Carrie Hope Fletcher, Joel Montague and Aled Jones lead the cast of ELF: The Musical at London’s Aldwych Theatre
Joel Montague, Carrie Hope Fletcher and Aled Jones will lead the cast when festive family favourite ELF: The Musical returns to London this Christmas.
Montague (The Great Gatsby, London Coliseum, Hamilton, Victoria Palace Theatre) will take on the central role of Buddy opposite Hope Fletcher (Calamity Jane, UK tour, Cinderella, Gillian Lynne Theatre) as Jovie with Jones (White Christmas, Dominion Theatre, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, UK tour) stepping into the role of Walter Hobbs.
Rosanna Hyland (Back to the Future The Musical, West End) as Emily Hobbs, Martyn Ellis (Wicked, The Lion King, West End) as Santa/Mr Greenway, Lucinda Lawrence (9 to 5, West End, Hairspray, UK tour) as Deb and Dermot Canavan (Hairspray/Fiddler on the Roof, West End) as Store Manager.
The cast will also include Mollie Cleere (Mamma Mia! The Party, The O2), Farirayi Garaba (Mamma Mia!, international tour), Sophie Pourret (The Great Gatsby, West End), Lucy Rice (Clueless, West End), Biancha Szynal (Bring It On, Southbank Centre), Kyle Cox (& Juliet, UK tour), Zack Guest (Moulin Rouge! The Music, West End), Ryan Jupp (Crazy for You, West End), Dominic Lamb (Guys & Dolls, Bridge Theatre) and Danny Nattrass (Brigadoon, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre). The cast is completed by Sophie Camble (Cinderella The Musical, West End) as Swing, Amy Punter (TINA – The Tina Turner Musical, West End) as Swing, Samuel John Humphreys (The Great Gatsby, West End) as Swing and Michael Tyler (Mamma Mia!, West End) as Swing.
The role of Michael Hobbs will be played by Ayrton English, Max Garlick, Harry Georgiou and Samuel Sturge.
After two sold-out seasons at the Dominion Theatre and a record-breaking holiday season at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway, Buddy and co will take up residence at the Aldwych Theatre for a strictly limited 10-week season from 28 October 2025 until 3 January 2026.
Featuring a new set adapted to fit the dimensions of the Aldwych stage by set and costume designer Tim Goodchild, the production will once again be directed by Philip Wm McKinley. The returning creative team also includes choreographer Liam Steel, lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe, sound designer Gareth Owen and video designer Ian William Galloway, with casting by Grindod Burton Casting. ELF: The Musical is produced by Temple Live Entertainment.
Based on Will Ferrell’s instant Christmas classic film which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023, the feel-good family musical features a book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone), with songs by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer).
The musical debuted on Broadway in 2010 and played a second Christmas season on Broadway two years later. Buddy first took up a festive residence at the Dominion Theatre in 2022 where it became the fastest selling production in the venue’s history. The musical went on to break its own box office records during its 2023 encore run.
When this production played the Marquis Theatre in New York in 2024, it marked the musical’s first return to Broadway in over a decade and went on to break the venue’s box office records for weekly grosses in two consecutive weeks.
Angela Thomas
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