Heathers: The Musical - U.K. Tour (Again!)

Caught this last night for the first time and it was a decent night out. The cast were really good but I didn’t realise just how cringy the show actually is? Still had a good time but I’m not sure I’d go again

Heather's have hit Belfast, last night was also the debut of Benjamin Karran as JD and my friend who was there told me he was great in the role.

I'm hoping to catch an understudy on Saturday when I'm there for the matinee. I'd love to get the chance to see May Tether as Veronica because the recordings of her sound great!

Whilst most ‘companies’ have been accommodating and generous regarding tickets and date shifting during the pandemic I’m not really enjoying how ‘Heathers’ or ATG won’t honour the location of my price promise tickets having rescheduled the show many many times (well 3 or 4). I had purchased £13 front row seats but on discovering I’m busy on the latest rescheduled date I’ve asked to be moved to mid-week. I have been rewarded with tickets in row H of the hideous bench seating upper circle instead which are now the best available £13 seats. None of this would bother me at all if it was a massive sell out soaraway success. But it has sold maybe 10% of the house that night and the cast will be performing to the front ten central rows unless they have some huge media campaign planned between now and November to shift the other 1800 seats. Maybe they need to pay for a new cardboard slushie machine? Or maybe I’ll just end up not bother going and it’ll be two less pairs of hands to applaud the production, buy drinks, programmes, ice cream and snacks etc.

I was at last night's performance and I have to disagree with you about Rebecca Wickes, the girl cannot act. Yes the role of Veronica is open to interpretation but that character did not, in any way, resemble a real person. She acts like Sheridan Smith after drinking about 50 energy drinks. Her singing was lovely but her acting was irritating. Not sure who was playing Heather Chandler but I feel her idea of being a bitch is to shout all the time. That portrayal just didn't work for me either.

I really enjoyed Martha, Heather Duke, Heather McNamara and Ms. Fleming. I felt they were the strongest actors of the evening.

Ahh sounds like the horrific direction from the latter half of the recent London run has made it to the tour. I still have no idea why they're doing it - it is truly abysmal. Veronica becomes more of a caricature than a human. It's probably not the actress' fault, though. Christina Bennington was directed in the same way.
What a shame to see they won't let it die, as it's put me off ever seeing the show again. I spent the entire time cringing for the poor actors forced to over-act beyond belief. 

Seeing the show tonight, quite surprised as to why there’s a matinee performance showing when the majority of the Hippodrome seats are still unsold ..

Will update with the cast board later, part of me still thinks it’s due to poor sales !!

I saw the show last night, from what I could tell they were 2 company members down (May & Georgina) but it was by no means a sell out. So it wouldn’t surprise me if it was poor sells that have led to them cancelling the matinee. Either that or they need a ex cast member to play a role but neither Rebecca or Bailey sounded at all ill last night.

Charlotte Jaconelli is returning to play Ms Fleming. Looks like Bailey had to also call out, shame she sounded great last night but that’s the nature of illness/injury I guess. Only wish this show bothered casting swings. Would save them all so much hassle

They'd be better doing a late matinee, maybe 4pm on a Friday and then another at 8.

Pretty much a full house and a very receptive audience. I thoroughly enjoyed it with a few reservations. Rebecca Wickes Veronica just wasn’t for me, especially in act one. Like a cackling chipmunk for lots of it, but much better in act two. Likewise Heather Chandler. As soon as she stops just shouting and starts acting she was hilarious. Standouts were Kurt & Ram…absolutely hilarious…so many extra bits and pieces where they’ve worked the material into something really funny. Mhairi’s Martha deserves a mention as does Heather Mac (who my son thought would have been a much better Veronica). Hero of the show though was Char Jaconelli picking up Fleming after nearly 3 years, and then she’d only covered it. x

I don't think this is a performer problem, I think it's a direction issue. Christina was the same at the end of the most recent London run and it was utterly intolerable, but that wasn't how she started in the role at all.