AMERICAN PSYCHO announces extension to London run

Emmie Newitt 3 February, 2026, 14:03

The revival run of the critically acclaimed musical thriller directed by Rupert Goold has announced an extension in response to its popularity with audiences. The production returned to the Alemida Theatre last month, following its debut in 2013.

Emily Barber, Millie Mayhew, Liz Kamille, Hannah Yun Chamberlain, Asha Parker-Wallace and Tanisha Spring in American Psycho at the Almeida Theatre. Credit Marc Brenner

Adapted from the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, American Psycho centres on Patrick Bateman, a 1980s Wall Street banker who is obsessed with his image. However, beneath his "perfect" exterior with a good status, wealth, and a glamorous fiancée, he hides a secretly violent and psychopathic life.

The production is led by Arty Froushan as Patrick Froushan. He is joined by Emily Barber (Operation Mincemeat, Fortune Theatre), Daniel Bravo (Mean Girls, Savoy Theatre), Jack Butterworth (Kiss Me Kate, Barbican), Hannah Yun Chamberlain (Sunset Boulevard, Broadway/ West End), Oli Higginson (Measure for Measure, RSC), Kim Ismay (Fanny, King's Head Theatre), Alex James-Hatton (Newsies, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre), Liz Kamille (Cabaret, West End), Anastasia Martin (Little Women, Park Theatre), Millie Mayhew (The Great Gatsby, London Coliseum), Posi Morakinyo (The Fear of 13, Donmar Warehouse), Joseph Mydell (Oedipus, The Old Vic), Asha Parker-Wallace (Starter for Ten, Bristol Old Vic/ Birmingham Rep), Tanisha Spring (Moulin Rouge: The Musical, West End), Samuel J Weir (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Aldwych Theatre) and Zheng Xi Yong (Your Life in April, Harold Pinter Theatre).