heathers the musical

Starting May 2026 | Tickets on sale soon | Waitlist here

The global phenomenon Heathers the Musical will make its professional New Zealand premiere in 2026, following record-breaking seasons in London and New York.

The high-octane, black comedy rock musical – based on the cult 1989 film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater – will play in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch from May 2026, as part of a major Australia–New Zealand tour. The production will feature a stellar Australasian cast with the class of 2026 to be announced soon.

Welcome to Westerberg High, where popularity is a matter of life and death. Veronica Sawyer is just another nobody dreaming of a better day — until she’s unexpectedly taken under the wings of the beautiful and cruel Heathers. But when mysterious teen rebel J.D. arrives, Veronica soon learns that it might kill to be a nobody, but it’s murder being a somebody.

With a mercilessly catchy mix of ballads and bangers by award-winning writers Kevin Murphy (Desperate Housewives) and Laurence O’Keefe (Legally Blonde The Musical), Heathers the Musical is directed by acclaimed American screen and stage director Andy Fickman.

Since its sold-out Los Angeles premiere in 2013 and New York debut in 2014, Heathers has gone on to three smash-hit West End seasons, multiple sold-out UK and Ireland tours, and a 2019 WhatsOnStage Award win for Best New Musical. In 2022, it was filmed and streamed globally via The Roku Channel. Most recently, the show smashed records at New York’s New World Stages, opening in June 2025 to the biggest advance sale in the venue’s history and immediately extending due to demand.

Heathers the Musical is produced by Bill Kenwright Ltd, Paul Taylor-Mills in partnership with GMG Productions and Stoddart Entertainment. GMG Productions is renowned for bringing high-calibre international productions to the Asia Pacific, including recent New Zealand smash-hits The Play That Goes Wrong, Madagascar the Musical, Beauty and the Beast, and the upcoming production of The Rocky Horror Show.