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
