⭐ JAMIE PARKER, KATIE BRAYBEN, KATE FLEETWOOD, JO FOSTER, GRACIE MCGONIGAL, CHUMISA DORNFORD-MAY, BELLA BROWN & MORE ANNOUNCED FOR BRIDGE THEATRE REVIVAL OF INTO THE WOODS ⭐
The full cast for the new London revival of INTO THE WOODS has been announced.
The major new production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical plays a strictly limited 20-week run at the Bridge Theatre from December.
Starring Jamie Parker as the Baker, Katie Brayben as the Baker’s Wife, Kate Fleetwood as the Witch, Jo Foster as Jack, Gracie McGonigal as Little Red Ridinghood, Chumisa Dornford-May as Cinderella and Bella Brown as Rapunzel.
Also starring Valda Aviks as Grandmother/Giant, Geoffrey Aymer as Cinderella’s Father, Michael Gould as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Jennifer Hepburn as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Hana Ichijo as Lucinda, Julie Jupp as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Florinda, Hughie O’Donnell as the Steward, Oliver Savile as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf and Rhys Whitfield as Rapunzel’s Prince.
Completing the cast are standbys Taite-Elliot Drew, Jacob Fowler, Sophie Linder-Lee and Chloe Saracco.
In Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s dazzling musical, 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.
Sondheim and Lapine’s second collaboration after Sunday in the Park with George brilliantly weaves together four Grimms’ fairy-tales. On its Broadway debut in 1986, Into The Woods won Tony awards each for Sondheim (Best Original Score) and Lapine (Best Book). In London it has had productions by Richard Jones (Phoenix Theatre, 1990), John Crowley (Donmar, 1998) and Timothy Sheader (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 2010). This will be its first major London production since 2016.
INTO THE WOODS will be directed by Jordan Fein, with set & costume design by Tom Scutt, musical supervision & direction by Mark Aspinall, sound design by Adam Fisher, lighting design by Aideen Malone, video design by Roland Horvath, movement direction by Jenny Ogilvie, wigs, hair & make-up design by Sam Cox, production management by Chris Hay, props supervision by Jonathan Hall and Chris Marcus, associate director Georgia Green, associate musical director Alex Beetschen, associate sound designer Ollie Durrant, associate lighting designer Lucy Adams, associate set designer David Allen, associate costume designer Lucy Martin, assistant costume supervisor Lydia McDonald, wigs, hair & make-up supervisor Charlie Watson, costume associate Dan Campton, make-up consultant Guy Common, orchestra management by Andy Barnwell and Richard Weeden for BW Musicians and casting direction by Stuart Burt CDG.
INTO THE WOODS has music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, with a book by James Lapine.
INTO THE WOODS will play the Bridge Theatre, running from 2nd December 2025 – 18th April 2026, with tickets on sale now.
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Tickets & more info – https://bridgetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/into-the-woods/
