Phantom of the Opera extends to October 2027 as Kimberly Blake, Kate Graham and Luke Kempner join

Phantom of the Opera has extended its booking period at His Majesty's Theatre through to October 2027. Three new principals join the company from Monday 23 November 2026.

Kimberly Blake takes over as Carlotta, Kate Graham as Madame Giry and Luke Kempner as Monsieur André. Ashley Gilmour returns to the role of Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny.

They join Jordan Donica as The Phantom and Beatrice Penny-Touré as Christine Daaé, with Matt Bateman as Piangi, Ian Pirie as Monsieur Firmin and Millie Lyon as Meg. Colleen Rose Curran plays Christine at certain performances.

The rest of the company is Harry Apps, George Arvidson, Michael Baxter, Embla Bishop, David Burilin, Polly Clarke, Leonard Cook, Hywel Dowsell, Connor Ewing, Lila Falce-Bass, Florence Fowler, James Gant, Emily George, Melanie Gowie, Molly Hall, Will Hawksworth, Matt Hayden, Nino Hepher, Mandy Kwan, Verity Marlow, Tim Morgan, Inguna Morozova, Skye November, Taylor Pardell, Johnny Randall, Rachel Spurrell, Jasmine Wallis, Victoria Ward and Alicia Wong.

The announcement comes a month after the musical's 40th anniversary gala on Friday 9 October 2026 at His Majesty's Theatre, the show's London home since 1986. At the finale, Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman came back on stage with alumni from four decades of the run to share a curtain call with the current company. Photographs and highlight footage of that finale have now been released.

If the player does not load, watch the gala highlights on YouTube.

The London production is also set to be filmed live for a 2027 cinema release. Separately, the touring production Cameron Mackintosh created in 2012, with a new creative team and Maria Björnson's original costume designs, has its German premiere in Cologne on 5 November 2026.

Cameron Mackintosh produces with LW Entertainment. Music is by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and the book by Stilgoe and Lloyd Webber, after the novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Harold Prince directed the original staging; the current production is directed by Seth Sklar-Heyn. The design is by Maria Björnson, with lighting by Andrew Bridge, sound by Mick Potter, and Gillian Lynne's musical staging and choreography recreated by Chrissie Cartwright. The score includes The Music of the Night, All I Ask of You and Masquerade.