In July, Yve Blake’s musical FANGIRLS opens in London at the Lyric Hammersmith, helmed by the show’s original director Paige Rattray.
Yve Blake sings the new song Learning to be Lonely from FANGIRLS at Home Grown, Hayes Theatre Co, 2024. Photo © Jessie Jay
Since its premiere at the 2019 Brisbane Festival and subsequent Belvoir season, the award-winning Australian musical has enjoyed a sold-out Australian tour in 2021 and an encore season at the Sydney Opera House in 2022. Now, it begins its international life.
FANGIRLS centres on 14-year-old Edna, who is madly in love with heart-throb popstar Harry, lead singer of the band True Connection. Harry may have millions of fans worldwide, but Edna is determined to make him realise she is the only one who truly understands him.
When the musical opens in London, it will include a new number called Learning to be Lonely, which Edna sings after falling out with her two besties.
On Sunday, Blake performed the song at Sydney’s Hayes Theatre Co as part of its Home Grown concert, delighting the full house.
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