Mean Girls has become a West End hit, Heathers is on tour and now Clueless is becoming a high-school musical, too. The 1995 film has been adapted for the stage by its original writer-director, Amy Heckerling, with a new score by Scottish musician KT Tunstall. It will open at the Trafalgar theatre in London in February, marking 30 years since the release of the film which put a 90s LA spin on Jane Austen’s Emma.
Performing a handful of songs at an event in London on Monday, Tunstall said that she aimed to capture the range of genres on the film’s popular soundtrack, which included Radiohead, Coolio, the Lightning Seeds, Supergrass and the Beastie Boys. “I want you to feel like you’re at a gig with all of your favourite 90s artists playing in one show,” she said. “And not just have a theatre experience but a concert experience [as the band] jump from one genre to the next.” Tunstall, whose hits include Suddenly I See and who received an Ivor Novello award this year for outstanding song collection, said the production also aimed to emulate the world of 90s MTV.
