Aine McLoughlin, Ami Benton (top), Callum Sterling, Emma Holt (middle), James Hastings and Liz Kamille (bottom) are joining the prologue company of Cabaret at the KitKat Club
The multi award-winning, critically acclaimed Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club in London’s West End will welcome new additions to the prologue company latest this month.
From 24 October, the group of welcoming actors, dancers and musicians will include Ami Benton, James Hastings, Emma Holt, Liz Kamille, Aine McLoughlin and Callum Sterling alongside Rachel Benson, Laura Braid, Reuben Greeph, Samantha Ho and Andrew Linnie.
The show features recent newcomers Callum Scott Howells as The Emcee and Madeline Brewer as Sally Bowles and Sid Sagar as Cliff Bradshaw, alongside Vivien Parry as Fraulein Schneider and Richard Katz as Herr Schultz Danny Mahoney as Ernst Ludwig and Michelle Bishop as Fraulein Kost.
The cast is completed by Gabriela Benedetti, Charles Croysdill, Laura Delany, Sally Frith, Matthew Gent, Ying Ue Li, Ela Lisondra, Chris O’Mara, Grant Neal, Hicaro Nicolai, Adam Taylor, Toby Turpin, Patrick Wilden and Sophie Maria Wojna.
Presented by Ambassador Theatre Group and Underbelly, the unique new version of the classic musical began performances at the in-the-round 550 capacity venue in December last year. The production won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards – the most for any musical revival in Olivier history – and three prestigious Critics Circle Awards.
Rebecca Frecknall heads a creative team that includes set and costume designer Tom Scutt, choreographer Julia Cheng. Musical supervision and direction is by Jennifer Whyte, with lighting design by Isabella Byrd and sound design by Nick Lidster. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the associate director is Jordan Fein.
Based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1939 semi-autobiographical book Goodbye to Berlin and the stage adaptation I Am a Camera by playwright and director John Van Druten, Cabaret features music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.
The show’s Broadway debut in 1966, starring Joel Grey and Jill Haworth, was followed by its first appearance in London’s West End two years later with Judi Dench taking on the role of Sally Bowles alongside Barry Dennen as The Emcee.
Grey re-created his Tony Award-winning performance for the Bob Fosse film version in 1972 which collected eight Oscars including the Best Supporting Actor award for Grey and the Best Actress award for Liza Minnelli’s iconic and career-making performance as Sally Bowles.
Angela Thomas
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