New production images show Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary! at the Trafalgar Theatre
by Best of Theatre Staff on in Theatre News
The first production images of Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary! have been released, catching her West End debut as Mary Todd Lincoln at the Trafalgar Theatre.
The first production images of Jinkx Monsoon in Oh, Mary! were released today, giving West End audiences their first proper look at her turn as Mary Todd Lincoln at the Trafalgar Theatre. It is her West End debut, and it repeats the performance that sold out an eight-week Broadway run and the encore engagement that followed.
She is joined by Scott Karim as Mary's Husband, Dino Fetscher as Mary's Teacher, Kate O'Donnell as Mary's Chaperone and Oliver Stockley as Mary's Husband's Assistant. This company plays until 26 September 2026, and the production is booking at the Trafalgar Theatre until Saturday 2 January 2027.
Written by Cole Escola, the play is a dark comedy that drops in on a stifled, miserable Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks before her husband's assassination. Yearning, drink and thoroughly suppressed ambition drive 80 minutes of one-act mischief, and the whole thing is filtered, as Escola has it, through the lens of an idiot.
The New York Times called it "one of the best comedies in years". It took Tony Awards for Best Leading Actor in a Play, for Cole Escola, and Best Direction of a Play for Sam Pinkleton, along with Drama League Awards for Outstanding Play and Outstanding Direction of a Play and a special citation from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. It was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The play began off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2024 and transferred to Broadway's Lyceum Theatre that July, where it broke box office records and is still playing to full houses. Its West End premiere came at the Trafalgar Theatre on 3 December 2025, and it won Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at this year's Olivier Awards. A US national tour launches this autumn.
Alongside Cole Escola and Sam Pinkleton, the creative team is dots (scenic designer), Holly Pierson (costume designer), Cha See (lighting designer), Daniel Kluger (sound design and music), Drew Levy (sound designer), Leah J. Loukas (wig designer) and David Dabbon (arrangements), with casting by Stuart Burt CDG. The associate team is Georgie Rankcom (associate director), Zoë Hurwitz (scenic), Debo Andrews (costume), Tom Turner (lighting), Chris Reid (sound), Kim Kasim (wigs), Caitlin Morgan (music direction), Eleanor Dolan (costume supervisor) and Marcus Hall (props supervisor).
