Minogue, Groff & Tate Join 'Bad Fairies' Voice Cast — SkimNews
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- Cynthia Erivo announced live at the Hollywood Bowl during her "Let Me Sing to You" concert that Kylie Minogue, Jonathan Groff and Catherine Tate had joined the cast of the animated musical "Bad Fairies," slated for May 21, 2027.
- Kylie Minogue — who attended the Thursday show — will voice Clowder the Cat Witch; Jonathan Groff will voice Robin Goodfellow; and Catherine Tate will voice the Fairy Gothmother.
- The previously announced lineup for "Bad Fairies" includes Serrana Su-Ling Bliss as Fei Chang, James Acaster as Stickers, Dee Bradley Baker as Groundbeef, and Ncuti Gatwa as Butterwort, with Erivo starring as Jayne Staplegun.
- "Bad Fairies" is an original musical comedy set in contemporary London following a subversive gang of fairies, directed by Megan Nicole Dong, co-directed by Olivier Staphylas, and penned by Deborah Frances-White.
- Tony-winning duo Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss ("Six: The Musical") are writing original songs, with Grammy-nominated Isabella "Machine" Summers composing the score and Ian Eisendrath ("KPop Demon Hunters") serving as executive music producer.
- Erivo used the concert reveal to also tease an orchestral arrangement of her character Jayne's song "Hard to Believe."
Why it matters: The May 2027 slot makes "Bad Fairies" part of Warner Bros.' animated musical pipeline, and the vocal trio — a global pop star (Minogue), a Tony-winning actor (Groff), and a comedy institution (Tate) — gives the film cross-generational, transatlantic star power behind a subversive fairy premise aimed at family audiences.
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