Cast revealed for INTO THE WOODS at Bridge Theatre
Casting has been announced for a brand-new staging of Into The Woods, which plays at London’s Bridge Theatre from 2 December 2025 - 18 April 2026.
The production, helmed by director Jordan Fein with set and costume designer Tom Scutt, will star Valda Aviks (The Addams Family Musical, UK tour) as Grandmother/Giant, Geoffrey Aymer (The Wizard of Oz, West End) as Cinderella’s Father, Katie Brayben (Tammy Faye, Almeida Theatre/Broadway) as the Baker’s Wife, Bella Brown (Evita, West End) as Rapunzel, Chumisa Dornford-May (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, Donmar Warehouse) as Cinderella, Kate Fleetwood (London Road, National Theatre) as the Witch, Jo Foster (Why Am I So Single?, West End) as Jack, Michael Gould (Oedipus, West End) as the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Jennifer Hepburn (Mamma Mia!, West End) as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Hana Ichijo (The Baker’s Wife, Menier Chocolate Factory) as Lucinda, Julie Jupp (A Christmas Carol, Old Vic) as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (42nd Street, West End) as Florinda, Gracie McGonigal (The Little Big Things, West End) as Little Red Ridinghood, Hughie O’Donnell (King Lear, West End) as the Steward, Jamie Parker (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, West End) as the Baker, Oliver Savile (Wicked, West End) as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, and Rhys Whitfield (The Phantom of the Opera, West End) as Rapunzel’s Prince.
Completing the cast are standbys Taite-Elliot Drew (Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club, West End), Jacob Fowler (Heathers, The Other Palace), Sophie Linder-Lee (Wicked, West End), and Chloe Saracco (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812, Donmar Warehouse).
Director Jordan Fein said: “I’m thrilled and honoured to direct this new production of Into The Woods at The Bridge. It’s a musical that speaks to the necessity and power of community through the brilliant music and words of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine. To create this production with such an extraordinary cast and creative team is an actual dream come true."
Why would you go into the woods?
To sell the cow
To visit mother
To see the king
To lift the spell
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.
The creative team also includes musical supervisor and musical director Mark Aspinall, sound designer Adam Fisher, lighting designer Aideen Malone, video designer Roland Horvath, movement director Jenny Ogilvie, wigs, hair & make-up designer Sam Cox, and casting director Stuart Burt CDG.
