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| Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch | |
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| Music | Tim Gilvin |
| Lyrics | Robyn Grant Daniel Foxx |
| Book | Robyn Grant Daniel Foxx |
| Basis | Movie The Little Mermaid by Disney Musical The Little Mermaid Live! by Disney |
| Premiere | 2019: Edinburgh Fringe |
| Productions | 2019 Edinburgh 2022 Edinburgh 2023 London Run 2024 UK Tour 2025 Sweden |
Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula The Sea Witch is a revisionist parody musical of Disney's Little Mermaid. [1] Ursula becomes the main character in the musical by Robyn Grant which was first performed in 2019 at the Edinburgh Fringe. [2] In 2024 it tours the UK. [3] [4]
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The world premiere production of Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch took place at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, as a presentation by Fat Rascal Theatre. The show ran from 31 July 2019 to 26 August 2019 at Underbelly, Bristo Square (Ermintrude). [5]
The musical ran again at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, after being reworked, from 4 August 2022 until 29 August 2022 at Underbelly, George Square (Underbelly). [6] This was reportedly a sell out run.
Before its UK Tour, Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch had a London Run staged at Southwark Playhouse Elephant from 8 December 2023 to 17 February 2024. [7]
The Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch UK Tour Launched at The Lowry in Salford on 22 February 2024 and closed at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre on 14 July 2024. [8]
The Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch Debuts in Scandinavia in the Fall of 2025 at Östgötateatern In Norrköping and later on in Linköping. This will be the first production out of the UK. Cast is yet to be announced.
| Role | Edinburgh Fringe | Edinburgh Fringe [9] | London Run and UK Tour [10] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2022 | 2023–24 | |
| Ursula | Robyn Grant | Elliotte Williams-N'Dure | Shawna Hamic |
| Ariel | Katie Wells | Miracle Chance | River Medway |
| Triton | Steffan Rizzi | George Whitty | Thomas Lowe |
| Sebastian | Allie Munro | Allie Munro | Allie Dart (Allie Munro) |
| Eric | Jamie Mawson | Jamie Mawson | Jamie Mawson |
| Grimsby | Julian Capolei | ||
| Scuttle † | Jack Gray | ||
| Ensemble | Corrina Buchan, Jack Gray, Jamie Mckillop and Milly Willows |
† Not credited in the Tour Cast as their own character but is still in the show and played by a member of the ensemble.
† Not included on studio cast recording
The Original Studio Cast recording for Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch was released digitally by Wildpark Entertainment on 14 June 2024. [11] [12]
Before a full album was released in June 2024, a mini album was released on 12 January 2024 by Wildpark Entertainment. It was called Unfortunate: The Untold Story of Ursula the Sea Witch – The Musical Parody – Le Petite Albume (Original Soundtrack) and featured 3 songs as a teaser and was used for promotion. The song on the album are "Suckin' on You", "Unfortunate" and "Ask the Girl". It is listed as an EP and not an Album, as the full cast recording is. [13]
On 9 April 2020 Fat Rascal Ltd released a Fringe cast recording featuring the 5 songs: "Nasty", "we Didn't Make It to Disney", "Unfortunate", "Female Role Models" and "To Be King". This EP is no longer publicly available to listen to. [14] [15]
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