Who is joining, who is leaving and who is taking over. Every West End cast announcement, replacement and final performance date, so you always know exactly who you will be watching when the curtain goes up.
Annette McLaughlin returns as Mrs Wilkinson and Lesley Joseph takes on Grandma in the full company announced today for Billy Elliot the Musical, which tours the UK and Ireland from November before a limited West End…
Elizabeth Anderson takes over as Katniss Everdeen and Vinnie Copeland as Peeta Mellark in The Hunger Games: On Stage from 23 October, as the Troubadour Canary Wharf production begins its second year.
Tyrone Huntley stays on as Judas Iscariot for the Theatre Royal Drury Lane season of Jesus Christ Superstar, where nine performers will share King Herod between them.
Teri Hatcher takes over as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada at the Dominion Theatre from 20 October 2026, becoming the third actress to run Runway in the West End after Vanessa Williams and Debbie Kurup.
Harry Judd joins Disney’s High School Musical as Coach Bolton, playing the final two performances in Salford on Saturday 19 September before taking the role for the whole of the production’s London run.
The first images of the new principal cast of Hadestown have been released, with Nathan Sykes as Orpheus, Danielle de Niese as Persephone and Shaun Dooley as Hades from 15 September.
Hannah Akhalu, Tara Tijani and Sewa Zamba will play the three friends in Girls, Theresa Ikoko's award-winning play, in the Young Vic's Maria from 22 October - 21 November 2026.
Maya Bartley O'Dea, Samantha Begeman, Nina Bowers and Gemma Barnett will each play a version of the title role in NINA, the debut play by director Caroline Williams, opening at Battersea Arts Centre on 6 October 2026.
The Unicorn Theatre has named the six performers who will lead Pocket Money, a new interactive show about money for seven to twelve-year-olds.
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