Jamie Wilson Productions is delighted to announce the revival of The Watermill Theatre’s whip crackin’ manufacturing of the Broadway and West End hit musical Calamity Jane starring Carrie Hope Fletcher which is able to tour the UK and Ireland from J anuary 2025 previous to the West End.
Calamity Jane will come to The King’s Theatre in Glasgow as a part of a significant tour of the UK and Ireland. Marking ten years because the present hit the highway the manufacturing reunites the earlier inventive crew with Direction by Curve Artistic Director, Nikolai Foster (An Officer and a Gentleman, Kinky Boots), Co-Direction and Choreography by Nick Winston (Shrek The Musical, Burlesque The Musical), Orchestration and Music Supervision by Catherine Jayes (The Color Purple, Mernly We Roll Along), and Set and Costume Design by Matthew Wright. This manufacturing will have Lighting Design by Tim Mitchell, Sound Design by Ben Harrison and Casting by Debbie O‘Brien.
Carrie Hope Fletcher is a three-time WhatsOnStage Best Actress in a Musical winner. She most lately originated the title position in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Gillian Lynn Theatre, West End). Her earlier credit embrace Veronica in Heathers, Wednesday in The Addams Family and Eponine in Les Miserables. Carrie is a 2022 GRAMMY nominee for 2 competing albums for Best Musical Theatre Album – Cinderella (Original Concept Album) and Les Miserables: The Staged Concert (Live Album). Carrie went out on her first solo tour in 2023 which was entitled An Open Boookay – she toured the UK (together with a sold-out efficiency on the London Palladium) and the present was a big celebration of her profession so far. She embarks on her second solo tour, Love Letters, in Autumn 2024. Alongside theatre,
Carrie has additionally written a number of best-selling novels and has big social media presence with over 635,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel with over 1 million views each month.
Carrie Hope Fletcher mentioned “Calamity Jane is one of those roles that doesn’t come around all too often. She’s action, romance and comedy all packed into one character, and I can’t wait to take on the challenge of filling her shoes!”
Producer Jamie Wilson mentioned “With this new model of Calamity Jane first opening at The Watermill Theatre in 2014, I’m delighted to be collaborating with them once more to lastly convey this glorious manufacturing again to theatres all over the nation after a 10-year absence. We have been ready for the proper second and artist to step into Calamity’s boots and convey this hilarious and joyful musical again to the nation, and we are thrilled that Carrie Hope Fletcher can be main the corporate as the iconic Calamity Jane. Carrie is likely one of the UK’s most gifted artists who’s broad fan base will introduce this a lot beloved musical to audiences throughout the nation.
Based on the much-loved Doris Day film, this foot-stomping new manufacturing options all the sure-fire traditional songs together with The Deadwood Stage (Whip-Crack-Away), The Black Hills of Dakota, Just Blew in from the Windy City, and the Oscar-winning Secret Love.
Meet the fearless, gun slingin’ Calamity Jane – largest mouth in Dakota territory and all the time up for a struggle. She’ll allure you hog-eyed although, particularly when making an attempt to win the coronary heart of the dashing Lieutenant G1lmartin, or taking pictures insults at the infamous Wild Bill Hickok. But when the boys of Deadwood fall onerous for Chicago stage star Adelaid Adams, Calamity struggles to maintain her jealousy holstered. Her coronary heart’s a thumpin’… however who for? What are you ready for, you wild coyotes? Whip –crack–away!
1 – 5 July 2025
The King’s Theatre, Glasgow
