Moulin Rouge! the Musical announces fresh West End casting as show extends run

Exclusive: Moulin Rouge! The Musical has announced new West End casting as the production extends into its fifth year at the Piccadilly Theatre.

From 13 October 2025, Karis Anderson will take on the role of Satine and Alistair Brammer will play Christian. They join Craig Ryder, who continues as Harold Zidler, while Richard Lloyd King joins as Toulouse-Lautrec.

Ben Richards is continuing as the Duke, Ivan De Freitas as Santiago and Lindsey Tierney as Nini. Hannah Jay-Allan and Helen K Wint will alternate the role of Arabia, with Matteo Johnson as Baby Doll, Athena Collins as La Chocolat and Angela Marie Hurst as alternate Satine.

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The full cast is completed by Gabriela Acosta, Erin Bell, Emily Bolland, Taylor Bradshaw, Lucy Campbell, James Davies-Williams, Katie Deacon, Joe Donovan, Myles Hart, Maiya Hikasa, Kalila Khan, Annabelle Laing, Melvin LeBlanc, Holly Liburd, Marios Nicolaides, Chileshé, Dean Read, Ben Rutter, Gavin Ryan, Hassun Sharif, Elly Shaw, Jamie Shields, Grace Swaby-Moore, Catrin Thomas, Alex Tranter, Matt Trevorrow, Kevin Tristan and Ben Whitnall.

Tickets for performances through to 23 May 2026 will go on sale from 22 September 2025.

Based on Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, the musical tells the story of Christian, a young American writer, who falls in love with Satine, the star of the Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris in 1899.