INTO THE WOODS announces full West End casting

In Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s classic musical, fairy tale characters from four of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tales, such as the Baker, the Baker’s Wife, the Witch, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella and Rapunzel take us beyond happy ever after to discover what really matters. 

Director Jordan Fein’s production premiered at the Bridge Theatre in 2025 was the most nominated musical revival of the year at the Olivier Awards, with 11 nominations, of which it won two – Best Musical Revival and Best Lighting. It also won Best Ensemble or Cast and Best Designer at the Critics’ Circle Awards. This autumn, it will transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre.

Joining the previously announced company are Simbi Akande as Cinderella, John Dagleish as the Baker, Fiona Finsbury as Rapunzel, Lucas Koch as Rapunzel’s Prince, Laura Pitt-Pulford as the Baker’s Wife, Jack Quarton as the Steward, Keith Ramsay as Jack, Matthew Seadon-Young as Cinderella’s Prince and the Wolf, and Michael S Siegel as the Narrator.

They join Valda Aviks as Grandmother and the Giant, Geoffrey Aymer as Cinderella’s Father, Kate Fleetwood as the Witch, Jennifer Hepburn as Cinderella’s Stepmother and alternate Witch, Hana Ichijo as Lucinda, Julie Jupp as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Florinda and Gracie McGonigal as Little Red Riding Hood.

The creative team includes set and costume designer Tom Scutt, musical supervisor Mark Aspinall, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, sound designer Adam Fisher, lighting designer Aideen Malone, video designer Roland Horvath, movement director Jenny Ogilvie, wigs, hair and make-up designer Sam Cox, puppetry designers Cheryl “Chuck” Brown, Max Humphries and Tom Scutt, musical director Alex Beetschen and casting director Stuart Burt.

Into the Woods will play at the Noël Coward Theatre from 22 September until 9 January 2027.

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