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Heathers - The Musical
Presented by Sale Theatre Company
Event Date 2022-06-25T10:00:00
Heathers – The Musical follows the story of the cult classic movie.
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Veronica Sawyer longs to be part of the cool group ‘ The Heathers’ but her life dramatically changes when she is accepted into their club and she is expected to live life like a Heather too.
Based on the cult classic film of the same name, Heathers is the story of Veronica Sawyer, a senior at the fictional Westerberg High. Veronica longs to be cool like the clique of it-girls that runs Westerberg: the unaffected, unattainable Heathers.
Unfortunately, in addition to awesome levels of popularity, the Heathers are also cruel, choosing to mock and bully their kingdom into submission. When Veronica uses her skills as a forger to get the Heathers out of detention, she impresses their leader Heather Chandler— so much so that they agree to let her into their exclusive club. At first Veronica is thrilled—until she finds out that being one of the Heathers means bullying the same kids she used to call friends.
Meanwhile, Veronica finds herself attracted to a mysterious newcomer at school named Jason Dean (JD). When an innocent drink mixup results in the accidental poisoning of Heather Chandler, JD convinces Veronica to stage Heather’s suicide.
The results are so successful that Veronica and JD, exhilarated with their newfound power, resolve to rid Westerberg of the cruelly popular elite forever. With raw, edgy, and culturally relevant numbers like “Beautiful,” “Candy Store,” and “Yo Girl,” Heathers is fast becoming a fan favourite
Book, Music and Lyrics by Kevin Murphy & Laurence O’Keefe. Based on the film by Daniel Waters. By arrangement with ORIGIN theatrical on behalf of Samuel French inc., a Concord Theatricals Company.
Additional Information
150 minutes duration with interval.
Smoke, haze and strobe effects will be used in this performance.
Contains themes of sex, suicide and strong language.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a moderate COVID refund policy.