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Review: Heathers the Musical

On the 20th October I finally saw Heathers the Musical at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London. After an amazing sell out run at The Other Palace back in September Heathers made the big West End transfer to the Haymarket for a strict 12 week run and they haven’t looked back. 

September 1st 1989 and Veronica Sawyer is starting her senior year of high school. All she wants is to get through unscathed and for people to leave her alone. She ends up helping out the it girls of the school called the Heathers, made up of Heather Chandler who is the leader of the group, Heather Duke and Heather McNamara. Due to these actions she is taken in by the Heathers and this is the ideal situation because it means everyone will leave her alone. However, the Heathers are not nice people and Veronica gets sucked into this. Then she meets the mysterious JD who convinces her to get back at the bad people around her and takes drastic actions, which opens a whole can of worms that gets progressively worse and an abusive relationship. Eventually Veronica stands up for herself and realises the good in life. 
Unfortunately due to illness Carrie Hope Fletcher didn’t appear as Veronica, instead we got her understudy Olivia Moore and she’s was insane, she was so funny and her voice was incredible, it was so clear and strong and matched everyone else perfectly without overpowering them, I cannot believe this is her debut West End show. Jamie Muscato was amazing as JD, he blew away me expectations of him, he really transformed into the character and presented him how he is meant to be, also he has a beautiful singing voice. I loved the Heathers, Jodie Steele, T’Shan Williams and Sophie Isaacs, they were perfect Heathers, also Jodie Steele in particular her voice was incredible I loved it. All the rest of the side characters such as Martha (Jenny O’Leary), Ram (Dominic Anderson), Kurt Kelly (Christopher Chung) we’re amazing. Also Rebecca Lock, Nathan Amzi and Jon Boydon are amazing for playing more than one character throughout the show and keeping it up. The ensemble are also incredible as well, making up the different personalities of high school.

My favourite thing in this show is the music, the songs and the voices were incredible. My favourite song had to Dead Girl Walking, it’s such an empowering song and what happens in the show at this point is pivotal for Veronica. I also loved the Heathers singing Candy Store it’s such a catchy song and we get a good idea of what the Heathers are like. Seventeen is one of the best songs between JD and Veronica when all they want is too be normal. Shine a Light is a fun song especially if you are “Steve”. Each main character gets a song which is great because they can show there singing and have fun. 

I have never been to a show before with this much energy in the crowd, before the show and during the interval they play 80s music which people know and gets you ready for the show. After every song there is cheering and clapping, after key points in the show there is the same reaction. It was also really funny without going over the top which made it more enjoyable. It’s an amazing energy that’s so positive, you can tell everyone was enjoying it and majority were on their feet the minute it finished. 

This is show explores a lot of different themes that affect people in everyday life, not just teenagers and it shows that everything will be ok in the end. I loved this show so much, it was everything I wanted and more. Automatically into my top 5 shows I’ve ever seen it was that good. I’d had a pretty crappy week going into watching this show and it instantly made me feel better. I cannot wait for the cast recording I am buzzing for it.

It’s on at the Royal Haymarket theatre until the end of November, see whilst you can, get your tickets here.

Until next time

Stacey
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