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Original Australian Cast Recording of MURIEL’S WEDDING - THE MUSICAL released in the UK

Global Creatures have announced that, for the very first time, the original Australian cast recording of MURIEL’S WEDDING THE MUSICAL® will be released in the UK on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Tidal, Deezer, YouTube Music, and 7digital, with shorter tracks available on Meta and TikTok now.

The Australian cast recording features 19 songs, with music and lyrics by Australian award-winning multi-platinum selling artists Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall, with additional songs by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, and Stig Anderson written for ABBA.

The UK album release follows the announcement that the critically acclaimed musical will have its UK premiere as a Made at Curve and Global Creatures’ co-production in association with Sydney Theatre Company, at Leicester’s Curve theatre running from 10 April to 10 May 2025.

Initial casting for the run at Curve was revealed in September, with Megan Ellis as the iconic Muriel Heslop and Annabel Marlow as Muriel’s sassy, straight-talking friend, Rhonda Epinstall. Recordings captured at Curve’s recent season preview event of Megan and Annabel singing ‘Amazing’ and Megan performing ‘The Bouquet’ will be released via Curve’s channels in the coming months.

Speaking about the UK cast album release, Carmen Pavlovic for Global Creatures, producer of MURIEL’S WEDDING THE MUSICAL®, said: “We are thrilled to release the original Australian cast recording of MURIEL’S WEDDING THE MUSICAL® in the UK which has a vibrant musical theatre audience. This soundtrack showcases the ingenious music and lyrics by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttal sung by the talented original Australian cast. We can’t wait for UK audiences to experience this music in person at Leicester’s Curve in April next year.”

Based on the international cult classic 1994 motion picture MURIEL'S WEDDING (written and directed by PJ Hogan), the Made at Curve and Global Creatures co-production of MURIEL’S WEDDING THE MUSICAL® also has a book by PJ Hogan, and will be directed by Simon Phillips, with choreography by Andrew Hallsworth, set design by Matthew Kinley, costumes by Gabriela Tylesova, video design and creation by Andrzej Goulding, lighting by Natasha Chivers, sound by Adam Fisher, musical supervision by Isaac Hayward, and casting by Stuart Burt, CDG, CDA.

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