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  • Venue Dominion Theatre, London
  • Performance dates Booking to 2 March 2024
  • Running time 2 hours 55 minutes (including interval)
  • Age guidelines 5+

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Broadway hit musical The King and I is now playing at the West End’s Dominion Theatre.

Helen George, best known as Trixie in the hit BBC One series Call The Midwife, stars as Anna Leonowens. Playing opposite Helen George in The King and I is renowned Broadway performer Darren Lee as King of Siam. 

This gloriously lavish production is brought to the stage by an internationally renowned creative team under Tony Award-winning director Bartlett Sher (South Pacific, My Fair Lady, To Kill a Mockingbird) and features a world-class company of over 50 West End and Broadway performers and a full-scale orchestra.

The King and I Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony-award winning musical is a dramatic, richly textured and ultimately uplifting tale of East versus West, and boasts a score featuring beloved classics “Getting To Know You,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance,” “I Have Dreamed” and “Something Wonderful”.

The Broadway production of The King and I won four 2015 Tony Awards including Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical and Best Costume Design of a Musical.

The King & I is playing at the Dominion Theatre in London from 20 January to 2 March 2024.

The year is 1862, and British schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has arrived in Siam to instruct the royal children.

But despite her sharp wit and strong will, nothing has prepared Anna for the lessons this rich and complicated new land has to teach her — or for the powerful connection she will forge with its imperious King.

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Who is in the cast of The King and I?

Dominion Theatre (2024)

The cast of The King and I is led by Helen George (Call the Midwife, The Woman in White) as Anna Leonowens, with Broadway star Darren Lee (Chicago, Guys and Dolls) as the King of Siam

Further cast to be announced.

UK & Ireland Tour (2023)

Alongside Helen George and Darren Lee, the cast includes Dean John-Wilson (The King and I) as Lun Tha, Marienella Phillips (Henry V) as Tuptim, and Cezarah Bonner as Lady Thiang. Other cast include Kok-Hwa Lie (The King And I) as Kralahome, Caleb Lagayan (Les Misérables) as Prince Chulalongkorn, Sam Jenkins-Shaw (The Night Watch) as Captain Orton/Sir Edward Ramsay, and Maria Coyne (The Phantom of the Opera) as Alternate Anna. The ensemble includes Chi Chan, Jeffrey Chekai, Emily Grace-Ling, Cher Nicolette Ho, Rachel Wang-Hei Lau, Daniel Len, Candy Ma, Rachel MacDougall, Amelia Kinu Muus, Yuki Ozeki, Kitt Pakapom, Prem Rai, Ria Tanaka, Hiromi Toyooka, Jasmine Triadi, Jensen Tudtud, Qinwen Xue and Jason Yang-Westland.

In terms of the child actors, Harry Altoft, Dexter Barry, Max Ivemey and Charlie McGuire play Anna’s son Louis; and Bethany Campbell, Coco Bridger, Cody Concha, Ethan Fung, Dulcie-Bella Hackley, Caitlin Lau, Khun Cho Lwin, Angelica Quynh An Nguyen, Tenzin Noryang, Sabri Leonel Puci, Niall Rina, Francis Benedict Sarte, Mia Snowdon, Yuen Zhai and Phoebe Zhao-Welsh play the Royal children.

Who are the creative team of The King and I?

The King and I is based on Margaret Landon’s novel, Anna and the King of Siam with music by Richard Rodgers, book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and original choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Bartlett Sher reunites the original creative team of Catherine Zuber (Tony Award winner for Best Costume), set designer Michael Yeargan, lighting designer Donald Holder, sound designer Scott Lehrer and choreography by Christopher Gattelli based on the original choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Venue Information

Dominion Theatre , 268-269 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 7AQ

Nearest Tube or Train: Tottenham Court Road (Central line, Northern line)

Nearest Buses: 7, 8, 10, 14, 14A, 19, 22, 24, 25, 29, 38, 40, 73, 176

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Frequently Asked Questions

The King and I is playing at the Dominion Theatre in London
The running time of The King and I is 2 hours 55 minutes (including interval)
The age recommendations for The King and I are: 5+
Yes, The King and I has matinee performances on the following days: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday
No, sorry, The King and I has now completed its run and is no longer on sale.

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