Mean Girls the Musical UK Tour announced with Scottish Premier set for Glasgow
- Lisa in the theatre
- Jul 3
- 3 min read
Updated: Jul 18
After a successful year in London's West End, smash hit musical comedy Mean Girls - based on the film of the same name - has announced an extensive UK & Ireland tour for 2026.
Theatre News: Scottish Premier of the award-winning Mean Girls the musical
Lorne Michaels, Crossroads Live and Sonia Friedman Productions are delighted to announce the Scottish premiere of the award-winning MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL. The production arrives in Glasgow from Monday 29 June – Saturday 11 July 2026 as part of a tour visiting venues across the UK and Ireland until the end of January 2027. Tickets are on sale from today (Thursday 3 July).
About Mean Girls, the musical
Meet The Plastics – Regina, Gretchen and Karen. They rule North Shore High and will burn anyone who gets in their way. Home-schooled Cady Heron may think she knows a thing or two about survival of the fittest thanks to her zoologist parents, but high school is a whole new level of savage. When Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a queen bee without getting stung. Expect iconic characters, razor-sharp wit, and killer songs.
MEAN GIRLS, the smash-hit musical comedy based on the iconic Paramount Pictures film of the same name, had its first West End performance at the Savoy Theatre on 5 June 2024, where it was seen by over 330,000 people and played until 8 June 2025. MEAN GIRLS recently took home the coveted ‘Best New Musical’ award at the 2025 WhatsOnStage Awards.
MEAN GIRLS had its world premiere in 2017 at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C and opened on Broadway in April 2018 at the August Wilson Theatre to ecstatic responses, where it played to packed houses. The show then went on a hugely successful US tour in 2019 and recently completed a second US tour. In addition, in 2024, Paramount Pictures released a new twist on the fan-favourite film from the comedic mind of Tina Fey with a fresh and fun re-telling of the story featuring sensational musical performances.
The musical MEAN GIRLS has a book by Tina Fey, music and vocal arrangements by Jeff Richmond, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, scenic design by Scott Pask, costume design by Katrina Lindsay, lighting design by Kenneth Posner, sound design by Brian Ronan, hair design by Josh Marquette, musical supervision/vocal, dance, incidental and additional music arrangements by Mary-Mitchell Campbell, orchestrations by John Clancy and dance and incidental music arrangements by Glen Kelly.
Mean Girls the musical UK Tour listings - Scotland
MONDAY 29 JUNE – SATURDAY 11 JULY 2026
THE KING’S THEATRE, GLASGOW
Tickets on sale from Thu 3 July 2025
TUESDAY 17 – SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2026
EDINBURGH PLAYHOUSE
Tickets on sale from Thu 3 July 2025
THE TOUR WILL ALSO BE VISITING ABERDEEN, WITH DATES AND VENUES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
For more info and full tour dates visit: https://meangirlsmusical.com/
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