Bright yellow theatre poster: Jinkx Monsoon as Mary Todd Lincoln in the play 'Oh, Mary!'. Bold red and black typography announces the show.

Jinkx Monsoon to star in smash hit comedy “OH, MARY!”

Yellow theatre poster with three circular headshots on top and cast names with run dates: Catherine Tate (Until 18 July), Cole Escola (20 July–15 August), Jinkx Monsoon (17 August–26 September); promotes 'Oh, Mary!' about Mary Todd Lincoln.

OHMARY! currently stars Catherine Tate as Mary Todd Lincoln, Kate O’Donnell as Mary’s Chaperone, Oliver Stockley as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant, with Dino Fetscher as Mary’s Teacher, and Scott Karim as Mary’s Husband.

Catherine Tate’s final performance as Mary Todd Lincoln will be Saturday 18 July.

Cole Escola will make their West End debut, reprising their Tony Award-winning role as Mary Todd Lincoln for a strictly limited 4-week season from 20 July until 15 August 2026.

Jinkx Monsoon will make her West End debut, reprising her critically acclaimed performance as Mary Todd Lincoln in OH, MARY!, a role she sold-out during her 8-week run on Broadway and subsequent encore engagement which was heralded as one of the Best Performances of 2025 in the New York Times. Jinkx will play a strictly limited 6-week season at Trafalgar Theatre from 17 August until 26 September 2026.

OH, MARY! The Show

OH, MARY! is a dark comedy about a miserable, suffocated Mary Todd Lincoln in the weeks leading up to Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Unrequited yearning, alcoholism, and suppressed desires abound in this 80-minute one-act play that finally examines the forgotten life and dreams of Mrs. Lincoln, through the lens of an idiot (playwright Cole Escola).

OH, MARY! premiered off-Broadway at the Lucille Lortel Theatre in January 2024, before a Broadway transfer to the Lyceum Theatre in July 2024, where it broke box office records and continues to play to sold out audiences. It had its West End premiere at Trafalgar Theatre on 3 December 2025.

Oh, Mary! Creative Team

In addition to Cole Escola (Writer) and Sam Pinkleton (Director), the full creative team includes:
Dots (Scenic Designer)
Holly Pierson (Costume Designer)
Cha See (Lighting Designer)
Daniel Kluger (Sound Design and Music)
Drew Levy (Sound Designer)
Leah J. Loukas (Wig Designer)
David Dabbon (Arrangements)
Casting by Stuart Burt CDG.

Who is Cole Escola

Cole Escola (they/them) is a comedian, actor and writer. For their work on Oh, Mary!, they received two Tony Award nominations, winning the Tony for Best Actor in a Play. They also received a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Special Citation, a Drama League Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Theatre World Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and an Obie Award for the show; the play was also named a 2025 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Drama. Notable TV includes Search Party, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Difficult People (on which they also wrote), Man Seeking Woman, Mozart in the Jungle and Ziwe (for which they were also a writer). Cole consulted on Hacks for HBO and also wrote for The Other Two for Comedy Central.

They were the co-creator, writer and star of the lo-fi cult-hit TV show Jeffrey and Cole Casserole, and were named one of Vanity Fair’s 25 Best Performances of 2023 for their special Our Home Out West and Best Sketch Comic of 2020 by the New York Times for their special Help! I’m Stuck!, which they filmed alone in their apartment during quarantine. Both self-produced specials are available on YouTube.

Who is Jinkx Monsoon

Jinkx Monsoon (Hera Lilith Hoffer) can currently be seen as Judy Garland in Peter Quilter’s End of the Rainbow at Soho Theatre, Walthamstow. She is an award-winning actress, comedian, recording artist, and the first and only drag queen to win RuPaul’s Drag Race twice. In just two years, she has become a Broadway breakout star and box office draw with critically acclaimed performances including Mary Todd Lincoln in the Tony-winning smash hit, Oh, Mary!, Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago (where she broke box office records during an extended 10-week run), Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors off-Broadway opposite Corbin Bleu, and Ruth in the Tony-nominated revival, Pirates! The Penzance Musical – which landed Jinkx her first Drama League Award nomination. Variety hailed her performance as a “triumph” adding, “Broadway should be honoured to have her gracing the boards, as she is sure to be canonized as one of the all-time comedy greats.”

