Jamie Muscato and Joy Woods, photos by Connor Harris and Jenny Anderson
Cabaret has announced two new stars heading to the Kit Kat Club.
Taking over the roles of the Emcee and Sally Bowles will be Jamie Muscato and Joy Woods respectively. The pair will begin their times in the show on 25 May 2026.
Cabaret, by composer John Kander, lyricist Fred Ebb, and book writer Joe Masteroff, is based on the play I Am a Camera by John Van Druten and the Berlin Stories of Christopher Isherwood.
Muscato and Woods join 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, alongside 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.
Muscato will play his final performance on 19 September, with Woods finishing on 4 September. From 7 to 19 September, Marina Tavolieri will take on the role of Sally Bowles. We’ve listed other absent dates below.
The show, which first opened in the West End in late 2021, is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, with set and costume design by Tom Scutt and choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen with lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Nick Lidster, wigs and hair design by Sam Cox and make-up design by Guy Common. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer and musical director is Angus MacRae.
The Prologue Company is made up of Isobel Bates, Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Jonathan Charles, Shanelle Clemenson, Andrew Linnie, Zara Liu, Dak Mashava, Brian James O’Sullivan, Jack William Parry andShiho Yokoyama.
Cabaret is booking until 30 January 2027, with tickets on sale now.
Muscato is not scheduled to perform on Friday 12 June at 7.30pm and Saturday 13 June at 2.00pm and 7.30pm. Woods is not scheduled to perform on Friday 12 June at 7.30pm, Saturday 13 June at 2.00pm and 7.30pm, Monday 24 August at 7.30pm, Tuesday 25 August at 7.30pm and Wednesday 26 August at 2.00pm and 7.30pm. At these performances, the role of Emcee will be played by Joe Atkinson and the role of Sally Bowles will be played by Tavolieri.
