Photos: First Look At FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD On Tour

See photos of the UK tour of award-winning musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World. This empowering pop musical, from one of the  producers of the worldwide sensation SIX, is based on the popular book by Suffragette relative  Kate Pankhurst. Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World has delighted and inspired  audiences across the UK, snowballing to become a hit favourite with a nation-wide following.  

The fantastically great cast includes Elena Breschi (Kindertransport, Nottingham Playhouse, SIX,  Norwegian Cruise Line; Locked Up Abroad, National Geographic); Jennifer Caldwell (SIX, UK  tour; American Idiot, UK tour; Mamma Mia!, West End); Georgia Grant-Anderson (Secret Life of  Boys, CBBC; Demon Dentist, UK tour; Beauty and the Beast, Lighthouse Poole); Chlöe Hart (Wicked and Kinky Boots, West End; SIX, UK tour; Girlfriends, ITV); and Leah Vassell (West Side  Story, Krizanke Theatre; SIX, West End). Millie Kiss (White Christmas, Liverpool Empire; The  Cursed, LD Entertainment; The Date, Candid Broad Productions); Summer Priest (Get Up Stand  Up!, West End; Heathers, UK tour) and Rachel Seirian (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, West  End and Los Angeles; Strictly: It Takes Two, BBC; A Christmas Carol, RSC) round out the cast.  

The UK Theatre Award-winning Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is heading  back on tour, having thrilled and inspired audiences at Edinburgh Fringe 2022 and a UK tour  2021-22. This critically acclaimed show is bringing back its awe-inspiring characters, catchy pop  soundtrack and TikTok-favourite choreography this winter. Audiences who can’t wait for the Fantastically Great Women to land at their local theatre can download the toe-tapping, sing along worthy soundtrack by #1 hit single writer Miranda Cooper (Kylie Minogue, Girls Aloud)  and Jennifer Decilveo (Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato).  

Remarkable – and often forgotten – women from history are lifted from the pages of Kate  Pankhurst’s beloved book and brought gloriously to life on stage, including Rosa Parks, Amelia  Earhart, Marie Curie, Mary Seacole, Frida Kahlo, Jane Austen and Pankhurst’s own relative  Emmeline. When inquisitive heroine Jade breaks away from her school trip to the local museum  to peek at the Gallery of Greatness, she meets iconic women from the past, whose actions and  lives changed the world as we know it, including explorers, scientists, artists and secret agents.  This enthralling, heartwarming musical is full of incredible characters, inspirational moments  and a soundtrack that packs a popstar punch.  

The creative team behind this uplifting stage show consists of renowned dramatist Chris Bush  (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre; Faustus: That Damned Woman, Headlong); with  music by UK No.1 hit songwriter Miranda Cooper, whose songs include Sound of the  Underground, Round Round and The Promise, and Jennifer Decilveo, and live arrangements by  Jen Green (Beverley Knight; Pixie Lott). The director is Amy Hodge (Mr Gum and The Dancing  Bear – The Musical!, National Theatre), designer Joanna Scotcher (Emilia, Shakespeare’s  Globe/Vaudeville Theatre), choreographer Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe (Dick Whittington,  National Theatre), lighting designer Zoe Spurr (Emilia, Shakespeare’s Globe/Vaudeville Theatre),  sound designer Carolyn Downing (Summer & Smoke, Almeida/Duke of York’s Theatre) and co sound designer Rob Bettle (Frozen: The Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Billy Elliot, UK tour;  One Man, Two Guvnors, Theatre Royal Haymarket).

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