Disney Theatrical Group today announces that, following its sell-out run at The Bristol Hippodrome earlier this year, their brand-new stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman, based on the 2017 smash-hit film, with songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, book by Tim Federle and direction and choreography by Casey Nicholaw, will premiere at Theatre Royal Drury Lane in Spring 2027.
THE CAST
The Greatest Showman stars Oliver Tompsett (P.T. Barnum), Samantha Barks (Charity Barnum), Ben Joyce (Phillip Carlyle), Vajèn van den Bosch (Jenny Lind) and Malinda Parris (Lettie Lutz). Further casting to be announced.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
The musical will feature the GRAMMY® Award-winning and Academy Award®-nominated songs by EGOT winners Pasek and Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen), including “The Greatest Show,” “A Million Dreams,” “Come Alive,” “Rewrite the Stars,” “Never Enough” and the Golden Globe® Award-winning “This Is Me,” together with their brand-new songs written especially for the musical.
Completing the creative team are:
Alex Lacamoire (Music Supervision, Incidental & Dance Music Arrangements and Orchestrations)
David Korins (Scenic Design)
Gregg Barnes and Sky Switser (Costume Design)
Natasha Katz (Lighting Design)
Peter Hylenski (Sound Design)
George Reeve (Video Design)
Lorenzo Pisoni (Circus Creation & Design)
Josh Marquette (Hair & Wig Design)
Milagros Medina-Cerdeira (Make-Up Design)
Jeremy Chernick (Special Effects Design)
Skylar Fox (Illusions Design)
Natalie Gallacher CDG for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting (Casting Director) and Keston & Keston (Children’s Casting Director & General Manager). Acrobat Casting by The 7 Fingers. Justin Paul is also providing Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements.
THE GREATEST SHOWMAN
Welcome to The Greatest Showman, where the ordinary is left behind and dreamers, outsiders, and trailblazers take centre stage.
A restless maverick refuses the life everyone expects of him. Determined to build the greatest show on earth, he brings together those the world never expected to shine, creating something far bigger than he ever imagined.
Featuring the songs that defined a generation and the story that captivated audiences around the world, this bold stage adaptation of The Greatest Showman invites you in to enjoy the pure joy of the live theatrical experience, where the unimaginable feels within reach.
From Spring 2027 London becomes home to The Greatest Showman. Featuring an acclaimed score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen), including “This Is Me”, “Rewrite the Stars”, “The Greatest Show” and “Never Enough”, and direction and choreography by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (Book of Mormon, Mean Girls), experience the story you know like never before.
MORE ABOUT THE CAST
Oliver Tompsett plays P.T. Barnum.
His theatre work includes A Knight’s Tale (Opera House Manchester), Ghost (Adelphi Theatre – concert), & Juliet (Broadway and Shaftesbury Theatre), Wild About You (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), In Dreams (Leeds Playhouse), Pretty Woman (Savoy Theatre), Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre), Starlight Express (The Other Palace), Guys and Dolls (Phoenix Theatre), The World Goes Round (St James Theatre), White Christmas (West Yorkshire Playhouse), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Rock of Ages (Shaftesbury Theatre), Wicked (Apollo Victoria), The Royal Hunt of the Sun (National Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales Theatre), Kismet (Arcola Theatre), Over My Shoulder (Wyndhams’ Theatre), Our House (Cambridge Theatre), and West Side Story (Cannizaro Park). His film work includes Show Dogs and The Hard Way.
Samantha Barks plays Charity Barnum.
For theatre, her work includes Les Misérables (Arena Tour, Queen’s Theatre), Live at the London Palladium (London Palladium), Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, and also filmed for Disney+), Chess (Umeda Arts Theater Main Hall / Tokyo International Forum Hall), Pretty Woman (Chicago and Broadway), The Last Five Years (St James Theatre), Amelie (Berkley Rep), City of Angels (Donmar Warehouse), Chicago (Hollywood Bowl), 24 Hour Plays (The BroadStage, California) Oliver! (UK tour), and Cabaret (Birmingham Rep). She was one of the participants on the BBC series I’d Do Anything and won the 2025 series of The Masked Singer. She was a judge on Mamma Mia! – I Have a Dream. For film, her credits include Tomorrow Morning, For Love or Money, Bitter Harvest, Interlude in Prague, The Christmas Candle and as Eponine in Les Misérables (recipient of Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer; and nomination for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture). She also reprised her performance as Eponine for Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary.
Ben Joyce plays Phillip Carlyle.
His theatre work includes The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Prince Edward Theatre – concert), Shucked (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Back to the Future (Adelphi Theatre – nominated for Best Takeover at the 2023 WhatsOnStage Awards), and Jersey Boys (Trafalgar Theatre – nominated for Best Performer in a Musical and Best West End Debut at the 2022 The Stage Debut). His television work includes The Power.
Vajèn van den Bosch plays Jenny Lind.
Her theatre credits include Disney’s Frozen (AFAS Circustheater, Scheveningen – 2025 Dutch Musical Award for Best Leading Actress), Disney Musical TARZAN® (Stage Palladium Theater, Stuttgart), Les Misérables, Murder Ballad, Kinky Boots, Grease, The Sound of Music, Shrek (Dutch national tours), Wicked (Stage Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg), Cirque du Soleil Musical Paramour (Stage Theater Neue Flora, Hamburg), On Your Feet!, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Beatrix Theater, Utrecht), Droomvlucht (Efteling Theater, Kaatsheuvel), and Disney’s Mary Poppins (AFAS Circustheater, Scheveningen). Her television work includes The Passion 2025, Nieuwe Tijden, Ghostrockers, Spangas, and The Voice Kids. She received the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award for ‘Favourite TV Star’ in 2017 (NL). For film, her work includes Eb, Bledders, Onze Jongens 3, First Kiss, Hart Beat, Spangas in Actie; and voice work includes Wicked: For Good, Wicked, Disney’s Moana 2, Disney’s Encanto, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Addams Family, Disney’s Moana, and Maya the Bee.
Malinda Parris plays Lettie Lutz.
Her theatre credits include Hadestown (Lyric Theatre), Hercules (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), The Enormous Crocodile (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), The Little Big Things (sohoplace), & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre), Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), Matilda (Cambridge Theatre, RSC), Aladdin (Lyric Hammersmith Theatre), Caroline, Or Change, The Light Princess (National Theatre), Anansi Trades Places (Shaw Theatre), Little Shop Of Horrors (New Wolsey Theatre), Parade (Donmar Warehouse). Her film credits include Wicked and Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.
