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Cast of FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN WHO CHANGED THE WORLD announced for The Other Palace

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.

Returning to the show following its successful winter 2024 tour are Georgia Grant-Anderson (Demon Dentist, UK tour) as heroine Jade and Elena Breschi (Kindertransport, Nottingham Playhouse). New fantastically great cast members include Meg Hateley (Mamma Mia!, West End), Charlotte Jaconelli (Sunset Boulevard, West End), Anelisa Lamola (Once on This Island, Regent’s Park Theatre), and Aaliyah Monk (School of Rock, West End).

Also returning to the show from the winter tour are the incredible swings Summer Priest (Get Up Stand Up!, West End) and Rachel Seirian (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, West End), 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 creative team behind this exhilarating stage show consists of Olivier Award-winning dramatist Chris Bush, with music by UK No.1 hit songwriter Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo, and live arrangements by Jen Green, direction by Amy Hodge, design Joanna Scotcher, choreography by Dannielle ‘Rhimes’ Lecointe, musical supervision and musical direction Audra Cramer, lighting Zoe Spurr, sound by Carolyn Downing, and co-sound design by Rob Bettle.

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