HEATHERS THE MUSICAL announces casting

Shehrazade Zafar-Arif 19 June, 2026, 09:38

Producers Bill Kenwright Ltd and Paul Taylor-Mills have announced casting for the West End and touring production of Heathers the Musical, coming to the Arts at Marble Arch.

The cast of Heathers Jessica Ibadin, Liberty Stottor, Louis Hearsey and Lou Henry, headshots supplied by the production

Based the cult classic 1989 film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers takes place at Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death, and Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody. But when she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the three beautiful and impossibly cruel Heathers, her dreams of popularity finally start to come true. That is until JD, the mysterious teen rebel, turns up and teaches her that it might kill to be a nobody, but its murder being a somebody.

Casting for Veronica Sawyer will be revealed at West End Live at 2.55pm on Sunday 21 June. Louis Hearsey (I Was a Teenage She-Devil) has been cast as Jason ‘J.D.’ Dean. Liberty Stottor (Six the Musical) leads the trio of Heathers as Heather Chandler, with Jessica Ibadin, making her professional debut, as Heather Duke and Lou Henry (Six the Musical) as Heather McNamara.

Also on the register are Veronica Carabai (Black Power Desk) as Ms. Fleming/Veronica’s Mom, Sophie Manners(professional debut) as Martha Dunnstock, Markus Södergren (Here and Now – The Steps Musical) as Kurt Kelly, Beau Jackson(professional debut)as Ram Sweeney, Reuben Browne (School of Rock) as Kurt's Dad/Veronica's Dad/Principal Gowan, with Christian De-Gallerie (Midnight) as Preppy Stud/Officer, Ellouise Delooze (The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical) as New Wave Party Girl, Caitlin Garcia (West End debut)as Drama Club Drama Queen, Alexander Howarth (West End debut) as Hipster Dork, Charlotte O’Rourke(Cruel Intentions The Musical) as Midwestern Surfer Punk, Thomas Oxley (Bonnie & Clyde) as Beleaguered Geek, Tola Sokoya (We Will Rock You) as Young Republicanette and Carys Taylor(professional debut) as Stoner Chick.

With a book, music, and lyrics by Kevin Murphy and Laurence O'Keefe, Heathers is directed by acclaimed American screen and stage director Andy Fickman, featuring choreography by Gary Lloyd, design by David Shields, lighting by Ben Cracknell, sound by Dan Samson, and musical supervision by Jeremy Wootton and Will Joy.

Heathers the Musical will play at the Arts at Marble Arch from 9 July to 22 August 2026.