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West End premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella musical will open September 2020
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(Updated on 14 Jan 2020)
Following the news that [***School of Rock* will be closing**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/school-of-rock-to-end-its-west-end-run-in-march) at the [**Gillian Lynne Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/59/gillian-lynne-theatre.aspx) on 1 March 2020 came the news that post refurbishment of the theatre, will see **Andrew Lloyd Webber**’s musical [***Cinderella***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4313/cinderella-tickets.aspx) premiere in September 2020. Webber reunites with **Laurence Connor** and **JoAnn Hunter** with whom he created [***School of Rock***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/2208/school-of-rock-tickets.aspx) with as well as last summer’s revival of [***Joseph***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/129/joseph-tickets.aspx) which was a huge success; and will return this summer due to high demand!
### *Cinderella Musical* premieres this autumn!
This West End premiere will see a new musical version of *Cinderella* which will be a fresh take on the classic story. The musical will see the team behind *School of Rock* and *Joseph* reunite to bring us this exciting new production. **Andrew Lloyd Webber** will also be teaming once again with **David Zippel** and collaborates for the first time with **Emerald Fennell**.
### The team behind *Cinderella*
Andrew Lloyd Webber will write the music for his musical adaptation of *Cinderella*. It will feature a book and original story from **Emerald Fennell** and lyrics from **David Zippel**. The show will be directed by **Laurence Connor** and will be choreographed by **JoAnn Hunter**.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is a theatre legend and has created some of the most prolific shows in musical theatre. He has written the scores for musicals such as [***Phantom of the Opera***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/13/phantom-of-the-opera-tickets.aspx), [***Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/129/joseph-tickets.aspx), [***Evita***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/2757/evita-tickets.aspx), *Jesus Christ Superstar* and many more.
Fennell is an actress, author and screenwriter and was recently a showrunner on the second season of hugely acclaimed tv drama *Killing Eve*. Zippel was the lyricist for musicals *[**City of Angels**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4356/city-of-angels-tickets.aspx)* and *The Woman in White*.
The rest of the creative team and cast are yet to be announced! Be sure to keep an eye on [**our news pages**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news) for the latest announcements.
### *Cinderella* opens at the [**West End’s Gillian Lynne Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/59/gillian-lynne-theatre.aspx) in September
The [***Cinderella* musical**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/4313/cinderella-tickets.aspx) by Andrew Lloyd Webber will open in September 2020; an official opening date has yet to be released and may likely depend on the renovation of [**London's Gillian Lynne Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/59/gillian-lynne-theatre.aspx) in which it will premiere. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s *Cinderella* musical tickets are currently unavailable, but you can sign up to our newsletter so that you are the first to know when they are on sale!