Layton Williams and Rhea Norwood have been cast in the West End production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club. Picture: Jay Brooks
The multi-award-winning Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club will welcome four new principal cast members early next month.
From 3 June, one of the stars of the Netflix series Heartstopper, Rhea Norwood will make her professional stage and West End debut as Sally Bowles alongside 2023 Strictly Come Dancing finalist Layton Williams (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, West End/international tour, Rent, The Other Palace) as The Emcee. The pair will remain in the roles until 21 September.
The other newcomers will be Sally Ann Triplett (The Witches, National Theatre, Oklahoma!, Wyndham’s Theatre) as Fraulein Schneider and Fenton Gray (Little Shop of Horrors, Leicester Haymarket, Into the Woods, Manchester Library Theatre) as Herr Schultz.
They will join Michael Ahomka-Lindsay as Clifford Bradshaw, Wilf Scolding as Ernst Ludwig, Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, Liv Alexander as Texas, Natalie Chua as Frenchie, Laura Delany as Rosie, Taite-Elliot Drew as Hans, Damon Gould as Victor, El Haq Latief as Helga, Travis Ross as Bobby, Grant Neal as Herman/Max, and Hicaro Nicolai as Lulu. The cast is completed by Rebecca Lisewski, Ela Lisondra, Nic Myers, Andy Rees, Toby Turpin and Patrick Wilden. Nic Myers plays the role of Sally Bowles once a week.
The prologue company is made up of Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Joseph Hardy, Liz Kamille, Andrew Linnie, Aine McLoughlin, Jack William Parry, Jazmyn Raikes, Oliver Stockley and Ena Yamaguchi.
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 2021. 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 and choreographer Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte, with musical direction by Ben Ferguson, lighting design by Isabella Byrd and sound design by Nick Lidster. The casting director is Stuart Burt, the associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein, and the prologue composer and musical director is Angus MacRae.
The production which recently celebrated its 1,000th performance is currently booking up to February 2025.
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.
Angela Thomas
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