Fat Friends The Musical


Fat Friends The Musical is a stage musical by Kay Mellor with music by Nick Lloyd Webber, based on Mellor's ITV series Fat Friends.

Production history

Original Leeds and UK tour (2017–18)

The musical made its world premiere at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in November 2017, prior to a UK tour from January to June 2018. The tour starred Jodie Prenger as Kelly, Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff in his musical theatre debut as Kevin, Sam Bailey as Betty, Kevin Kennedy as Fergus, Natalie Anderson as Lauren, Natasha Hamilton as Julia Fleshman and Rachael Wooding as Joanne.
In June 2021, it was announced the show would embark on a second UK tour opening at the Orchard Theatre, Dartford from January 2022 before touring across the UK until July 2022 starring Jessica Ellis as Kelly, Lee Mead as Kevin, Les Dennis as Fergus and Sherrie Hewson as Julia Fleshman. However the tour was postponed due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic.

Musical numbers

; Act I
  • "Move It" - Lauren and Ensemble
  • "Be My Man" - Kelly
  • "Big And Battered" - Fergus and Alan
  • "Corset Song" - Kelly, Joanne, Betty and Lauren
  • "What Happened" - Kelly, Joanne, Betty and Lauren
  • "Stuck On You" - Kelly and Kevin
  • "Mr. Someone" - Lauren and Paul
  • "Step Up" - Lauren, Alan and Ensemble
  • "Diets Are Crap" - Kelly
  • "Going Global" - Joanne, Alan, Betty and Ensemble
  • "Stinking Rich" - Julia and Ensemble
  • "Beautiful" - Kelly
; Act II
  • "The Slimmer's Club" - Ensemble
  • "Chocolate" - Val, Kelly, Betty and Ensemble
  • "Fun Boy" - Kelly and Female Ensemble
  • "The Only Fool Is Me" - Kevin
  • "If You Don't Want To Marry Him" - Betty, Fergus and Kelly
  • "Love Who You Are" - Ensemble

    Cast and characters