Cast Changes and Announcements

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.

Cast Changes and Announcements

The original UK company of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Cast Changes and Announcements

Henry Shields and Allie Dart join the original cast of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong

Henry Shields and Allie Dart join most of the original UK company of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong for its Manchester and Portsmouth dates in November, before the production makes its North American premiere in Los Angeles…

Sean Jones as Mickey and Joe Sleight as Eddie in Blood Brothers
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Vivienne Carlyle returns as Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers autumn casting

Vivienne Carlyle returns as Mrs Johnstone for the autumn leg of Bill Kenwright's touring production of Blood Brothers, which opens in Weston-super-Mare on 8 September.

The full company of RENT at the Tom Stoppard Theatre. Photo by Oliver Rosser
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Alexa Lopez to play Mimi as full casting is announced for RENT

Alexa Lopez will make her West End debut as Mimi in RENT, as the producers complete the company for Jonathan Larson’s musical at the newly renamed Tom Stoppard Theatre this autumn.

The eight guest actors announced for An Oak Tree at The Other Palace: Clare Perkins, Hammed Animashaun, Gemma Whelan, Rosalie Craig, Bessie Carter, Tom Mothersdale, Sacha Dhawan and George Fouracres
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Gemma Whelan, Rosalie Craig and Sacha Dhawan among first guest actors for An Oak Tree

Francesca Moody Productions has named the first eight guest actors who will join Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at The Other Palace, among them Gemma Whelan, Rosalie Craig, Sacha Dhawan and Hammed Animashaun.

Casting artwork for Franz & Marie at Charing Cross Theatre, 28 September to 14 November 2026
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Brenock O'Connor and Jade Oswald to lead Franz & Marie at Charing Cross Theatre

Brenock O'Connor and Jade Oswald will lead a 14-strong actor-muso company in Franz & Marie, a new musical reworking of Buchner's Woyzeck, which opens at Charing Cross Theatre on 28 September.

Hay Fever full cast announcement artwork for Wyndham's Theatre. Photos by Oliver Rosser
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Full casting announced for Noël Coward's Hay Fever at Wyndham's Theatre

Nancy Carroll, Will Close, Charles Edwards and Ophelia Lovibond are among those joining Christine Baranski and Richard E. Grant in Hay Fever, which opens at Wyndham's Theatre next month.

Karis Anderson as Satine and Alistair Brammer as Christian in Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Photo by Mark Senior
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical announces new West End cast as it turns five

Moulin Rouge! The Musical turns five at the Piccadilly Theatre this autumn, and marks it with a substantially refreshed company. From 12 October, James Doherty takes over as Harold Zidler and Daniel Fraser as The Duke.

Janette Manrara, Rupert Young, Juliet Cowan and Wallis Currie-Wood, who join the cast of Affluenza at Riverside Studios
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Janette Manrara and Rupert Young join Noah Schnapp in Affluenza at Riverside Studios

Janette Manrara, Rupert Young, Juliet Cowan and Wallis Currie-Wood join Noah Schnapp in Affluenza, the world premiere that opens the Mainstage Season 26/27 at Riverside Studios on 26 September.

The company of Million Dollar Quartet on the Sun Studio set, in the Barn Theatre production transferring to The Arts at Marble Arch
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Full casting announced for Million Dollar Quartet's London transfer

The Barn Theatre's production of Million Dollar Quartet has completed its company for this autumn's London run, with Connor Payne, Christopher Erasmus, Joe Bence and Joey Bradick joining the previously announced Darren…