Kenny Wax Family Entertainment in association with MAST Mayflower Studios
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World
wins UK Theatre Award
Inspiring girl power musical Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World has won ‘Best Show for Children and Young People’ at the prestigious UK Theatre Awards. The awards, held at London’s Guildhall on 23rd October 2022, recognise the best of the country’s theatre. This fun, feminist musical is based on the award-winning children’s book by Suffragette descendent Kate Pankhurst, and produced by Kenny Wax Family Entertainment. In its first year Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World performed to 80,000 audience members across 20 venues, including Theatre Royal Stratford East, Pleasance Grand at Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Liverpool Playhouse.
Celebrated – and often forgotten – women are brought to life on stage in this highly acclaimed production, including Rosa Parks, Sacagawea, Amelia Earhart, Marie Curie, Mary Seacole, Frida Kahlo, Jane Austen, and Pankhurst’s own relative Emmeline. When Jade breaks away from her school trip to the local museum to peek at the Gallery of Greatness, she meets iconic women from the past, such as explorers, scientists, artists and secret agents. This thrilling musical, adapted by renowned playwright Chris Bush, is full of incredible characters, inspirational moments and an uplifting and catchy soundtrack.
Following its successful UK tour, 2021-2022, the social media following for the show has been remarkable, and reviews were outstanding across the board. The popular soundtrack, which packs a popstar punch with music and lyrics by Miranda Cooper and Jennifer Decilveo, is available to stream on Spotify, Apple and all other major streaming platforms.
The award-winning Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World is looking for a venue in the West End for Summer or Christmas 2023. Producer Kenny Wax, whose other hit shows include SIX and The Play That Goes Wrong, says, This incredible and empowering production was written, directed, created and performed by the most talented women working in UK theatre today. It demands to be seen by a wider audience in London before it tours again across the UK with regional theatres clamouring to book the show