Mean Girls UK and Ireland Tour Update

Opening Night

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.

About the Show

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.

The show 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 featuring the show's soundtrack re-imagined for the Big Screen.

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 and dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly.

Awards

Nominated for 12 Tony Awards in 2018, including one for 'Best Musical' and 'Best Book of a Musical,' the West End Production recently took home the coveted ‘Best New Musical’ award at the 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards.

Current dates and venues announced

The tour spans over a year, kicking off in February 2026 and concluding in January 2027.

Here are the confirmed tour dates and venues:

📍 Manchester Opera House

🗓 Monday 23 February – Saturday 7 March 2026

📍 Cardiff – Wales Millennium Centre

🗓 Tuesday 10 – Saturday 14 March 2026

📍 Sunderland Empire

🗓 Monday 6 – Saturday 11 April 2026

📍 Milton Keynes Theatre

🗓 Tuesday 14 – Saturday 18 April 2026

📍 Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham

🗓 Tuesday 19 – Saturday 23 May 2026

📍 Hull New Theatre

🗓 Monday 25 – Saturday 30 May 2026

📍 Bournemouth Pavilion

🗓 Monday 1 – Saturday 6 June 2026

📍 Grand Opera House, Belfast

🗓 Tuesday 9 – Saturday 20 June 2026

📍 Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

🗓 Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 June 2026

📍 The King’s Theatre, Glasgow

🗓 Monday 29 June – Saturday 11 July 2026

📍 Venue Cymru, Llandudno

🗓 Monday 20 – Saturday 25 July 2026

📍 Cliffs Pavilion, Southend

🗓 Tuesday 28 July – Saturday 1 August 2026

📍 Blackpool Winter Gardens

🗓 Tuesday 18 – Saturday 22 August 2026

📍 Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin

🗓 Tuesday 25 August – Saturday 5 September 2026

📍 Bristol Hippodrome

🗓 Tuesday 8 – Saturday 12 September 2026

📍 The Hawth, Crawley

🗓 Monday 28 September – Saturday 3 October 2026

📍 Alhambra Theatre, Bradford

🗓 Monday 5 – Saturday 10 October 2026

📍 Liverpool Empire

🗓 Monday 19 – Saturday 31 October 2026

📍 Edinburgh Playhouse

🗓 Tuesday 17 – Saturday 21 November 2026

📍 Newcastle Theatre Royal

🗓 Monday 18 – Saturday 30 January 2027

Tickets are expected to go on sale soon. Keep an eye on your local theatre’s website for availability and booking details. Don’t miss your chance to catch this unforgettable production live on stage!

Tour listings below with further venues and casting to be announced. www.meangirlsmusical.com/tour