Cast announced for AVENUE Q 20th anniversary West End revival
Following the 18th anniversary concert (featuring the original cast) in 2024, Avenue Q will return to London, playing at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 20 March – 29 August 2026.
Best Touring Production 2014
Avenue Q won the West End Wilma Award for Best Touring Production back in 2014. The award was collected by none other than Kate Monster herself!
The 2026 Cast
Emily Benjamin as Kate Monster and Lucy The Slut
Noah Harrison as Princeton and Rod
Meg Hateley as Mrs T and Bad Idea Bear
Oliver Jacobson as Brian
Charlie McCullagh as Nicky, Trekkie Monster and Bad Idea Bear
Amelia Kinu Muus as Christmas Eve
Dionne Ward-Anderson as Gary Coleman.
The company is completed by Jasmine Beel, Jonathan Carlton, Angelis Hunt, Lesley Lemon, Jessica Niles Kadi and Joshua Williams-Ward.
The Creative Team
Original Broadway Creatives
Directed by Jason Moore
Music & Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx
Book by Jeff Whitty
Music Orchestrations and arrangements by Stephen Oremus
Original Broadway puppets, conceived and designed by Rick Lyon
Set design by Anna Louizos.
New UK based creative team members
Choreography by Ebony Molina
Costume Design by Jean Chan
Lighting Design by Tim Lutkin
Sound Design by Paul Groothuis
Video Design by Nina Dunn for Pixellux
Puppetry Coaching by Iestyn Evans and Andy Heath for Talk to the Hand Puppets
Casting by Pearson Casting CDG.
Original West End company member Julie Atherton will serve as Associate Director on the production, with musical direction by Benjamin Holder.
Fresh out of college and searching for his purpose, Princeton ends up in a shabby apartment on New York’s rundown Avenue Q. He quickly meets his new and colourful neighbours where together they navigate the life struggles of work, love and paying the bills in their own hilarious way.
Irreverent and irresistible, AVENUE Q is the mischievous and charming musical full of infectious songs and loveable characters that will leave you smiling for days.
Which Avenue Q character are you most like?
AVENUE Q first opened in the West End in 2006 at the Noël Coward Theatre, before transferring to the Gielgud Theatre, followed by the Wyndham’s Theatre, where it played its final performance on 30 October 2010. A special concert production was performed at the Sondheim Theatre in 2024 to celebrate the show’s 18th anniversary.
Cast Information
Emily Benjamin’s (Kate Monster/Lucy The Slut)
Theatre credits include: Twelfth Night (Barbican and RSC); Measure for Measure (RSC); Kate in A Knight’s Tale (Manchester Opera House); Antoinette Lilly in Bronco Billy (Charing Cross Theatre); Alternate Sally Bowles in Cabaret (West End); Bat Out Of Hell (West End, Manchester Opera House, London Coliseum, Ed Mirvish Theatre Toronto); The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (The Bridge Theatre); Zog:Live! (UK Tour)
Noah Harrison’s (Princeton/Rod)
Theatre includes: Peter Pan in Peter Pan (Mayflower Theatre Southampton & Birmingham Hippodrome); Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg & La Filature, Mulhouse); Giulio in Pretty Woman (National Tour & Zurich); Mark/Hard Harry in Pump Up The Volume (Turbine Theatre); 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet) directed by Stephen Mear; his professional and West End debut playing Roger in Grease (Dominion Theatre).
Meg Hateley’s (Mrs T/ Bad Idea Bear)
Theatre credits include: Cinderella in Cinderella (Hall for Cornwall); Sophie in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre); Emmeline Pankhurst in Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World (The Other Palace) and Swing in Coven (Kiln Theatre)
Oliver Jacobson (Brian)
Oliver has most recently finished appearing as Barman in the West End production of The Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre.
