It’s not lost on Anna Fleischle that her working relationship with Lily Allen began at roughly the same point as the opening song on the hit album West End Girl. Anna was the set designer for 2:22 A Ghost Story, the West End show referenced in the album’s titular track, in which Lily took on a leading role in 2021.
Anna worked again with Lily as set designer on two further plays, and when Lily had finished the soon-to-be critically-acclaimed album, she asked the set designer to step into the role of creative director for West End Girl’s adaptation to the stage. That remit has included one-off performances, including a turn on Saturday Night Live, as well as the tour itself — first previewed on smaller stages in the UK, now heading to the US, then moving into larger arena venues back in the UK in the summer.
