RENT rehearsal images released ahead of West End return

Brand new rehearsal images have been released for the new production of RENT, ahead of the musical’s return to the West End this September. Take a behind the scenes look at Gaten Matarazzo and the cast as they prepare to take the stage at the Tom Stoppard Theatre.

Rehearsal images have been released for the new production of Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical RENT, directed by Olivier Award winner Luke Sheppard. Celebrating 30 years since the musical first premiered on Broadway, previews begin at the newly renamed Tom Stoppard Theatre from 26 September 2026.

Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo makes his West End debut as Mark alongside Travis Ross as Roger, Alexa Lopez as Mimi, Billy Nevers as Collins, Lazy Violet as Maureen, Olivier Award nominee Danielle Fiamanya as Joanne, Jeevan Braich as Angel and Joaquin Pedro Valdes as Benny.

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Photos: The cast of RENT in rehearsals

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30 years of Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking musical

Set in New York’s East Village, RENT follows a group of young artists, musicians and friends navigating love, ambition and creativity while trying to build lives on their own terms. Inspired by Puccini’s La Bohème, the musical captures the joy, uncertainty and resilience of a generation determined to make every moment count.

When it first premiered on Broadway, RENT was unlike anything that had taken the stage before. Jonathan Larson won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1996, a rare feat for a musical. The musical was nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and went on to win four of them, including Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Wilson Jermaine Heredia.

RENT went on to run for over 12 years on Broadway, playing over 5,000 performances, and has since been performed on six continents and translated into every major language. It’s widely credited with bringing a new, younger audience into musical theatre and giving voice to communities rarely centred on Broadway stages at the time.