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Cabaret releases new photos of Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge

The duo take on the roles of Sally Bowles and the Emcee

Tanyel Gumushan

Tanyel Gumushan

| London |

7 August 2025

Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge in Cabaret. She wears a nude slip dress and heavy eye make up, looking down and sad while they - in a blonde wig - points a figure towards her
Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge in Cabaret, © Marc Brenner

Brand new photos of the lead stars at the Kit Kat Club have been released.

The musical, by composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb, and book writer Joe Masteroff, is based on the play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten and the Berlin Stories of Christopher Isherwood.

Taking on the roles of Sally Bowles and the Emcee are Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge, respectively. They’ll appear until 20 September 2025, with casting beyond that time to be confirmed.

The show, which first opened in the West End in late 2021, is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, with set and costume design by Tom Scutt and choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen with lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Nick Lidster, wigs and hair design by Sam Cox and make-up design by Guy Common. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer and musical director is Angus MacRae.

Also featuring in the West End cast are Daniel Bowerbank as Clifford Bradshaw, Vivien Parry as Fraulein Schneider, Fenton Gray as Herr Schultz, Fred Haig as Ernst Ludwig, and Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, alongside Xenoa Campbell-Ledgister, Sam Darius, Damon Gould, Adrian Grove, El Haq Latief, Justin-Lee Jones, Ela Lisondra, Hícaro Nicolai, Andy Rees, Alexandra Regan, Marina Tavolieri, Patrick Wilden, Ben Simon Wilson, Anne-Marie Wojna and Lucy Young.

Anne-Marie Wojna plays the role of Sally Bowles at certain performances.

The prologue company, entertaining audiences before the show begins, is currently made up of James Hastings, Dak Mashava, Nethra Menon, Oluwatosin Omotosho, Kristin Wei Wong, Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Joseph Hardy, Andrew Linnie, Jack William Parry and Jazmyn Raikes.

Dodd is not scheduled to appear on Thursday 7 August at 7.30pm, Wednesday 13 August at 2.00pm, Thursday 21 August at 7.30pm, Wednesday 27 at August 2.00pm, Thursday 4 September at 7.30pm, Wednesday 10 September at 2.00pm and Thursday 18 September at 7.30pm.

At these performances, the role will be played by the alternate Sally Bowles, Wojna.

Madge is not scheduled to appear on Tuesday, 16 September. At this performance, the role of Emcee will be played by Gould.

A New York production is also running with Marisha Wallace and Billy Porter.

Read our exclusive interview with Madge here.

Tickets for the London production are on sale below.

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