Jennifer Ellison is joining the cast of Mean Girls The Musical and will be appearing in selected cities including tour dates in Wimbledon.
She will play Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George, taking over from Faye Tozer.
Ellison joins Emily Lane as Cady Heron, Vivian Panka as Regina George, Kiara Dario as Gretchen Wieners, Sophie Pourret as Karen Smith, Georgie Buckland as Janis Sarkisian, Max Gill as Damian Hubbard, Ben Oatley as Aaron Samuels, Karim Zeroual as Kevin Ganatra and Joshua Elmore as Mr Duvall.
Charlie Barnard, Rebekah Bryant, Michael Dean-Wilson Savannah Ffrench, Fergie Fraser, Thomas Gotobed, Jenny Huxley-Golden, Trisha Kumar, Sadie Levett, Arjun Mudahar, Jessie Odeleye, Stefanos Petri, Charlotte Pourret, Jack Rose, Tori Louise Ryan, Lillia Squires, Jayd’n Tyrone and Chay Wills complete the company.
Meet The Plastics – Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist parents, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises 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.
Mean Girls, the musical comedy based on the iconic Paramount Pictures film of the same name, had its first West End performance at the Savoy Theatre on June 5, 2024 and played until 8 June 2025. It had its world premiere in 2017 at the National Theatre in Washington, DC and opened on Broadway in April 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre.
The show then went on a US tour in 2019 and recently completed a second US tour. In addition, in 2024, Paramount Pictures released a new twist on the fan-favourite film from the comedic mind of Tina Fey with a fresh and fun re-telling of the story featuring sensational musical performances.
The musical has a book by Tina Fey, music and vocal arrangements by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, 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, dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly and casting by Natalie Gallacher for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting.
Ellison will appear in Mean Girls at New Wimbledon Theatre from November 24-28, 2026. Tickets here.
Top image: Mean Girls The Musical – Karim Zeroual (Kevin Ganatra, centre) and company. Photo by Paul Coltas (image supplied)