Moulin Rouge! to celebrate West End and movie anniversary with £25 fan performance

Moulin Rouge! The Musical will mark five years in the West End with a special fan performance at the Piccadilly Theatre on 11 November.

The performance, which also marks 25 years since the release of Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film, will take place at 7pm, with all tickets priced at £25. Tickets will go on sale from 12 noon on 18 September for show subscribers.

From 12 October, the cast will include Karis Anderson as Satine, Alistair Brammer as Christian, James Doherty as Harold Zidler, Daniel Fraser as the Duke, Richard Lloyd King as Toulouse-Lautrec, Ivan De Freitas as Santiago, Lindsey Tierney as Nini, Nick Len as Baby Doll, Billie-Kay as Arabia, Athena Collins as La Chocolat and Angela Marie Hurst as Alternate Satine.

The cast is completed by Gabriela Acosta, Andy Barke, Callum Bell, Alexandros Beshonges, Emily Bolland, Taylor Bradshaw, Robson Broad, Lucy Campbell, Bethany Chan, Lucia Coleman, Katie Deacon, James Davies-Williams, Kelly Downing, Onyemachi Ejimofor, Myles Hart, Annabelle Laing, Holly Liburd, PaddyJoe Martin, Jacob McLay Reid, Jago Mottart, Marios Nicolaides, Ben Rutter, Hassun Sharif, Jamie Shields, Risha Tavernier, Kalila Khan, Hakeem Tinubu and Tija Tkalcevic.

Set in Paris in 1899, Moulin Rouge! The Musical follows Christian, an American writer who arrives in Paris and falls in love with Satine, a performer at the Moulin Rouge nightclub. The musical features a book by John Logan and is directed by Alex Timbers, with choreography by Sonya Tayeh, based on Luhrmann’s film.