Producers ROYO and Curve are thrilled to announce that Amber Davies will star as Elle Woods in the brand-new Made at Curve production of Legally Blonde The Musical. The West End and Broadway smash-hit comedy will embark on a major UK and Ireland tour in 2026, opening at Leicester’s Curve theatre on 7 February and running until 7 January 2027.

Amber Davies most recently originated the role of Jordan Baker in the London production of The Great Gatsby. She has also starred as Vivian Ward in the UK tour of Pretty Woman, Lorraine Baines in the West End production of Back to the Future The Musical and Campbell in Bring It On at London’s South Bank Centre. She made her professional theatre debut in the original West End cast of 9 to 5 The Musical at the Savoy Theatre, a role she later reprised on the UK tour, documented in her ITVBe film Amber and Dolly: 9 to 5, which followed her journey from auditions to opening night and featured her meeting Dolly Parton in Nashville. Her television credits include Love Island (winner, 2017), Dancing on Ice (semi-finalist), and Almost Never (CBBC/iPlayer).

Amber said:

“I’m absolutely thrilled to be playing the iconic role of Elle Woods in ROYO and Curve’s new production of Legally Blonde. As a huge fan of the film and the musical, this part is the role of a lifetime, and I am honoured to be stepping into Elle’s perfect heels. I have always wanted to work with the incredible theatrical mind that is Nikolai Foster, and I am so excited to hit the road again and bring Laurence O’Keefe’s incredible score back to the UK! Get ready Harvard… this is gonna be just like senior year except for funner!”

Further casting and creatives will be announced soon.

Based on Amanda Browning’s novel Legally Blonde and the iconic 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Coolidge, the multi-award-winning musical features a book by Heather Hach with original music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin.

This new tour will be directed by Curve’s Artistic Director Nikolai Foster (Kinky Boots, The Wizard of Oz, A Chorus Line), choreographed by Leah Hill (Kinky Boots UK and Ireland tour; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical UK tour; The Wiz, Hope Mill Theatre), with musical supervision by Matt Spencer-Smith (Here & Now UK and Ireland tour; Dear Evan Hansen UK tour). Set design will be by Colin Richmond (The Little Big Things, Soho Place), lighting design by Ben Cracknell (Clueless, Trafalgar Theatre; The Wizard of Oz, London Palladium), and sound design by Adam Fisher (Evita, London Palladium).

Following the sell-out success of Kinky Boots – also directed by Foster and co-produced by Curve and ROYO – Legally Blonde The Musical promises to be the ultimate feel-good rom-com. This joyous story follows Elle Woods’ transformation from fashion-forward sorority star to Harvard Law School’s unlikely legal ace, learning along the way that being true to yourself never goes out of style.

Legally Blonde The Musical is produced by ROYO and Curve.

Tickets and full tour details available at: www.legallyblondethemusical.com