Cabaret in West End reveals new 2023 casting with Aimee Lou Wood and John McCrea

Aimee Lou Wood and John McCrea are to join the cast of Cabaret in the West End this spring.

The pair will lead new casting for the hit revival at the Kit Kat Club at London’s Playhouse Theatre from 13 February 2023.

BAFTA Award winner Aimee Lou Wood will play Sally Bowles and Olivier Award nominee John McCrea will play The Emcee. They will be joined by Nathan Ives-Moiba as Cliff Bradshaw with the trio playing through to 27 May 2023. Tickets are on sale now here.

Aimee Lou Wood said: “I’ve wanted to be Sally Bowles since I was around 10 so this is really special. I’m unbelievably excited and having the greatest time in rehearsals. The production is so wonderful and I feel honoured to be stepping into this beautiful team of people!”

John McCrea added: “I’m thrilled to be taking on the iconic role of the Emcee in this ground-breaking production of Cabaret. It’s an absolute honour to be joining this amazing company of artists.”

At certain performances, the role of Sally Bowles will be played by Emily Benjamin.

Current cast members Callum Scott Howells and Madeline Brewer will play their final performance on Saturday 28 January 2023 while Sid Sagar’s final performance as Cliff Bradshaw will be Saturday 11 February 2023.

Between 30 January – 11 February 2023 the role of The Emcee will be played by Matthew Gent and the role of Sally Bowles will be played by Emily Benjamin. At certain performances the role of Sally Bowles will be played by Sally Frith.

The cast also includes Vivien Parry as Fraulein Schneider, Richard Katz as Herr Schultz, Danny Mahoney as Ernst Ludwig and Michelle Bishop as Fraulein Kost. The cast is completed by Gabriela Benedetti, Charles Croysdill, Laura Delany, Sally Frith, Matthew Gent, Ying Ue Li, Ela Lisondra, Chris O’Mara, Grant Neal, Hicaro Nicolai, Adam Taylor, Toby Turpin, Patrick Wilden and Sophie Maria Wojna.

The Prologue Company currently includes Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Laura Braid, Reuben Greeph, James Hastings, Samantha Ho, Emma Holt, Liz Kamille, Andrew Linnie, Aine McLoughlin and Callum Sterling.

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Cabaret features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.

Opening in 2021, the new West End revival from director Rebecca Frecknall won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards.