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

Headshots of Rosie Sheehy, Katie Leung, Kadiff Kirwan, Adrian Lester and Aysha Kala, the latest guest actors in An Oak Tree
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Adrian Lester, Katie Leung and Rosie Sheehy among five new guests in An Oak Tree

Adrian Lester, Katie Leung, Rosie Sheehy, Kadiff Kirwan and Aysha Kala have each taken a single, unrehearsed night opposite Tim Crouch in An Oak Tree at The Other Palace.

Alfred Molina, Sam Rockwell, Carla Gugino and Fred Hechinger, who star in A View from the Bridge at La MaMa, New York. Sam Rockwell photo by Michael Schwartz
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Alfred Molina and Sam Rockwell's off-Broadway A View from the Bridge adds Carla Gugino and Fred Hechinger

Carla Gugino and Fred Hechinger have been added to the New York revival of Arthur Miller's A View from the Bridge, where they join Sam Rockwell and the London-born Alfred Molina for a 13-week off-Broadway season at La…

The company of A Christmas Carol at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, New York, in 2025. Photo by Andy Henderson
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The Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol names its New York company to join Andy Karl

Jesse Aaronson, Tamika Lawrence and Anne L. Nathan are among seventeen actors joining Andy Karl for the New York return of the Old Vic’s A Christmas Carol, which begins previews at the Perelman Performing Arts Center on…

Joe Lycett and Olivia Cooke, newly announced performers in White Rabbit Red Rabbit at the Duchess Theatre
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Joe Lycett and Olivia Cooke join White Rabbit Red Rabbit as its Duchess Theatre run extends

Joe Lycett and Olivia Cooke are the latest names to take on White Rabbit Red Rabbit sight unseen, and the play's Monday-night residency at the Duchess Theatre has been extended to 14 December.

The cast of The Snow Queen at Dundee Rep Theatre: Heather Gourdie, Lewis Kerr, Madeline Grieve, Beth Marshall, Liz Kettle, David Mara, Mizuki Shuzenji, Benjamin Almon Colley, Josh Fernandes and Isabel Innes
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Heather Gourdie and Lewis Kerr lead The Snow Queen’s return to Dundee Rep

Heather Gourdie will play Gerda, with Lewis Kerr as Kai and Madeline Grieve in the title role, when Noisemaker’s festive musical The Snow Queen returns to Dundee Rep Theatre from 28 November to 30 December 2026.

The six-strong cast of Dick Whittington and His Cat at the King’s Head Theatre
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Joseph Vella takes the title role as the King’s Head Theatre completes its Dick Whittington cast

Joseph Vella will play the title role in Dick Whittington and His Cat at the King’s Head Theatre, with Patricia Wilkins, Sé Carr and Ash Weir completing the Islington panto company alongside Victoria Scone and River…

Louis Hearsey as Jack Trott and Ruth Betteridge as Jill Pickle in the auditorium of Blackpool Grand Theatre
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Lisa George and Steve Royle lead Jack and the Beanstalk at Blackpool Grand Theatre

Lisa George and Steve Royle head the company of Jack and the Beanstalk, Blackpool Grand Theatre’s pantomime this Christmas, which runs from 4 December 2026 to 3 January 2027 and brings the story back to the Grand for…

Key art for The Railway Children at Derby Theatre: a steam train emerging from snowy pines as a girl waves a red flag
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Emma Charlton plays Bobby as Derby Theatre casts The Railway Children

Emma Charlton, a former member of Derby Theatre’s youth theatre, plays Bobby in the venue’s Christmas production of The Railway Children, directed by Sarah Brigham, at the head of a professional company of ten.

The full company of My Fair Lady at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, led by Alan Cumming and Verity Power
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Alan Cumming and Verity Power lead the full company for My Fair Lady at Pitlochry

Alan Cumming and Verity Power, already confirmed as Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle, now have the rest of their company: sixteen more performers complete the cast of Maria Friedman's My Fair Lady at…