The full cast for Into The Woods has been announced ahead of the show’s debut at Noël Coward Theatre, marking its first run in the West End for more than 30 years.
Transferring from The Bridge Theatre, the venue’s first West End transfer, Sondheim and Lapine’s iconic production is directed by Jordan Fein.
Simbi Akande (Cinderella), John Dagleish (Baker), Fiona Finsbury (Rapunzel), Lucas Koch (Rapunzel’s Prince), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Baker’s Wife), Jack Quarton (Steward), Keith Ramsay (Jack), Matthew Seadon-Young (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf), and Michael S Siegel (Narrator) join the previously announced Valda Aviks (Grandmother/Giant), Geoffrey Aymer (Cinderella’s Father), Kate Fleetwood (The Witch), Jennifer Hepburn (Cinderella’s Stepmother and Alternate Witch), Hana Ichijo (Lucinda), Julie Jupp (Jack’s Mother), Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (Florinda) and Gracie McGonigal (Little Red Ridinghood), with Hollie Aires, Sabrina Aloueche, Jacob Fowler, Adam Robert Lewis, Sophie Linder-Lee, Toby Turpin, and Elsie Watson as Standbys.
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 includes set and costume designer Tom Scutt, musical supervisor Mark Aspinall, orchestrations by 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 design Cheryl ‘Chuck’ Brown, Max Humphries & Tom Scutt, musical director Alex Beetschen, casting director Stuart Burt, production manager Chris Hay, associate director Georgia Green, scenic associate David Allen, associate musical director Cat Beveridge, associate sound designer Ollie Durrant, associate lighting designer Lucy Adams, associate costume designer Lucy Martin, associate video designer Hayley Egan, wigs, hair & make-up supervisor Charlie Watson, costume supervisor Lydia McDonald, props supervisors Jonathan Hall & Chris Marcus for Marcus Hall Props, orchestral management Andy Barnwell & Rich Weeden for BW Musicians.
Sondheim and Lapine’s second collaboration after Sunday in the Park with George weaves together four Grimms’ fairy tales. On its Broadway debut in 1986, Into The Woods won Tony Awards each for Sondheim (Best Original Score) and Lapine (Best Book). In London it has had productions by Richard Jones (Phoenix Theatre, 1990), John Crowley (Donmar, 1998) and Timothy Sheader (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, 2010). This is its first major London production since 2016 and its first West End production in 30 years.
From Jamie Wilson Productions, Alchemation and New Ventures Entertainment, Into The Woods opens at Noël Coward Theatre on October 7, 2026, with previews from September 22, running until January 9, 2027. Tickets here.
Top image: Jack Quarton, Laura Pitt-Pulford, Lucas Koch and Fiona Finsbury (images supplied)