Monét X Change will make her West End debut as drag queen Miss Tracy Mills in The Legend of Georgia McBride, the comedy by Matthew López, which plays in the round at @sohoplace from 2 February to 15 May 2027.
The West End premiere of The Legend of Georgia McBride opens at @sohoplace on 2 February 2027 for a limited run to 15 May, staged in the round. Press night is 17 February, and tickets are on sale now from £30.
Monét X Change leads the company as Miss Tracy Mills, the drag performer who takes a down-on-his-luck Elvis act under her wing. It is her first West End role. The rest of the cast is still to be announced.
The play is by Matthew López, whose The Inheritance won Best Play at both the Olivier and Tony Awards. Stevie Walker-Webb, Tony-nominated for directing Ain't No Mo', stages it. Fly Davis designs and Jim Carnahan is casting director, with further creatives to follow.
At its centre is Casey, an Elvis impersonator getting by on a small-town American bar stage. When the owner drops his act in favour of a drag show, he ends up learning the trade from Tracy and stepping out as the dazzling Georgia McBride. It is a comedy about friendship and finding out who you are, with a tender streak under the sequins.
Born and raised in New York, Monét X Change trained in opera at Westminster Choir College and has sung with companies including Minnesota Opera. Television made her name: she was voted Miss Congeniality on Season 10 of RuPaul's Drag Race, then won All Stars Season 4 in 2019, the first queen of colour to take an All Stars crown. This year she joined the Emmy-winning reality series The Traitors. Her solo show Life Be Lifin', mixing drag, stand-up and opera, began at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2024.
"Eeek! I'm so unbelievably excited to make my West End debut in The Legend of Georgia McBride," said Monét X Change. "When I first sat down for the table read, I manifested this moment and it's now my reality."
Matthew López added: "I'm delighted to return to the West End next year and share this play with London audiences. I'm especially excited to be working with Monét and Stevie, whose combined talents could power a midsize city."
The production follows Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, currently playing the venue. It is produced by Stephanie Kramer and Nicole Kramer, Josh Fiedler and Robyn Goodman, D&M Entertainment and Oliver King for Wild Yak, in association with Nica Burns, who called the new play "a delightfully entertaining comedy play with a tender heart at its centre."
Three accessible performances are scheduled: audio described on Friday 9 April at 7.30pm, BSL interpreted on Saturday 24 April at 2.30pm, and captioned on Friday 7 May at 7.30pm.
The Legend of Georgia McBride is booking now at @sohoplace, 2 February - 15 May 2027.
