TOP HAT Christmas season announced at Southbank Centre
Photo credit: Johan Persson
It has been announced that Chichester Festival Theatre’s production of Irving Berlin’s Top Hat will have a Christmas season at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall from 12 December 2025 - 17 January 2026.
Phillip Attmore, Clive Carter, Sally Ann Triplett, James Clyde and Alex Gibson-Giorgio reprise their roles from Chichester Festival Theatre, with Amara Okereke joining the cast in London as Dale Tremont.
Top Hat is currently playing at Chichester Festival Theatre until 6 September. The show then embarks on a UK tour including visits to Woking, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh, Nottingham, Wimbledon, Canterbury, Liverpool, Cardiff, Sunderland, and Manchester, before taking up residence in London for the holiday season at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall.
In 2026, the tour will continue to Sheffield, Dublin, Glasgow, Eastbourne, Southend, Birmingham, Aberdeen, and Norwich.
Taking to the stage in London are Phillip Attmore (So You Think You Can Dance) as Jerry Travers, Amara Okereke (My Fair Lady) as Dale Tremont, Clive Carter (Moulin Rouge! The Musical) as Horace Hardwick, and Sally Ann Triplett (Cabaret) as Madge Hardwick.
James Clyde (Matilda the Musical) returns as Bates, with Alex Gibson-Giorgio (Mamma Mia!) as Alberto Beddini.
The London company is completed by Lindsay Atherton, Rhiannon Bacchus, Jeremy Batt, Freddie Clements, Pedro Donoso, Bethan Downing, Autumn Draper, Tilly Ducker, Laura Hills, Maddie Harper, Connor Hughes, James Hume, George Lyons, David McIntosh, Jordan Oliver, Emily Ann Potter, Joe Press, Molly Rees Howe, Kirsty Sparks, and Toyan Thomas-Browne.
With music & lyrics by Irving Berlin, Top Hat is adapted for the stage by Matthew White & Howard Jacques. The creative team includes director and choreographer Kathleen Marshall, set designer Peter McKintosh, costume designers Yvonne Milnes and Peter McKintosh, musical supervisor Gareth Valentine, musical director Stephen Ridley, orchestrator & arranger Chris Walker, lighting designer Tim Mitchell, sound designer Paul Groothuis, and casting director Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting.
