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London News West End Revival of Cabaret to Welcome Adam Gillen and Katherine Langford

The hit West End revival at the Kit Kat Club will also welcome several other actors next month.

Adam Gillen and Katherine Langford

London's Oliver-winning Cabaret revival will welcome several new stars to the Kit Kat Club next month.

Beginning September 23, Olivier nominee Adam Gillen (Killer Joe, Benidorm) will play The Emcee, and Golden Globe nominee Katherine Langford (Knives Out, 13 Reasons Why) will step into the role of Sally Bowles. Gillen and Langford, who will succeed current stars Layton Williams and Rhea Norwood, will continue in the production through January 25, 2025.

Also joining the cast September 23 will be Daniel Bowerbank as Clifford Bradshaw, Fred Haig as Ernst Ludwig, Xenoa Campbell-Ledgister, Sam Darius, Adrian Grove, Justin-Lee Jones, Alexandra Regan, Marina Tavolieri, Ben Simon Wilson, Anne-Marie Wojna, and Lucy Young. Continuing in the show are Sally Ann Triplett as Fraulein Schneider, Fenton Gray as Herr Schultz, Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, Damon Gould, El Haq Latief, Ela Lisondra, Hícaro Nicolai, Andy Rees, and Patrick Wilden.

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Langford has several pre-arranged absences from the production. Nic Myers will play Sally Bowles September 25 at 2 PM, October 3 at 7:30 PM, and October 9 at 2 PM. Beginning October 16, Anne-Marie Wojna will play the role of Sally Bowles once a week.

The prologue company includes Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Joseph Hardy, Liz Kamille, Andrew Linnie, Aine McLoughlin, Jack William Parry, Jazmyn Raikes, Oliver Stockley and Ena Yamaguchi.

This production of Cabaret opened in December 2021, subsequently winning a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards. The revival transferred to Broadway's August Wilson Theatre with the London production's Olivier-winning original Emcee, Eddie Redmayne, reprising his performance for the Broadway bow, opposite Gayle Rankin as Sally Bowles, Bebe Neuwirth as Fraulein Schneider, Ato Blankson-Wood as Clifford Bradshaw, and Steven Skybell as Herr Schultz. 

READ: Adam Lambert and Auli'i Cravalho to Join Cabaret on Broadway

Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood, Cabaret has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff.

This production is directed by Rebecca Frecknall with set and costume design by Tom Scutt, choreography by Julia Cheng, musical supervision by Jennifer Whyte, musical direction by Ben Ferguson, lighting design by Isabella Byrd, and sound design by Nick Lidster. The casting director is Stuart Burt, and the associate director is Jordan Fein.

Cabaret is produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions and Underbelly.

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Photos: Rhea Norwood and Layton Williams in Cabaret in the West End

 
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