A major new production of the Kander and Ebb musical, Cabaret, made famous by Liza Minelli in the 1972 film, returned to London’s West End in 2021, where it has been playing since.
Every few months, a new batch of lead performers are announced to play the roles of The Emcee and Sally Bowles.
To keep track of them, I have listed them below.
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CABARET opened on 15 November 2021, starring Eddie Redmayne as ‘The Emcee’ Jessie Buckley as ‘Sally Bowles’.
Omari Douglas as ‘Cliff Bradshaw’ Liza Sadovy as ‘Fraulein Schneider’ Elliot Levey as ‘Herr Schultz’ Stewart Clarke as ‘Ernst Ludwig’ Anna-Jane Casey as ‘Fraulein Kost’.
From 21 March 2022 Fra Fee joined the cast as The Emcee and Amy Lennox as Sally Bowles.
Omar Baroud as Cliff Bradshaw Vivien Parry as Fraulein Schneider.
From 3 October 2022 Callum Scott Howells joined the cast as Emcee and Madeline Brewer as Sally Bowles.
Sid Sagar as Cliff Bradshaw Richard Katz as Herr Schultz Danny Mahoney as Ernst Ludwig Michelle Bishop as Fraulein Kost.
From 13 February 2023 Aimee Lou Wood joined the cast to play ‘Sally Bowles’ and John McCrea as ‘The Emcee’.
Nathan Ives-Moiba as ‘Cliff Bradshaw’.
From 29 May 2023 Maude Apatow played ‘Sally Bowles’ and Mason Alexander Park played ‘The Emcee’.
Beverley Klein as ‘Fraulein Schneider’ Teddy Kempner as ‘Herr Schultz’.
From 25 September 2023 Jake Shears joined the cast to play ‘The Emcee’ and Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA Self Esteem as ‘Sally Bowles’.
From 11 March 2024 Cara Delevingne joined the cast as ‘Sally Bowles’ and Luke Treadaway as ‘The Emcee’.
From 3 June 2024 Rhea Norwood joined the cast to play Sally Bowles and Layton Williams played The Emcee.
Sally Ann Triplett as Fraulein Schneider Fenton Gray as Herr Schultz.
From 23 September 2024 Adam Gillen joined as The Emcee and Katherine Langford played Sally Bowles.
Daniel Bowerbank as Clifford Bradshaw Fred Haig as Ernst Ludwig.
From 28 January 2025 Billy Porter played The Emcee and Marisha Wallace played Sally Bowles.
Vivien Parry returned to the role of Fraulein Schneider having played the part in 2022.
From 29 May 2025 Hannah Dodd played Sally Bowles Rob Madge played The Emcee.
From 22 September 2025 Reeve Carney played The Emcee and Eva Noblezada played Sally Bowles.
Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider Baker Mukasa as Clifford Bradshaw Robert Hands as Herr Schultz Lucas Koch as Ernst Ludwig.
From 26 January 2026 Katie Hall played Sally Bowles Matt Willis played Emcee.
From 25 May 2026, West End star and Olivier Award nominee Jamie Muscato (The Great Gatsby, Les Misérables) will play Emcee and Tony and Grammy Award nominated Broadway star Joy Woods (The Notebook, Gypsy) will play Sally Bowles.
