Clueless the Musical at Trafalgar Theatre review: powerfully sung, and actually, like, kinda fun - 4.5/5 In the ranks of musical adaptations of cult movies, this is almost as good as Legally Blonde, a

Clueless is a new musical comedy based on the Paramount Pictures classic film. The modern spin on Jane Austen’s Emma gets another timeless makeover from the original film’s writer-director alongside a majorly acclaimed creative team.

The Movie, before there was Legally Blonde, there was Clueless, the Valley Girl movie that measured out life in designer handbags at the same time as signalling the grit behind the glitter. A pert and pampered response to Jane Austen’s Emma,

Amy Heckerling, Glenn Slater and KT Tunstall’s stage adaptation is now officially open at the Trafalgar Theatre

US stage adaptation of the 1995 movie Clueless featured a book by its screenwriter Amy Heckerling with a jukebox score of 1980s and 1990s pop classics. It wasn’t a huge success, but its story – loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma – was considered worthy of a more original treatment.

It’s 30 years since Amy Heckerling’s American high school adaptation of Emma hit cinema screens, so how better to mark that than with a move to the stage? Fresh from try-outs in Bromley last year, the musical adaptation has just opened in the West End;

Appropriately, it arrives in London after a makeover, with all new songs from singer-songwriter KT Tunstall and lyricist Glenn Slater, channelling 1990s nostalgia. (Yes, shockingly, any show set in that decade now classes as a period piece — way harsh,