Eddie Redmayne, Self Esteem, Layton Williams and more celebrate 2000 global performances of Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Last night, WhatsOnStage was cordially invited to the Kit Kat Club, where the West End production of Cabaret marked the milestone achievement of 1500 performances in London and 2000 performances worldwide.

VIP guests – from Janet Jackson to Helena Bonham Carter – flocked to the venue, as did a slew of former Emcees and Sally Bowleses to join in the merriment. We spoke to director Rebecca Frecknall and Cabaret alumni Eddie Redmayne, Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka Self Esteem), Mason Alexander Park, Layton Williams, Luke Treadaway, and current leads Hannah Dodd and Rob Madge to get their thoughts on the big occasion.

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Cabaret, 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.

Also featuring in the current 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. Wojna also plays the role of Sally Bowles at certain performances.

The prologue company, entertaining audiences before the show begins, is 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.

The production, which first opened in the West End in late 2021, is directed by 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.

Tickets for performances through to 28 March 2026 are on sale below.