Casting has been announced for a brand-new staging of Into The Woods at the Bridge Theatre.
The production, helmed by director Jordan Fein with set and costume designer Tom Scutt, will begin previews on Tuesday 2 December 2025 with opening night set for Thursday 11 December. Into The Woods will play for 20 weeks until Saturday 18 April 2026.
Taking to the stage will be Valda Aviks (The Addams Family Musical – original UK tour) as Grandmother/Giant
Geoffrey Aymer (The Wizard of Oz – London Palladium) as Cinderella’s Father
Katie Brayben (Tammy Faye – Broadway & Almeida; Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical) as the Baker’s Wife
Bella Brown (Evita – London Palladium) as Rapunzel
Chumisa Dornford-May (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse; Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical) as Cinderella
Kate Fleetwood (London Road – National Theatre; Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical) as the Witch
Jo Foster (Why Am I So Single? – Garrick Theatre</em as Jack
Michael Gould (Oedipus – Wyndham’s Theatre) as the Narrator/Mysterious Man
Jennifer Hepburn (Mamma Mia! – Novello Theatre) as Cinderella’s Stepmother
Hana Ichijo (The Baker’s Wife – Menier Chocolate Factory) as Lucinda
Julie Jupp (A Christmas Carol – Old Vic) as Jack’s Mother
Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (42nd Street – Theatre Royal Drury Lane) as Florinda
Gracie McGonigal (The Little Big Things – Soho Place) as Little Red Ridinghood
Hughie O’Donnell (King Lear – Wyndham’s Theatre) as the Steward
Jamie Parker (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Palace Theatre; Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Play) as the Baker
Oliver Savile (Wicked – Apollo Victoria) as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf
Rhys Whitfield (The Phantom of the Opera – His Majesty’s Theatre) as Rapunzel’s Prince.
Completing the cast are Standbys Taite-Elliot Drew (Cabaret – The Kit Kat Club), Jacob Fowler (Heathers – The Other Palace), Sophie Linder-Lee (Wicked – Apollo Victoria) and Chloe Saracco (Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 – Donmar Warehouse).
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.
Sondheim and Lapine’s second collaboration after Sunday in the Park with George brilliantly 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 will be its first major London production since 2016.
Joining director Jordan Fein and set and costume designer Tom Scutt on the creative and production team are musical supervisor and musical director Mark Aspinall, sound designer Adam Fisher, lighting designer Aideen Malone, video designer Roland Horvath, movement director Jenny Ogilvie, wigs, hair & make-up designer Sam Cox, production manager Chris Hay, props supervisors Jonathan Hall and Chris Marcus, associate director Georgia Green, associate musical director Alex Beetschen, associate sound designer Ollie Durrant, associate lighting designer Lucy Adams, associate set designer David Allen, associate costume designer Lucy Martin, assistant costume supervisor Lydia McDonald, wigs, hair & make-up supervisor Charlie Watson, costume associate Dan Campton, make-up consultant Guy Common, orchestra management is by Andy Barnwell and Richard Weeden for BW Musicians and casting director is Stuart Burt CDG.
Additional information about Into The Woods at Bridge Theatre
Booking until
2 Dec 2025 – 18 Apr 2026
Show Times
Monday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Thursday & Saturday: 2.30pm
Running Time
TBC
Theatre
The Bridge Theatre
Age Recommendation
TBC
Access Performances
Captioned: Friday 30 January 2026 at 7.30pm
Audio described & Touch Tour: Saturday 21 February at 2.30pm
