Catherine Tate Is London's Next Oh, Mary! Star

The Cole Escola comedy continues its U.K. run at Trafalgar Theatre.

February 24, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block

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English comedian and actor Catherine Tate (The Catherine Tate Show) will be the next star of Cole Escola's Oh, Mary! in London's West End. Current and original star Mason Alexander Park will take their final bow in the play April 25, with Tate set to succeed beginning April 27 and continue through July 18 at the Trafalgar Theatre.

Also setting a final performance is Giles Terera as Mary's Husband, who will complete his run March 14. Beginning March 16, Scott Karim (Wendy & Peter Pan) will take over the role.

Continuing cast includes Kate O’Donnell (Big Girl’s Blouse) as Mary’s Chaperone, Oliver Stockley (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club) as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, and Dino Fetscher (The Normal Heart) as Mary’s Teacher.

The Broadway comedy crossed the pond last year, opening the West End bow December 18 with Sam Pinkleton reprising his Tony-winning Broadway direction. See what critics had to say here.

Oh, Mary! centers on Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. In Escola's demented take (or as press notes put it, "through the lens of an idiot"), Mary Todd becomes a madcap, cabaret-obsessed alcoholic.

The piece premiered at Off-Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre in 2024 in a run that was extended three times. It then opened on Broadway last summer, where it's been breaking box-office records at the Lyceum Theatre; it became the first show in the theatre’s 121-year history to gross more than $1,000,000 in a single week. The show earned two 2025 Tony Awards: Lead Actor in a Play for Escola, the play's original Mary; and Director of a Play for Pinkleton. Oh, Mary! continues its run on Broadway.

READ: Director Sam Pinkleton on the Art of Recasting Oh, Mary!

Pinkleton has reassembled his creative team for the West End transfer, including scenic designer dots, costume designer Holly Pierson, lighting designer Cha See, composer and co-sound designer Daniel Kluger, co-sound designer Drew Levy, wig designer Leah J. Loukas, and music arranger David Dabbon.

U.K. casting is by Stuart Burt CDG.

The transfer is produced by Kevin McCollum and Lucas McMahon, and Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia. Executive producers are Wessex Grove.

Visit OhMaryPlay.co.uk.