Oh, Mary! London Tickets and Venue Information

When is Oh, Mary! playing in London?
Oh, Mary! is playing until 2 January 2027

What time does Oh, Mary! start?
Monday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Thursday & Saturday at 3:00pm

How long is Oh, Mary!?
Oh, Mary! is 1 hour 20 minutes with no interval

What Theatre is Oh, Mary! on at?
Oh, Mary! is on at the Trafalgar Theatre

What is the age recommendation for Oh, Mary!?
Oh, Mary! is suitable for ages 14+

Tickets: https://ohmaryplay.co.uk/

Are there any Accessible Performances for Oh, Mary!?
TBC

Oh, Mary! Further information on the current London Cast

Catherine Tate (she/her) is an actor and writer known for her award-winning work on stage and screen. Her many West End credits include Under the Blue Sky at The Duke of York’s Theatre, Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham’s Theatre, Some Girls at the Gielgud Theatre, The Catherine Tate Show Live at the Wyndham’s Theatre and Hammersmith Apollo, and most recently, Sleeping Beauty at the London Palladium and The Enfield Haunting at the Ambassadors Theatre. Her other theatre credits include The Way of the World, The Princes Play and Season’s Greetings, all for the National Theatre, the RSC’s A Servant To Two Masters in the West End and on an International Tour, The 24 Hour Plays at the Old Vic and on Broadway, Assassins at The Menier Chocolate Factory, The Vote at the Donmar Warehouse, and The Exonerated at Riverside Studios.

Catherine recently filmed two series of the new sitcom Going Dutch opposite Denis Leary, for Fox, and previously returned to Doctor Who alongside David Tennant in 2023’s 60th anniversary specials. Her other television work includes Queen Of Oz for the BBC which Catherine created, wrote and executive produced, Hard Cell and The Bad Mother’s Handbook, both for Netflix, My First Nativity for Sky, and Big School and Leading Lady Parts, both for the BBC. She had huge success for her work on the multi award winning BBC comedy series The Catherine Tate Show, Nan’s Christmas Carol and Catherine Tate’s Nan. She is best known to American audiences for playing the iconic Nellie Bertram in the US version of The Office on NBC and as Magica De Spell in the Disney reboot of Ducktails.

Catherine’s film credits include The Nan Movie, Monster Family, Super Bob, Nativity 3, Monte Carlo, Gulliver’s Travels, Sixty Six and Starter For Ten.

Scott Karim (he/him) most recently received rave reviews for his performance as ‘Smee’ in the RSC’s Wendy & Peter Pan at the Barbican. His many other stage credits include London Tide, Dara, Great Britain and Othello, all at the National Theatre, as well as The Flea at The Yard Theatre, the award-winning 2:22 A Ghost Story at the Lyric Theatre, Chasing Hares at the Young Vic, Ayad Akhtar’s The Invisible Hand at the Kiln Theatre, Bijan Sheibani’s The Arrival at the Bush Theatre, Oklahoma! At Chichester Festival Theatre, Young Marx at the Bridge Theatre, and The Merchant of Venice at Shakespeare’s Globe. Scott’s television credits include Channel 5’s The Game alongside Jason Watkins, Halo for Paramount+, Dracula and The Dumping Ground for the BBC, The Great and Electric Dreams: Crazy Diamond for Channel 4, and Sky’s Brittania.

Kate O’Donnell (she/her) is a Manchester-based performer, writer, director and curator. Her theatre work includes the autobiographical shows Big Girl’s Blouse at Soho Theatre and You’ve Changed at The Lowry, Feste in Twelfth Night at the Royal Exchange, Electra in Gypsy at the Royal Exchange and Sunset Boulevard at the Royal Albert Hall.

Since 2018 Kate has curated and hosted Trans Vegas Arts Festival and Manchester Pride’s HIV Vigil. In 2021 she created Trans Filth and Joy a cabaret collective with Milk Presents which supported Christine and the Queens as part of the Meltdown festival at Royal Festival Hall.

Oliver Stockley’s (he/him) theatre credits include Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club, Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends: A Celebration at the Sondheim Theatre, Maria Friedman & Friends at the Menier Chocolate Factory), and the Offie-nominated The Great Gatsby at the Actor’s Church.

Dino Fetscher’s (he/him) theatre credits include The Normal Heart at the National Theatre, for which he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor, Torch Song at the Turbine Theatre, As Is at the Trafalgar Studios, and Ghost Stories at the Arts Theatre. His screen credits include Netflix’s Fool Me Once, Silent Witness, The Split, Years & Years, and Gentleman Jack all for the BBC, Humans, and Cucumber and Banana for Channel 4, and will soon be seen in Sky’s new series Under Salt Marsh.

Oh, Mary! Original London Cast 2025

Mason Alexander Park as Mary Todd Lincoln
Kate O’Donnell as Mary’s Chaperone
Oliver Stockley as Mary’s Husband’s Assistant
Dino Fetscher as Mary’s Teacher
Giles Terera as Mary’s Husband.

Mason Alexander Park’s final performance as Mary Todd Lincoln was 25 April.
Giles Terera’s final performance as Mary’s Husband was 14 March 2026.

Replacement cast of the London production of Oh, Mary!

Scott Karim joined the cast on 16 March 2026 as Mary’s Husband.

Catherine Tate played Mary Todd Lincoln from 27 April – 18 July 2026.

Cole Escola makes their West End debut, reprising their Tony Award-winning role as Mary Todd Lincoln for a strictly limited 4-week season from 20 July until 15 August 2026

Casting for the role of Mary Todd Lincoln from Monday 17 August 2026 onwards is to be announced.

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