Cast announced for hit musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World at The Other Palace

The Other Palace  

Saturday 20th July – Sunday 8th September 2024 

Gala Night: Thursday 25th July 2024

The amazing cast has been announced for the empowering hit musical Fantastically Great  Women Who Changed the World, coming to The Other Palace this summer. This award-winning  girl power musical packs a popstar punch with a catchy soundtrack, awe-inspiring characters  and TikTok-favourite choreography.  

This empowering, high octane, joyous musical packs a popstar punch, with music by Girls Aloud #1 writer Miranda Cooper, and a book by Olivier Award-winner Chris Bush (Standing at the Sky’s Edge), based on the popular children’s books. Remarkable – and often forgotten – women are spotlighted in this inspiring show, celebrating women who changed the course of history, from Rosa Parks to Marie Curie, Jane Austen to Mary Seacole, Frida Kahlo to Amelia Earhart – and author Kate Pankhurst’s own relative and Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst!

Returning to the show following its successful winter 2024 tour are Georgia Grant-Anderson (David Walliams’ Demon Dentist, UK tour; Beauty and the Beast, Lighthouse Poole; So Awkward,  CBBC) as heroine Jade and Elena Breschi (Kindertransport, Nottingham Playhouse; Little Fir Tree,  Kings Palace Theatre; SIX, Norwegian Cruise Line). New fantastically great cast members are  Meg Hateley (Mamma Mia!, Novello Theatre; Oliver!, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; Cinderella, Hall  for Cornwall), Charlotte Jaconelli (Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre; Heathers The Musical,  Theatre Royal Haymarket; Call the Midwife, BBC), Anelisa Lamola (Once on This Island, Regent’s  Park Theatre; The Color Purple, Leicester Curve; Sunset Boulevard, Alexandra Palace), and  Aaliyah Monk (School of Rock, Gillian Lynne Theatre; Kids of the West End, Leicester Square;  West End Musical Christmas, Lyric Theatre).  

Also returning to the show from the winter tour are the incredible swings Summer Priest (Get  Up Stand Up!, West End; Heathers The Musical, UK tour) and Rachel Seirian (Everybody’s  Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre; The Land of Might Have Been, Buxton Opera; A Christmas  Carol, RSC), who is also Assistant Choreographer. 

Remarkable – and often forgotten – women are lifted from the pages of Kate Pankhurst’s beloved book, published by Bloomsbury, and brought vividly to life on stage in this hugely successful hit musical. Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World celebrates historic women and their achievements to a soundtrack of uplifting pop songs – with real-life heroines and pioneers spotlighted including Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, Nobel Prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, author Jane Austen, trailblazing pilot Amelia Earhart, innovative artist Frida Kahlo, and many more!  

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) is available to stream online.  

The creative team behind this exhilarating stage show consists of Olivier Award-winning dramatist Chris Bush (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre); with music by UK No.1 hit songwriter Miranda Cooper, whose songs for Girls Aloud include Sound of the Underground and The Promise, and Round Round for Sugababes, 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), musical supervisor and musical director Audra Cramer (Cinderella, Hope Mill Theatre; SIX, West End), 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). 

Past praise for Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World: 

A pop-fuelled, upbeat feminist hit – ★ ★ ★ ★ The Times 

A high voltage show with great charisma… a zippy guide to the great women of history that sets  toes tapping and young minds alight – The Guardian 

Incredibly inspirational, a battle call to women everywhere – ★ ★ ★ ★ Liverpool Echo A celebration of girl power over the centuries… I’m still singing – ★ ★ ★ ★ Daily Mail

The Other Palace, 12 Palace Street, London, SW1E 5JA

Ages Recommended for ages 7+