We wanted to recast these career defining roles with exceptional actors and so we're just delighted that the stars have aligned with both Fra and Amy's schedules.

Producers Adam Speers, Ed Bartlam and Charlie Wood said today: 'We are thrilled to be welcoming the perfectly marvellous Fra Fee and Amy Lennox to our production of Cabaret. The show is produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions and Underbelly.Ĭompleting the cast are Josh Andrews, Emily Benjamin, Sally Frith, Matthew Gent, Emma Louise Jones, Ela Lisondra, Theo Maddix, Chris O'Mara, Daniel Perry, Andre Refig, Christopher Tendai, Bethany Terry, Lillie-Pearl Wildman and Sophie Maria Wojna. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the associate director is Jordan Fein. Continuing in their roles will be Elliot Levey as Herr Schultz, Stewart Clarke as Ernst Ludwig and Anna-Jane Casey as Fraulein Kost.Ĭabaret is directed by Rebecca Frecknall with design by Tom Scutt, choreography by Julia Cheng, musical supervision and direction by Jennifer Whyte, lighting design by Isabella Byrd and sound design by Nick Lidster. Also joining the show will be Omar Baroud ( Baptiste) as Cliff Bradshaw and Vivien Parry ( Half a Sixpence) as Fraulein Schneider. Taking on the roles from 21 March 2022 will be WhatsOnStage Award-winner Fra Fee ( Hawkeye, The Ferryman) as the Emcee alongside Amy Lennox ( Kinky Boots, Lazarus) as Sally Bowles. The show opened last December to stand-out reviews, with WhatsOnStage's Sarah Crompton describing the piece as 'unforgettable.' It’s just stripped down and vulnerable and youthful,” Epstein said.Fresh faces will be joining Cabaret from 21 March, replacing Jessie Buckley and WhatsOnStage Award-winner Eddie Redmayne at the freshly converted Playhouse Theatre in the West End. “It’s going to be really intimate, really in-your-face. However, he has kept the set design simple to provide a canvas for the actors. Studio 58 alum Josh Epstein, who is making his directorial debut with the show, is basing his iteration of Cabaret on Sam Mendes’s London production of the musical. A female Emcee is rare and really exciting,” Palm said. “Paige Fraser is a huge reason why the show is special.

“It’s fun to be in one that is taking its own spin on it,” she said.Īnd she’s a star, said Erin Palm, who plays the lead role of Sally Bowles. Bucket list role checked off for Fraserįraser said she’s seen Cabaret about four different times and it’s been “a bucket list” show for her to perform. “There are no facts about that character and none in the script that indicate what that character necessarily has to be,” Fraser said. In the play, Emcee is the master of ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub in Weimar-era Berlin, during the early 1930s.įraser said her role as Emcee gives the show a lot of room for interpretation. The character Emcee, one of the main roles, is played by Paige Fraser. Studio 58 decided to add the twist to their first production of this classic, celebrated play with a long history on Broadway and in London, which has even made the leap onto film. The casting of a woman in a role traditionally played by a man sets Studio 58’s production of Cabaret apart from its numerous incarnations over the past 53 years.

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