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\n\tLily Allen<\/a> has already told a cinema-worthy story of love\u2019s betrayal and the heartbreak left in its wake on her new West End Girl<\/em> album<\/a>. Now the singer says that epic drama might leap from our ears to our eyes if plans to turn her fifth studio LP into a play take hold. <\/p>\n \n\tSpeaking to Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night\u2019s (Dec. 10) Tonight Show<\/em>, Allen confirmed that there are ongoing talks about bringing the album to London\u2019s West End theater district as a play. \u201cThat\u2019s true,\u201d Allen said, adding \u201cI might be\u201d when Fallon asked if she is involved with the adaptation. \u201cThe ink is not dry \u2014 is that what they say? Something like that? But, you know, I\u2019m definitely having some conversations with people about it. It\u2019s very exciting,\u201d said Allen.<\/p>\n \n\tThough no additional details were available on the plan at press time, it would not be Allen\u2019s first foray onto the stage. She made her West End debut in 2021 earning good notices playing the lead role of Jenny in Matthew Dunster\u2019s 2:22 A Ghost Story<\/em> and then starred in Martin McDonagh\u2019s The Pillowman<\/em> play in 2023. Before releasing West End Girl<\/em>, Allen returned to the stage this year in Dunster\u2019s take on Henrik Ibsen\u2019s iconic drama Hedda Gabler<\/em>, re-dubbed Hedda<\/em>. The singer also appeared on the big screen in 1988 in the British biographical drama Elizabeth<\/em>, starring alongside Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes and Sir John Gielgud. <\/p>\n \n\tAllen is gearing up for her first Saturday Night Live<\/em> musical performance in nearly two decades this weekend (Dec. 13), where she will appear alongside actor Josh O\u2019Connor (Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery<\/em>). \u201cI didn\u2019t really understand the cultural significance of it then,\u201d she said of her first visit to Studio 8H in 2007 when she sang two songs from her 2006 debut album, Alright, Still<\/em>, noting that SNL was not available on TV in England when she was growing up. \u201cNow with the Internet, I know what a big deal it is, and I\u2019m scared.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tGetting down to brass tacks, Allen made sure to plug her upcoming spring 2026 tour<\/a> \u2014\u00a0the real reason she said she was dropping by \u2014\u00a0saying that she intended to sit with Fallon to help sell tickets for the outing. \u201cBut it sold out today,\u201d she said excitedly about the new 14-stop tour that this week added additional shows in Chicago, Toronto, Boston and New York.<\/p>\n \n\tWatch Lily Allen on The Tonight Show<\/em> below.<\/p>\n