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Into the Woods to transfer to the West End after two Olivier Awards wins

Their wishes came true!

Alex Wood

Alex Wood

| London |

12 April 2026

Into the Woods at the Bridge
Into the Woods at the Bridge, © Johan Persson

The Bridge Theatre’s new revival of Into the Woods will move into the West End this autumn.

Jordan Fein’s production of the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical was the most nominated musical revival of the year at the Olivier Awards, with 11 nods. It won two, including Best Musical Revival.

Into the Woods also had nominations for director Jordan Fein, director Tom Scutt, Aideen Malone (lighting design) and Roland Horvath (video design), and Adam Fisher (sound design). Malone and Horvath won as a pair.

As revealed by Nick Mohammed on the Olivier Awards stage, the show will move from the Bridge and open this autumn at the Noël Coward Theatre – we’ve linked the latest below.

The creative team alongside Fein and Scutt include musical supervisor and musical director Mark Aspinall, sound designer Fisher, lighting designer Malone, video designer 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.

Dates and initial casting has now been confirmed. 

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