Full cast announced for West End transfer of INTO THE WOODS
Full casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the multi-award-winning Bridge Theatre production of Into The Woods.
Sondheim and Lapine’s iconic production marks the first West End transfer for The Bridge Theatre and the first time Into The Woods has been in the West End since 1991. Jordan Fein’s production begins performances at the Noël Coward Theatre on 22 September, running until 9 January 2027.
The cast includes Simbi Akande (Hamilton, West End) as Cinderella, John Dagleish (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, West End) as Baker, Fiona Finsbury (The Phantom of the Opera, West End) as Rapunzel, Lucas Koch (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, West End) as Rapunzel’s Prince, Laura Pitt-Pulford (Standing at the Sky’s Edge, National Theatre) as Baker’s Wife, Jack Quarton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, West End) as Steward, Keith Ramsay (The Play That Goes Wrong, West End) as Jack, Matthew Seadon-Young (Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, and Michael S. Siegel (Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre/Barbican/UK tour) as Narrator, who join the previously announced Valda Aviks as Grandmother/Giant, Geoffrey Aymer as Cinderella’s Father, Kate Fleetwood as The Witch, Jennifer Hepburn as Cinderella’s Stepmother / Alternate Witch, Hana Ichijo as Lucinda, Julie Jupp as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Florinda, and Gracie McGonigal as Little Red Ridinghood, with Hollie Aires, Sabrina Aloueche, Jacob Fowler, Adam Robert Lewis, Sophie Linder-Lee, Toby Turpin, and Elsie Watson as Standbys.
Producer Jamie Wilson said: “We have been blown away by the public reaction to the West End transfer of Into The Woods. With the cast who have joined this transfer and those who have been with the production since 2025, we have a phenomenal group of performers. Having won multiple Olivier Awards, over the last months we have enjoyed collaborating on how we adapt the Bridge Theatre production into its new life at one of the West Ends most beautiful playhouses, the Noël Coward Theatre.”
The creative team includes director Jordan Fein, 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 & make-up designer Sam Cox, puppetry designers Cheryl ‘Chuck’ Brown, Max Humphries & Tom Scutt, musical director Alex Beetschen, and casting director Stuart Burt CDG CSA.
