Monét X Change will star in The Legend of Georgia McBride in the West End

The RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars winner will star in the UK premiere of Matthew López’s play

Monét X Change is heading to the West End. The drag queen will star in the UK premiere of The Legend of Georgia McBride by Tony and Olivier Award-winning playwright Matthew López.

The Legend of Georgia McBride follows a down-on-his-luck Elvis impersonator working at a run-down Florida bar. With the threat of eviction looming and a pregnant wife at home, he’s forced to make some big changes to his act. The play was first performed in Denver in 2014, before appearing at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse in 2017. It has been performed many times in the US across the last decade, but this will mark its first appearance in the UK.

Monét X Change competed on the tenth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race, placing sixth and being crowned the season’s Miss Congeniality. She returned to the franchise for the fourth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 4 and was crowned the winner alongside Trinity the Tuck. She also recently appeared on the fourth season of the US edition of The Traitors.

Lopez is best known for his 2017 hit play The Inheritance, which premiered at the Young Vic, going onto successful runs in the West End and on Broadway. It won Best New Play at the Olivier Awards and Best Play at the Tony Awards, amongst many other accolades.

The Legend of Georgia McBride will open on 2 February for a limited 15-week run at @sohoplace. The show will feature direction from Stevie Walker-Webb, design from Fly David and casting by Jim Carnahan. Further details are still to be announced.

Venue owner Nica Burns said “Following on from the huge success of Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? we are thrilled to welcome the exceptional award-winning American playwright, Matthew López to @sohoplace. A wonderful writer, his West End debut play The Inheritance scooped Best Play accolades at both the Olivier and Tony awards. This London premiere of his new play The Legend of Georgia McBride could not be more different: a delightfully entertaining comedy play with a tender heart at its centre.”