Date/Time: Thursday, 26th June 2025 at 14:30
Location: Trafalgar Theatre, 14 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2DY
Price: £46 per person. Member and guest £92. Face value £70pp
Event Organiser: Pete Wells. 7 Wayfaring Court, Safflower Lane, Harold Wood RM3 0LQ
The 1995 film Clueless has been adapted for the stage by its original writer-director, Amy Heckerling, with a new score by Scottish musician KT Tunstall. Its opening marks 30 years since the release of the film, which put a 90s LA spin on Jane Austen’s novel Emma.
“I want you to feel like you’re at a gig with all of your favourite 90s artists playing in one show,” KT Tunstall said. “And not just have a theatre experience but a concert experience [as the band] jump from one genre to the next.”
Clueless has lyrics by Glenn Slater, who wrote songs for the stage adaptations of The Little Mermaid, Sister Act and School of Rock. It will be directed by Rachel Kavanaugh who said the original film was the best of the era’s teen romantic comedies and “full of heart and warmth where some of the others aren’t”. Hailing Heckerling as a trailblazing female writer-director in Hollywood, Kavanaugh said “it’s such a privilege to have her writing the book for this musical”. A self-declared Austen obsessive, Kavanaugh said the musical would delve into the minutiae of friendship groups, the class structure and social mores.
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