London’s acclaimed production of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club celebrated an important milestone yesterday, 7 July 2025.
Rebecca Frecknall’s multi-award-winning production of the classic Broadway musical celebrated reaching 1,5000 performances in the West End, with a celebrity gala performance in London.
The show started its London run in 2021, and saw the Playhouse Theatre undergo a multi-million-pound transformation into the Kit Kat Club for the show, designed by Tom Scutt.
The production went on to win a record-breaking 7 Olivier Awards.
Celebrities and original cast members of Rebecca Frecknall’s award-winning production of Cabaret were out in force for the gala, including Janet Jackson, Eddie Redmayne, Layton Williams, Helena Bonham Carter, Graham Norton and more!
Cabaret has some way to go before it beats the West End’s longest-running musical, Les Miserables, which has played for over 15,000 performances.
However, in addition to its 1,500 performances in London, the show has also racked up 500 shows on Broadway, making the “global” total 2,000 performances.
The show currently stars Bridgerton’s Hannah Dodd as Sally Bowles, and Olivier Award nominee Rob Madge (My Son’s a Queer But What Can You Do?) as The Emcee. The pair are performing until 20 September 2025.
Cabaret boasts an iconic score, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff, based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
The original cast of this production of Cabaret included Eddie Redmayne as The Emcee and Jessie Buckley as Sally Bowles.
Previous performers have included Marisha Wallace, Katherine Langford, Rhea Norwood, Cara Delevingne, Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem, Maude Apatow, Madeline Brewer, Amy Lennox, Billy Porter, Adam Gillen, Layton Williams, Luke Treadaway, Jake Shears, Mason Alexander Park, Callum Scott Howells, and Fra Fee.
The current cast of Cabaret also includes Daniel Bowerbank as Clifford Bradshaw, Fenton Gray as Herr Schultz, Fred Haig as Ernst Ludwig and Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie.
The cast is completed by Xenoa Campbell-Ledgister, Sam Darius, Damon Gould, Adrian Grove, El Haq Latief, Justin-Lee Jones, Ela Lisondra, Hícaro Nicolai, Andy Rees, Alexandra Regan, Marina Tavolieri, Ben Simon Wilson, Anne-Marie Wojna, Patrick Wilden and Lucy Young.
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The prologue company are James Hastings, Dak Mashava, Nethra Menon, Oluwatosin Omotosho, Kristin Wei Wong, Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Joseph Hardy, Andrew Linnie, Jack William Parry and Jazmyn Raikes
The creative team of the show includes direction by Rebecca Frecknall (A Streetcar Named Desire), set and costume design by Tom Scutt, and choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen, with lighting design by Isabella Byrd and sound design by Nick Lidster. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer and musical director is Angus MacRae.
Cabaret Trailer – Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace
It was announced last month that the Broadway run of this production of Cabaret is set to close in October 2025. The final cast will feature recent London stars, Tony Award winner Billy Porter (Pose) as The Emcee, and double Olivier Award-nominee Marisha Wallace (Guys & Dolls, Dreamgirls) as Sally Bowles.
Rebecca Frecknall’s latest production is A Moon for the Misbegotten at the Almeida Theatre, starring Michael Shannon, Ruth Wilson and David Threlfall.
Cabaret is now playing at the Kit Kat Club in London, booking to 28 March 2026.
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