The show will continue to run in the transformed Playhouse Theatre.
It has been announced that Rebecca Frecknall’s Olivier Award winning production of Cabaret will continue to book in the West End until the 30th January 2027. Tickets for the extension are on sale now.
This announcement comes as its current stars Matt Willis and Katie Hall, begin performances as the Emcee and Sally Bowles.
Transformed into the Kit Kat Club, the current West End cast for the production includes Baker Mukasa as Clifford Bradshaw, Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider, Robert Hands as Herr Schultz, Lucas Koch as Ernst Ludwig and Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, alongside Joe Atkinson, Xavion Campbell-Brown, Olivia-Rose Deer, Anya Ferdinand, Danny Fogarty, Adrian Grove, Ela Lisondra, Hícaro Nicolai, Andy Rees, Alexandra Regan, Manu Sarswat, Tom Scanlon, Eva-Rose Tanaka, Marina Tavolieri and Lucy Young.
Meanwhile, the prologue company includes Isobel Bates, Jonathan Charles, Shanelle Clemenson, Zara Liu, Brian James O’Sullivan and Shiho Yokoyama. They join existing company members Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Andrew Linnie, Dak Mashava and Jack William Parry.
Cabaret features music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Joe Masteroff. It is based on the play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten and the Berlin Stories of Christopher Isherwood.
The creative team behind the production includes: set and costume design by Tom Scutt and choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen with lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Nick Lidster, wigs and hair design by Sam Cox and make-up design by Guy Common. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer and musical director is Angus MacRae.
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