Tina Fey's smash-hit musical comedy Mean Girls is coming to Manchester - here's the details
A 2026/2027 UK and Ireland tour of the award-winning MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL has just been announced, this is going to be so fetch!
The tour will open at Manchester Opera House on 23 February 2026 before touring to venues across the UK and Ireland until the end of January 2027.
Get ready to meet The Plastics - Regina, Gretchen and Karen as they rule North Shore High. Watch as home-schooled Cady Heron 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 brilliant songs.
MEAN GIRLS, the smash-hit musical comedy is based on the iconic Paramount Pictures film of the same name. It 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 had its world premiere in 2017 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C and opened on Broadway in April 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre to ecstatic responses, where it played to packed houses. The show then went on a hugely successful 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 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.