Beetlejuice opened at the Prince Edward Theatre on Wednesday 20 May, 2026.
David Fynn appears as the West End’s new best fiend, Beetlejuice and Tom Xander as alternate ‘guide to the other side’, Beetlejuice.
Tom received an Olivier Award nomination in 2025 for his role in Mean Girls (Savoy Theatre). Other theatre credits include Wendy & Peter Pan (Barbican) and The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre).
Dark darling of the dearly departed, Hannah Nordberg as Lydia Deetz.
Hannah’s television credits includes: Emma in Euphoria (HBO), Betty Parris in The Devil You Know (HBO), Olivia Parr in Longmire (Netflix). Stage roles include: Olive Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine, Second Stage Theatre, Broadway Film includes: Merry Levov in American Pastoral (Lionsgate) and Emily Sullivan in Overboard (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer).
Newly-dead homemakers and amateur after-lifers, Adam and Barbara Maitland are played by David Hunter (Time Traveller’s Wife, Apollo Theatre; Waitress, Adelphi Theatre and UK Tour; Kinky Boots, Adelphi Theatre) and Chelsea Halfpenny, best-known for her on-screen roles in Emmerdale and Casualty. Stage credits include 9 to 5: The Musical and Waitress.
Alasdair Harvey (The Little Big Things, Soho Place; Come From Away, Phoenix Theatre) appears as Lydia’s bereaved father trying to find his way, Charles Deetz.
His fiancée, life coach Delia, will be played by Summer Strallen for a limited time Monday 3 August – Monday 2 November 2026, whilst Aimie Atkinson takes a break from playing the role to reprise the role she created in Six the Musical, on Broadway.
Summer’s work spans theatre, television, film, and recording. Theatre credits include The Magician’s Elephant (Royal Shakespeare Company), What’s in a Name? (UK Tour), Intra Muros (Park Theatre), Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre), Hysteria (London Classic Theatre Tour), A Damsel in Distress (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai Culture Square Theatre), Flying Into Daylight (Live Theatre, Newcastle), Life of the Party (Menier Chocolate Factory), Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre & UK Tour), Love Never Dies (Adelphi Theatre), Paradise Moscow (Opera North), The Sound of Music (London Palladium & Sadler’s Wells), The Drowsy Chaperone (Novello Theatre), Dick Whittington (Barbican Theatre), The Boy Friend (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Guys and Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium), CATS (New London Theatre & UK Tour), Fosse (European Tour), Anything Goes (Grange Park Opera) and Scrooge (Dominion Theatre).
Aimie Atkinson is best known as one of the original ‘Queens’ in Six The Musical – for which she was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2019 Olivier Awards – Aimie’s recent theatre credits include Death Note (London Palladium/ Lyric Theatre) and Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman (Savoy Theatre).
Making her West End debut, Chasity Crisp is Maxine Dean / Juno. Previous stage roles include Hamilton (UK & Ireland Tour) for Cameron Mackintosh Limited and performances in shows throughout Germany and Austria, including: Disney’s Hercules, The Bodyguard, Ghost: The Musical and Tina: The Musical.
Otho will be played by Richard Frame whose credits include Frozen the Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane; The Lion King, Lyceum Theatre).
Irvine Iqbal is Maxine’s investor husband, Maxie Dean. Theatre credits include the West End production of Disney’s Aladdin – The Musical (Prince Edward Theatre), Bend It Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre) and East Is East (National Theatre).
Rachel Macdougall (The King and I, Dominion Theatre and UK Tour) is Girl Scout and Vanessa Aurora Sierra will play Miss Argentina, having previously appeared in the role on Broadway.
The company is completed by Jemma Alexander, Samuel Bangs, Natasha Cayabyab, Chris Draper, Harley Emmitt, Catherine McCormick, Robbie McMillan, Kieran Mellish, Elliott Parry, Jacob Smith, Adam Taylor, Tyler Timmins and Issie Wilman.
