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

Niall Sheehy, who plays Charlie in HIM at the Union Theatre
Cast Changes and Announcements

Niall Sheehy replaces Dan Furlonger in HIM at the Union Theatre

Niall Sheehy is the new Charlie in HIM, Natalie Ekberg's play about a contemporary LGBTQ+ family, which runs at the Union Theatre from 19-30 October 2026.

Charlie Cox, Blake Harrison, Cherrelle Skeete and Christopher Short, cast in The King’s Ransom at the Donmar Warehouse. Charlie Cox photo by Brian Bowen Smith
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Charlie Cox leads the cast of Stuart Slade’s The King’s Ransom at the Donmar

Charlie Cox will play the small-time crook Vince in the world premiere of Stuart Slade’s The King’s Ransom at the Donmar Warehouse, as the full company for Matthew Dunster’s production is confirmed.

Reece Shearsmith, Hugh Skinner and Josh Finan. Photos by Rankin (Shearsmith, Skinner) and Ruth Crafer (Finan)
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Reece Shearsmith, Hugh Skinner and Josh Finan take a night each in An Oak Tree

Reece Shearsmith, Hugh Skinner and Josh Finan are the newest guest actors for An Oak Tree at The Other Palace, each taking a single performance opposite Tim Crouch without ever having seen the script.

Jodie Steele, Stewart Clarke, Alfie Friedman, Danielle Steers and Bea Ward, the initial cast of Wild About You
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Jodie Steele, Stewart Clarke and Alfie Friedman lead Wild About You at the Charing Cross Theatre

Jodie Steele, Stewart Clarke and Alfie Friedman head the first company named for Wild About You, the new musical by Chilina Kennedy that receives its first full staging at the Charing Cross Theatre in the new year.

The cast of Witness for the Prosecution at London County Hall. Photo by Mark Senior
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First look at Matthew McGivern and Sophie Craig in Witness for the Prosecution

Matthew McGivern and Sophie Craig are pictured as Leonard and Romaine Vole in the first production photographs of the sixteenth cast of Witness for the Prosecution, as Agatha Christie’s courtroom drama starts its tenth…

Campaign artwork for the RSC's 2027 production of Coriolanus. Artwork © RSC
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Damien Molony to play Coriolanus at the RSC in 2027

Damien Molony will take the title role in Coriolanus at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 6 February - 20 March 2027, in a new production directed by Elizabeth Freestone.

Elizabeth Debicki in campaign artwork for the RSC's 2027 production of Richard II. Artwork © RSC
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Elizabeth Debicki to play Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

Elizabeth Debicki is to play the king in Richard II at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, from 10 April - 22 May 2027.

John Bradley, Joe Dempsie, Katie Leung and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, the cast of Expecting at Riverside Studios. Photos of John Bradley by Rachel Sherlock and Joe Dempsie by Eric Frideen
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John Bradley, Joe Dempsie, Katie Leung and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell cast in Expecting at Riverside Studios

John Bradley, Joe Dempsie, Katie Leung and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell make up the company of Expecting, a new play about the parenthood question that has its world premiere at Riverside Studios in the new year.

Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding, who share Grizabella on the Cats UK and Ireland tour. Photo by Jay Brooks
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Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding to share Grizabella on the Cats tour

Louise Dearman, Alice Fearn and Rachael Wooding will divide the role of Grizabella between them on the UK and Ireland tour of Cats, the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production that opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth on…