Further theatre credits include: Come From Away (UK Tour); Standby Elder Cunningham in the London cast of The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre); Nicely Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls (The Mill at Sonning); Roger in Grease (UK Tour, David Ian Productions); Marvin Columbus (lead) in Columbus the Musical (Royal Caribbean); Vicar/Ensemble in Spend Spend Spend (Union Theatre); Barnaby in The Baker’s Wife (MKEC Productions); Warren in Ordinary Days (Top Note Arts); Rhodri in Stop the Train (Ribcaged Productions); and Ensemble/Male Swing in Little Shop of Horrors
Charlie McCullagh’s (Nicky/Trekkie Monster/Bad Idea Bear)
Theatre Credits include: Larry Walters in 42 Balloons (The Lowry/World Premiere/Original Cast)(Chicago Shakespeare Theater/N.American Premier); Alternate Jesus/1st Cover Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar (U.K Tour/50th Anniversary); Frank Butler in Annie, Get Your Gun (Lavender Theatre); Pasha Antipov/Strelnikov in Doctor Zhivago – In Concert (London Palladium & Cadogan Hall); John/Cover Clyde/Buck in Bonnie & Clyde (Garrick Theatre); Larry Walters in 42 Balloons – Staged Concert (Vaudeville Theatre), Swing/Cover Clyde/Cover Buck/ Cover Ted in Bonnie & Clyde (Arts Theatre/Original West End Cast); Gustav in The Necklace (Lyric Theatre, Belfast); Clown 1 in The 39 Steps (English Theatre of Hamburg) and Orville/Nat in Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens (The Union Theatre).
Amelia Kinu Muus’ (Christmas Eve)
Theatre Credits: Cathrine Parr in SIX (Vaudeville), Cover Lois Lane in Kiss Me Kate (Barbican), Cover Tuptim in King And I (UK Tour & Dominion), Rachel Green in Friendsical (Edinburgh Fringe & UK Tour), Bella in Beauty And The Beast (Rose Theatre), Elegies For Angels, Punks And Raging Queens (Kings Head), Associate Director and Swing in Tokyo Rose (Southwark Playhouse & UK Tour)
Dionne Ward-Anderson’s (Gary Coleman)
Theatre credits includes: Anna of Cleves in SIX (Vaudeville); Ensemble cover/played Nabulungi in Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales); Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency (The Belgrade, Coventry); Alpha Omega (The Other Palace); and Ronnette in Little Shop of Horrors (Goldsmiths).
Angelis Hunt (Ensemble)
Theatre credits: Humma Kavula in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (Riverside Studios); Ensemble/Cover Raymond in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych).
Lesley Lemon’s (Ensemble)
Theatre credits include: Jo in Rare Earth Mettle (Royal Court); Ensemble in Pinocchio (Citizens Theatre); Flavio in Run At It Toothless (Wiltshire Music Hall), directed by Mark Ravenhill; and Morgan/Suki in Orlando (FL) (National Theatre Workshop).
Jessica Niles Kadi’s (Ensemble)
Theatre credits include: Whitney Houston in I’m Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical (Original Cast – London Workshop); Dynamite/1st Cover Little Inez in Hairspray (Kilworth House); Anna of Cleves, SIX The Musical (UK & International Tour/NCL); Private, Mort/1st Cover Gloria in Madagascar The Musical (UK Tour); Bertha in Angel, Punks and Raging Queens (Charing Cross Theatre); Angie in Our House (UK Tour & West End Live).
Jasmine Beel (Swing)
Theatre credits include: Nicole in Muriel’s Wedding (Curve Leicester); Emma Parker/Stella in Bonnie & Clyde (UK & Ireland Tour); Rocky in Paw Patrol Live! (UK Tour); Heather McNamara in Heathers The Musical (The Other Palace); 1st cover Christmas Eve/2nd cover Kate Monster in Avenue Q (UK & Ireland Tour)
Jonathan Carlton (Swing)
Theatre Includes: Erwin Bach in TINA: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre); Prince Charming In Cinderella (The Capitol, Horsham); Jason in Ordinary Days (Cockpit Theatre); Prince in Snow White (Sunderland Empire); Tom in Game Theory (The Lowry); Charlie Price in Kinky Boots (Norwegian Cruises); Richard Bailey and Cover Charlie in Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre); Pippin in Pippin (Hope Mill Theatre/ Southwark Playhouse); Seth Tallentire in The Hired Man (Union Theatre); Dick in Dick Whittington (Stahl Theatre, Oundle) and Featured Soloist in Voice In A Million (Arena Tour).
Joshua Williams-Ward (Swing)
Theatre credits include: Richard and other roles in The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I (Three Inch Fools) and Bob Cratchit, Jacob Marley, and Young Scrooge in A Christmas Carol (Erasmus Theatre)
Avenue Q (2013) Edinburgh Fringe Festival ★★★
Avenue Q (New Wimbledon Theatre) 2014 ★★★★
