Acclaimed West End musical Cabaret has announced new casting for the Kit Kat Club in London.
From 28 January 2025, Emmy, Tony and Grammy award winner Billy Porter (Pose) will star as The Emcee, and double Olivier Award-nominee Marisha Wallace (Guys & Dolls, Dreamgirls) will play Sally Bowles.
Joining the cast a day before, on 27 January 2025, will be Vivien Parry, who returns to the role of Fraulein Schneider.
They join 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.
Marisha Wallace as Sally Bowles in Cabaret
The prologue company are Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Joseph Hardy, Liz Kamille, Andrew Linnie, Aine McLoughlin, Jack William Parry, Jazmyn Raikes, Oliver Stockley and Ena Yamaguchi.
Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace’s final performance will be Saturday 24 May 2025.
The show currently stars Golden Globe nominee Katherine Langford (Love Simon, 13 Reasons Why, Knives Out) as Sally Bowles, and Olivier Award nominee Adam Gillen (Benidorm, Killer Joe, Amadeus) as The Emcee.
Adam Gillen and Katherine Langford’s final performance is on Saturday 25 January 2025.
Billy Porter as The Emcee in Cabaret
Winner of a record-breaking 7 Olivier Awards, Cabaret is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, with set and costume design by Tom Scutt, and choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben Ferguson 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 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. Songs include Willkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number, Cabaret.
Cabaret is currently booking at the Kit Kat Club in London to 4 October 2025.
Book tickets to CABARET at the Kit Kat Club in London
Playhouse Theatre (Kit Kat Club), London
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