Carrie Hope Fletcher, Joel Montague Will Lead Elf The Musical in London's West End

The upcoming West End return of Elf The Musical has found its cast, with performances set to begin October 28 at the Aldwych Theatre. The 10-week holiday run will continue through January 3, 2026.

Leading the cast will be Joel Montague (The Great Gatsby) as Buddy, Carrie Hope Fletcher (Cinderella) as Jovie, and Aled Jones as Walter Hobbs, with Rosanna Hyland (Back to the Future) as Emily Hobbs, Martyn Ellis (Wicked) as Santa/Mr. Greenway, Lucinda Lawrence (9 to 5) as Deb, and Dermot Canavan (Hairspray) as Store Manager. Ayrton English, Max Garlick, Harry Georgiou, and Samuel Sturge will share the role of Michael Hobbs.

The ensemble will comprise Mollie Cleere, Farirayi Garaba, Sophie Pourret, Lucy Rice, Biancha Szynal, Kyle Cox, Zack Guest, Ryan Jupp, Dominic Lamb, and Danny Nattrass. Swings Sophie Camble, Amy Punter, Samuel John Humphreys, and Michael Tyler will round out the company.

Again directed by Philip Wm. McKinley, Elf is coming to the West End after two sold-out runs at the Dominion Theatre and a holiday 2024 run on Broadway. Based on the 2003 New Line Cinema film starring Will Ferrell, Elf features a book by Tony winners Thomas Meehan (Annie, The Producers, Hairspray) and Bob Martin (The Drowsy Chaperone), with songs by Tony nominees Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer). The musical made its Broadway debut in 2010 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre and returned there in 2012. A 2024 engagement of McKliney's staging was a box-office hit at Broadway's Marquis.

Like the film, the stage musical follows the charming tale of Buddy, who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag as a baby and is raised as an elf. When Santa tells him the truth, Buddy heads to New York City to find his birth father.

The forthcoming London engagement will have a brand-new set, adapted for the dimensions of the Aldwych by Tim Goodchild, with choreography by Liam Steel, set and costumes by Goodchild, lighting by Patrick Woodroffe, sound by Gareth Owen, and video by Ian William Galloway. Casting will be by Grindrod Burton Casting.

First staged at the Dominion Theatre in 2022, this production became the fastest-selling show in the venue’s history, going on to break its own box-office records during the subsequent 2023 run at the same house.

Elf the Musical is produced by Temple Live Entertainment. Tickets are available now at ElfLondon.com.

Look back at the 2024 Broadway production in the gallery below.