Five-time Emmy Award winner and multiple Grammy nominee Wayne Brady will make his highly anticipated West End debut in To Sir, With Love – A New Musical, for two concert performances only at the Gillian Lynne Theatre on Monday 24 November 2025.
Brady will star as Rick Braithwaite, the role originally portrayed by Sidney Poitier in the iconic 1967 film. Joining him on stage is British music legend Lulu, returning to the story that launched her global career.
Brady’s extensive theatre credits include The Wiz in The Wiz, Billy Flynn in Chicago, Lola in Kinky Boots, and Harold Ziegler in Moulin Rouge! on Broadway. He has also played Aaron Burr in Hamilton (Chicago), Collins in Rent (Hollywood Bowl), Fred in Kiss Me, Kate (L.A.), and Charlie in Merrily We Roll Along (L.A.).
On television, Brady is best known for Whose Line is it Anyway?, and has appeared in How I Met Your Mother, Black Lightning, The Good Fight, and American Gigolo. He also competed on Dancing With the Stars and won season two of The Masked Singer.
To Sir, With Love is a newly reimagined stage adaptation of E.R. Braithwaite’s memoir, featuring music and lyrics by John Farrar and Kara DioGuardi, and direction by Sheldon Epps.
“To Sir, With Love is an autobiographical story that is every bit as relevant then, as it is today,” say producers Kris Lythgoe and Darren Bell. “Rick Braithwaite is more than just a Cambridge-educated engineer and a former RAF fighter pilot; he’s a man battling societal prejudices at every turn.”
The musical explores themes of race, class, resilience, and the power of respect. It features an original score by Farrar and DioGuardi, alongside the legendary title song “To Sir, with Love” by Mark London and Don Black.
Musical arrangements are by Eve Nelson, with musical supervision and orchestration by Joseph Joubert. Dramaturgy is by Shereen Jasmin Phillips and choreography by Edgar Godineaux. Casting is by Debbie O’Brien.
The production is developed through the Ogunquit Playhouse New Works Program and produced by Lythgoe Productions and Darren Bell, with Alex Day, Willette and Manny Klausner, Jonathan and Jennifer Yaek, and Rebecca Bahling-Lythgoe.
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