Photos: Lucie Jones and More in Rehearsals for 13 GOING ON 30
The production opens at Manchester Opera House for a limited season from 21 September 2025.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Sep. 02, 2025
You can now get a first look inside rehearsals for the world premiere production of 13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL, opening at Manchester Opera House for a limited season from 21 September 2025.
Lucie Jones (Les Miserables, Waitress, Austenland) stars as Jenna Rink, David Hunter (Kinky Boots, Waitress,Once) as Matt Flamhaff and Grace Mouat (SIX, & Juliet, Mean Girls) as Lucy Wyman.
Joining them will be Caleb Roberts as Richard, Andrew Berlin as Kyle Grandy, Dominic Andersen as Alex, Ross Dawes as Wayne, Suzie McAdam as Bev and Iván Fernández Gonzáles as Darius Mark. The cast is completed by Tia Antione-Charles, George Bray, Elliot David Parkes, Sarah Drake, Rose Galbraith, Jenna Innes, Henry Lawes, Rachel Moran, Amy Parker, Jack Rowell, Rebecca-Daisy Wellington and Kevin Yates.
Children’s casting includes Max Bispham, Cyrus Campbell, Melody Caruana, Keira Chansa, Emmeline D’arcy-Walsh, Anna De Oliveira, Azaelea Zona Harris, Hughie Higginson, Bella Hockaday, Clare Keeley, Fearne Lily King I’anson, Amelia Minto, Florence Moluluo, Nyomi Okoro, Marlis Robson, Star Lily Shentall-Lee, Joel Tennant, Maddison Thew, Florrie May Wilkinson, Clark Young, and Hanya Zhang.
13 GOING ON 30 - THE MUSICAL is based on the 2004 rom-com classic from Revolution Studios starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. The musical is written by the film writers Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa with songs by Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. It will be directed by the award-winning Andy Fickman with choreography by Jennifer Weber, set design by Colin Richmond, musical supervision, dance, vocal and incidental music arrangements by Alan Williams, orchestrations by Alan Williams, Michael Weiner and Alan Zachary, lighting design by Howard Hudson, sound design by Adam Fisher, video design by George Reeve, costume design by Gabriela Tylesova, wigs, hair and make-up design by Sam Cox, casting by Will Burton, children’s casting & children’s general management by Keston & Keston, musical direction by Amy Shackcloth and production management by Simon Gooding & Matt Jones for Gooding Jones Production Management.
Photo credit: Danny Kaan
The company
The children's cast
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Caleb Roberts (right) and the company
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David Hunter (Center) and the company
Ivan Fernandez Gonzalez and the company
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Lucie Jones, Grace Mouat and the company
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