West End leading actress Natalie Kassanga completes cast of THE JONATHAN LARSON PROJECT

West End leading actress Natalie Kassanga completes the cast of The Jonathan Larson Project, an electrifying celebration of the ground breaking composer behind Rent and tick, tick… BOOM!, which makes its highly anticipated European premiere at Southwark Playhouse Borough from 9 July - 22 August.

Following a critically acclaimed Off Broadway run, The Jonathan Larson Project is being reimagined for London by original Off Broadway director John Simpkins.

Natalie has starred in many leading musicals in both the West End and on tour, including playing Satine in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Irene Roth in Crazy For You, Deena Jones in Dreamgirls, Diana Ross in Motown the Musical and she was in the original West End cast of Dear Evan Hansen.

She joins the previously announced Max Harwood, Marcus Collins, Michael Mather, and Imelda Warren-Green, plus Georgie Butler and Edward Flynn Haddon, who were chosen over 600 performers in an open search led by Emmy-nominated casting director Rob Kelly, to make their professional debuts as covers.

The Jonathan Larson Project is a show about a young man following his heart in New York City trying to change the world. The show offers a rare and exhilarating window into Larson’s creative world, featuring previously unheard songs from the late composer’s archives. They illuminate the artistry, activism, and restless imagination of one of musical theatre’s most influential voices.

The 2026 London production holds special significance, marking 30 years since Jonathan Larson’s death in January 1996 from an aortic dissection just one day before Rent’s first performance in New York.

This exciting UK cast of West End stars will bring Larson’s early, experimental, and never-heard work to life with bold theatricality and contemporary resonance.

For more info on The Jonathan Larson Project, please click here.