New cast announced for THE HUNGER GAMES: ON STAGE

The new cast will be led by Elizabeth Anderson as Katniss Everdeen with Vinnie Copeland as Peeta Mellark, Nathan Stokes as Gale Hawthorne, Daisy Statham as Prim, Alix Dunmore as Mrs. Everdeen, Isabel Della-Porta as Effie Trinket and Theo Ogundipe as Cinna. British television and stage actors Neil McDermott (EastEnders) and Daniel Brocklebank (Coronation Street) will play Haymitch Abernathy and Caesar Flickerman respectively. Hollywood legend John Malkovich continues in his role as President Snow on screen.

The company is completed by returning cast members Aiya Agustin (Rue), Geo Bailey (Tippet), Alexandra Barredo (Fossa), Jessica Daugirda (Offstage Swing), Luca Moscardini (Offstage Swing) and new cast members Jason Battersby (Cato), Jesse Chidera (Offstage Swing), Elliot Copeland (Offstage Swing), Myla Carmen (Clove),  Archie Durrant (Stele), Xanthe Gibson (Offstage Swing & Alternate Katniss), Maria Goodman (Offstage Swing), Joseph Lukehurst (Onstage Swing), Montel Morrison (Thresh), Jhanaica van Mook (Glimmer), Lewis Renninson (Drove), Florence Russell (Offstage Swing), Jake Scott Newton (Marvel), Emma Shannon (Onstage Swing), Hamish Skeoch (Fila) and Rhodri Watkins (Offstage Swing).

The current cast will have their final performance on Monday 18 October 2026, with the new cast taking over on Friday 23 October.

Based on Suzanne Collins' young adult book series The Hunger Games is set in a dystopian future where each year children from the twelve districts of Panem are reaped to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal fight to the death watched by hundreds of bloodthirsty citizens in the Capitol. When Katniss Everdeen volunteers to take her sister’s place in the Games, she’s forced to fight for her survival while inadvertently becoming the face of the rebellion.

The trilogy spawned a four-film franchise from Lionsgate starring Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson as Katniss and Peeta, along with two standalone films based on two prequel novels written by Collins: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, and Sunrise on the Reaping, which will release in cinemas this November. With possibly more books on the horizon, The Hunger Games craze continues to grip readers across the world.