Jennifer Ellison will play Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George in selected cities in the 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL.
Jennier Ellison will perform in Bristol, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Wimbledon, Birmingham, Southampton and Newcastle.
As previously announced, Faye Tozer will play Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George in Canterbury, Blackpool, Dublin, Crawley, Bradford, Norwich, Nottingham and Sheffield.
Jennifer 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.
Jennifer Ellison
Jennifer Ellison’s West End credits include Singin’ In The Rain at the Palace Theatre, Boeing Boeing at The Comedy Theatre, and Roxie Hart in Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, Cambridge Theatre, as well as on a UK Tour and for the 10th Anniversary Gala. Her other theatre credits include UK Tours of Greatest Days, Legally Blonde, Calendar Girls, and a UK Arena Tour of The War Of The Worlds. Jennier’s television credits include Brookside for Channel 4, G’Wed, The Commander: Abduction, The Brief, and The Bill, all for ITV, and Hotel Babylon, The Nativity, and New Street Law, all for the BBC. Her other television credits include SAS Who Dares Wins for Channel 4, Dancing On Ice for ITV, for which she was a semi-finalist and performed on the National Tour, Hell’s Kitchen, which she won, With a Little Help From My Friends for ITV, and appearing as a judge on Dirty Dancing – Time of your Life and as a frequent guest on the ITV daytime show Loose Women. Jennifer also fronted the UK version of the hit US series Dance Moms for the Lifetime channel which followed Jennifer at her very own dance school and college Jelli Studios. Jennier’s film include playing Meg Giry in Phantom of the Opera for Warner Bros, and Tracey in The Cottage.
MEAN GIRLS
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 smash-hit musical comedy based on the iconic Paramount Pictures film of the same name, had its first West End performance at the Savoy Theatre on 5 June 2024, where it was seen by over 330,000 people and played until 8 June 2025. MEAN GIRLS recently took home the coveted ‘Best New Musical’ award at the 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards.
CREATIVE TEAM
The musical MEAN GIRLS 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 CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting.
MEAN GIRLS UK TOUR – 2026/2027 TOUR LISTINGS
MONDAY 3 – SATURDAY 8 AUGUST 2026
MARLOWE THEATRE, CANTERBURY
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 18 – SATURDAY 22 AUGUST 2026
BLACKPOOL WINTER GARDENS
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 25 AUGUST– SATURDAY 05 SEPTEMBER 2026
BORD GÁIS ENERGY THEATRE
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Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 8 – SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2026
BRISTOL HIPPODROME
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER 2026
THE HAWTH CRAWLEY
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
MONDAY 5 – SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2026
ALHAMBRA THEATRE, BRADFORD
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 13 – SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER 2026
NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
MONDAY 19 – SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER 2026
LIVERPOOL EMPIRE
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 3 – SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2026
ROYAL CONCERT HALL, NOTTINGHAM
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
MONDAY 9 – SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER 2026
LYCEUM THEATRE, SHEFFIELD
Faye Tozer as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 17 – SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2026
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
TUESDAY 24 – SATURDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2026
NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
MONDAY 14 DECEMBER 2026 – SATURDAY 2 JANUARY 2027
THE ALEXANDRA, BIRMINGHAM
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
MONDAY 4 – SATURDAY 9 JANUARY 2027
NEW THEATRE OXFORD
The role of Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George to be announced.
MONDAY 11 – SATURDAY 16 JANUARY 2027
MAYFLOWER THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
WEDNESDAY 20 – SATURDAY 30 JANUARY 2027
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL
Jennifer Ellison as Ms Heron/Ms Norbury/Mrs George.
