StarKid's NERDY PRUDES MUST DIE is coming to the West End

Set at Hatchetfield High, the musical follows a group of students who accidentally unleash an ancient evil in the form of a murderous spirit with a vendetta against nerds. It first premiered in Los Angeles in 2023, and the London run will reunite the original company. The cast includes Will Branner as Max Jägerman, Mariah Rose Faith Casillas as Steph Lauter, Bryce Charles as Detective Shapiro, Corey Dorris as Mayor Lauter, Angela Giarratana as Grace Chasity, Lauren Lopez as Ruth Fleming, Jon Matteson as Richie Lipschitz, Curt Mega as Officer Bailey, Joey Richter as Peter Spankoffski and Kim Whalen as Miss Mulberry. Lauren Lopez directs and choreographs.

American musical theatre company StarKid, originally founded at the University of Michigan, is best known for its hit parody of Harry Potter, A Very Potter Musical, which went viral in 2009. The company previously appeared in the UK at The London Palladium with It’s StarKid Innit in 2024 and I Can’t Believe It’s Been a Little Less Than a Year in 2025. Their horror-comedy musical, The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, premiered in the West End this year at the Apollo Theatre.

Nerdy Prudes Must Die runs at the Apollo Theatre from 6 February to 7 March 2027.