
Into the Woods has announced new cast members will be taking over key roles from next month!
The production, directed by Jordan Fein and with set and costume design by Tom Scutt, plays until 30 May, with new casting from 20 April.
Hughie O’Donnell has moved from the Steward into the role of the Baker, while joining the production as the Baker’s Wife is Rachel Tucker.
Taking over the role of the Witch is WhatsOnStage Award-winner Melanie La Barrie, who discussed the project with us on the WhatsOnStage Podcast in an exclusive interview – which you can listen to for free below:
Also joining the cast is John Owen-Jones in the role of the Narrator/Mysterious Man, with Jack Quarton as the Steward. Jodie Jacobs has joined the show as a standby.
Continuing in the show are Valda Aviks as Grandmother/Giant, Geoffrey Aymer as Cinderella’s Father, Bella Brown as Rapunzel, Chumisa Dornford-May as Cinderella, Jo Foster as Jack, Jennifer Hepburn as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Hana Ichijo as Lucinda, Julie Jupp as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Florinda, Gracie McGonigal as Little Red Ridinghood, Oliver Savile as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf and Rhys Whitfield as Rapunzel’s Prince. Completing the cast are standbys Taite-Elliot Drew, Jacob Fowler, Sophie Linder-Lee and Chloe Saracco.
The show recently won two Olivier Awards, including Best Musical Revival and Best Lighting.
Watch the trailer here:
The creative team alongside Fein and Scutt include musical supervisor and musical director Mark Aspinall, sound designer Adam Fisher, lighting designer Aideen Malone, video designer Roland Horvath, movement director Jenny Ogilvie, wigs, hair & make-up designer Sam Cox, puppetry designers Cheryl ‘Chuck’ Brown, Max Humphries and Tom Scutt, 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 Lucy Martin, wigs, hair and make-up supervisor Charlie Watson, props supervisors Jonathan Hall and Chris Marcus for Marcus Hall Props, orchestral management is by Andy Barnwell and Rich Weeden for BW Musicians and casting director is Stuart Burt.
Orchestra management is by Andy Barnwell and Richard Weeden for BW Musicians and the casting director is Stuart Burt. Into the Woods is produced by the London Theatre Company in association with Jamie Wilson Productions.