With a cult following to rival the likes of Six and Hamilton, Heathers has made an explosive arrival (quite literally) to the Norwich Theatre Royal stage.

The hit musical is based on the 1989 dark comedy film of the same name, exploring themes including suicide, sexual assault and homophobia. 

It is set at Westerberg High School in Ohio in 1989 and 17-year-old Veronica Sawyer (Eleanor Walsh) feels like a nobody, with its pupils divided by cliques. 

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The school is unofficially run by three students with the same name - Heather Chandler, (Eliza Bowden), Heather Duke (Elise Zavou) and Heather McNamara (Billie Bowman) - dressed in identical preppy outfits coloured in red, green and yellow respectively. 

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It is clear that Heathers inspired the hit 2004 chick-flick Mean Girls as Chandler is reminiscent of queen bee Regina George. 

When Sawyer befriends the Heathers to stop being bullied it backfires with deadly consequences and her relationship with new pupil Jason 'JD' Dean (Jacob Fowler) is more toxic than the trio ever was. 

The chemistry between Walsh and Fowler as Veronica and JD was electric and both had seriously impressive harmonies on songs such as the poignant Seventeen. 

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The three Heathers actresses did a great job at making the trio unlikeable at the beginning, but then showing the insecurities of the characters behind the polished image as the show progressed. 

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There was still plenty of light relief in some of the musical numbers, with the catchy Candy Store and My Dead Gay Son, which was a fully choreographed celebration of tolerance.

However, the diction in a few of the group numbers could have been better as I couldn't hear some of the lyrics and towards the end a few of the scenes with Veronica and JD felt a little repetitive.

But the musical had a triumphant finale with plenty of positive messages to take away.

Heathers runs until June 17 - buy tickets at norwichtheatre.org