CABARET at the Kit Kat Club has announced exciting new casting for its celebrated West End run. From 26 January 2026, West End star Katie Hall will portray Sally Bowles. Actor, presenter and Brit Award winner Matt Willis will take on the role of the Emcee.
They join a cast including Baker Mukasa as Clifford Bradshaw; Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider; Robert Hands as Herr Schultz; Lucas Koch as Ernst Ludwig; and Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie.
Also in the company are Joe Atkinson, Xavion Campbell‑Brown, Olivia‑Rose Deer, Anya Ferdinand, Danny Fogarty, Adrian Grove, Ela Lisondra, Hícaro Nicolai, Andy Rees, Alexandra Regan, Manu Sarswat, Tom Scanlon, Eva‑Rose Tanaka, Marina Tavolieri and Lucy Young.
Katie Hall and Matt Willis will give their final performance on Saturday 23 May 2026.
Katie Hall most recently starred as Fantine in Les Misérables for its 40th Anniversary at the Sondheim Theatre, and in its UK & Ireland tour and Arena Concert Spectacular.
Her previous roles include Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (national tour and West End), Johanna in Sweeney Todd at ENO opposite Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel, Laurey Williams in Oklahoma! and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof at Grange Park Opera, and Maria in the national tour of West Side Story.
Matt Willis is known as a member of pop-rock band Busted and for stage roles such as Fiyero in Wicked, Orin in Little Shop of Horrors, Nick Hurley in Flashdance, Chuck Cranston in Footloose and Dr Pomatter in Waitress, and screen appearances in Birds of a Feather and EastEnders.
He won I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, co-hosts Netflix’s Love is Blind UK, and authored the acclaimed documentary Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction.
From 9 February 2026, CABARET will welcome new members to its Prologue Company: Isobel Bates, Jonathan Charles, Shanelle Clemenson, Zara Liu, Brian James O’Sullivan and Shiho Yokoyama.
They will join continuing members Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Andrew Linnie, Dak Mashava and Jack William Parry.
Matt Willis will not perform as Emcee on specific matinee and evening performances in March 2026; Joe Atkinson will step into the role at these shows.
CABARET is booking until Saturday 26 September 2026. It has surpassed its 1,500th performance, becoming the longest-running Cabaret in West End history.
This immersive production opened in December 2021 and won seven Olivier Awards in April 2022, along with three Critics Circle Awards and the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Design (Tom Scutt).
The show features iconic numbers like “Wilkommen,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” “Mein Herr,” “Maybe This Time,” “Money” and the title song, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff. Directed by Rebecca Frecknall, the design team includes Tom Scutt (set & costume), Julia Cheng (choreography), Jennifer Whyte (musical supervision), Ben van Tienen (musical direction), Isabella Byrd (lighting), Nick Lidster (sound), Sam Cox (wigs & hair), Guy Common (make-up), with casting by Stuart Burt and associate direction/prologue direction by Jordan Fein. Prologue musical direction is by Angus MacRae.
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