 Toronto's Mirvish Productions announced in February 2010 that a Canadian production of the play would open in Toronto in April 2011, with the North American premiere actually taking place at the Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg in March 2011.In Australia the play was toured throughout Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia in 45 venues during 2014.In September 2016, Tim Firth and Gary Barlow announced "The Girls", a new musical based on both the play and the film, was to open at the Phoenix Theatre in January 2017.