out loud, or known exactly what to wear on a Wednesday, this one’s for you.
Mean Girls the Musical, the hilarious stage version of the cult comedy, comes to Newcastle Theatre Royal from Wednesday 20th to Saturday 30th January 2027, and it’s the perfect excuse for a proper night out with your own girl gang.
The story we all know and love
Meet the Plastics: Regina, Gretchen and Karen, the queens of North Shore High, who will burn anyone who gets in their way. Cady Heron has been home-schooled by her zoologist parents and thinks she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest. But high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady hatches a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a queen bee without getting stung.
Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit and killer songs.
Why everyone’s talking about it
This isn’t just a nostalgia trip. Mean Girls the Musical was written by Tina Fey, the comedy mastermind behind the original film, and directed and choreographed by Casey Nicholaw. It opened in the West End in June 2024, where more than 330,000 people saw it, and it won Best New Musical at the 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards. Metro called it “the most fun you can have in the West End”.
On the stage in Newcastle
Jennifer Ellison joins the cast in Newcastle as Ms Heron, Ms Norbury and Mrs George, the grown-ups who try (and fail) to keep the Plastics in check. The Liverpool-born star is a familiar face from Brookside, won Hell’s Kitchen and reached the semi-finals of Dancing on Ice. She’s also played Roxie Hart in Chicago in the West End and Meg Giry in the film of The Phantom of the Opera.
She stars alongside Emily Lane as Cady, who has played Anna in Frozen in the West End, and Vivian Panka as Regina George, who has appeared in Dear Evan Hansen and Heathers. Kiara Dario is Gretchen Wieners, Sophie Pourret is Karen Smith and Georgie Buckland, who also stars as Andy Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada musical in the West End, plays Janis. Karim Zeroual, a 2019 Strictly Come Dancing finalist, completes the line-up as Kevin Ganatra.
Who to take
This is made for a girls’ night out, a birthday treat or a catch-up with the friends you’ve known since school. It’s also a fun one for the next generation, as the show is recommended for ages 10 and over, but do note that it contains mature content and strobe lighting. If you’re aged 18 to 30, look out for special 18-30s tickets, and Theatre Royal Friends save 20% on tickets.
Mean Girls the Musical at Newcastle Theatre Royal
Where: Theatre Royal, 100 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6BR
Dates: Wednesday 20th to Saturday 30th January 2027
Times: Evenings at 7.30pm, matinees on Thursdays at 2pm and Saturdays at 2.30pm
Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes, including an interval
Age guidance: 10 and over. Contains mature content and strobe lighting
Tickets: From £27
Accessible performances: BSL interpreted and captioned on Saturday 23rd January at 2.30pm, audio described on Wednesday 27th January at 7.30pm
Box office: 0191 232 7010
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