The three-time Olivier Award-winning musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has announced its final extension at London’s Ambassadors Theatre.
The acclaimed production will now conclude its West End run on Saturday 11th October 2025, marking exactly one year and one day since it opened.
Jethro Compton, the show’s creator, writer, director and designer, said:
“Bringing Benjamin Button to the West End has been a dream come true. We could never have imagined such an incredible response to the show. On behalf of the entire Button family, I want to express our enormous gratitude to every audience member who has come to see us and the many that have come back again and brought friends and loved ones with them. This amazing year in the West End is just the first chapter of the show’s life, and as I hope we’ve demonstrated in our journey from a small-scale fringe show to an Olivier Award-winning West End musical, anything’s possible.”
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button won three Olivier Awards in 2025, including Best New Musical, Outstanding Musical Contribution for Darren Clark and Mark Aspinall, and Best Actor in a Musical for John Dagleish.
The Original West End Cast Recording has already surpassed 600,000 streams across platforms.
The production stars two-time Olivier Award winner John Dagleish as Benjamin Button and two-time nominee Clare Foster as Elowen Keene.
They are joined by a talented ensemble including Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox, Katy Ellis, Anna Fordham, Philippa Hogg, Damien James, Elliot Mackenzie, Ann Marcuson, Emily Panes, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Jack Quarton and Benedict Salter.
Set in a Cornish fishing village, this actor-musician led adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short story is a moving tale of love, time, and transformation.
The musical first premiered in 2019 and gained momentum with a sold-out run at Southwark Playhouse in 2023, winning Best Musical Theatre Production at the 2024 Off West End Awards.
It was also nominated for two WhatsOnStage Awards: Best New Musical and Best Musical Direction/Supervision.
With book and lyrics by Jethro Compton and music and lyrics by Darren Clark, the production features choreography by Chi-San Howard, lighting by Zoe Spurr, sound by Luke Swaffield, and costumes by Anna Kelsey.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is produced by ATG Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Gary Beestone Associates, and others.
Listings and ticket information can be found here
