Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Into the Woods transfers to the West End this Autumn

Full casting for the West End transfer of multi-award-winning Bridge Theatre production of Into The Woods has been announced. Sondheim and Lapine’s iconic production marks the first West End transfer for The Bridge Theatre and the first time Into The Woods has been in the West End since 1991. Jordan Fein’s production opens at the Noël Coward Theatre on 7 October 2026, with previews from 22 September, running until 9 January 2027. Tickets are on sale intothewoodsonstage.com. Find out more about the current production of Into the Woods

The Cast

Simbi Akande (Cinderella), John Dagleish (Baker), Fiona Finsbury (Rapunzel), Lucas Koch (Rapunzel’s Prince), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Baker’s Wife), Jack Quarton (Steward), Keith Ramsay (Jack), Matthew Seadon-Young (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf), and Michael S. Siegel (Narrator) join the previously announced Valda Aviks (Grandmother/Giant), Geoffrey Aymer (Cinderella’s Father), Kate Fleetwood (The Witch), Jennifer Hepburn (Cinderella’s Stepmother and Alternate Witch), Hana Ichijo (Lucinda), Julie Jupp (Jack’s Mother), Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (Florinda) and Gracie McGonigal (Little Red Ridinghood), with Hollie Aires, Sabrina Aloueche, Jacob Fowler, Adam Robert Lewis, Sophie Linder-Lee, Toby Turpin, and Elsie Watson as Standbys.

The Show

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 is its first major London production since 2016.

Access Performances

Audio Described Performance: Friday 9 October 2026 7.30pm Captioned Performance: Monday 9 November 7.30pm

Creative Team

Director: Jordan Fein Set and Costume Designer: Tom Scutt Musical Supervisor and Musical Director: Mark Aspinall Orchestrations by: Jonathan Tunick Sound Designer: Adam Fisher Lighting Designer: Aideen Malone Video Designer: Roland Horvath Movement Director: Jenny Ogilvie Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Designer: Sam Cox Puppetry Design: Cheryl ‘Chuck’ Brown, Max Humphries & Tom Scutt Casting Director: Stuart Burt CDG CSA Production Manager: Chris Hay Associate Director: Georgia Green Scenic Associate: David Allen Associate Musical Director: Alex Beetschen Associate Sound Designer: Ollie Durrant Associate Lighting Designer: Lucy Adams Associate Costume Designer & Costume Supervisor: Lucy Martin Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Supervisor: Charlie Watson Props Supervisors: Jonathan Hall & Chris Marcus for Marcus Hall Props Orchestral Management: Andy Barnwell & Rich Weeden for BW Musicians

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