Hold onto your feather boas and pour yourself a stiff one — because the Kit Kat Club just rolled out a casting announcement with the glitz of a Berlin nightclub and the sass of a Soho drag brunch. Yes, Cabaret, the West End's sin-soaked, seven-time Olivier-winning sensation, has new stars waltzing in this summer — and they’re ready to blow the roof off your pre-war fantasies.

Bridgerton breakout Hannah Dodd trades in corsets and croquet for garters and gin as she steps into the fishnets of Sally Bowles

From 29 May 2025, Bridgerton breakout Hannah Dodd trades in corsets and croquet for garters and gin as she steps into the fishnets of Sally Bowles — a role that requires equal parts chaotic energy, eyeliner, and emotional devastation. It’s Dodd’s stage debut, but given her Netflix pedigree and the fact she survived three seasons of playing a Bridgerton with dignity intact, we have high hopes.

Sharing the spotlight (and possibly stealing it) is Olivier-nominated Rob Madge, who will play the Emcee with all the campy menace and heartbreaking humanity you could possibly cram into a cabaret. Known for their brilliantly funny, tear-jerking one-person show My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), Madge is no stranger to a spotlight, a sequin, or the emotional gut-punch. Expect fourth walls to be shattered, gender norms to be gleefully pulverised, and audiences to leave wondering if therapy is cheaper than another ticket.

Dodd and Madge join a cast that includes Daniel Bowerbank, Vivien Parry, and a glittering ensemble of Kit Kat regulars who know their way around a bowler hat and a breakdown. And while the onstage drama will be electric, don't underestimate the off-stage logistics: Hannah Dodd has more scheduled absences than a teenager with hay fever, and Rob Madge will be off gallivanting mid-June. But never fear — alternates Anne-Marie Wojna and Damon Gould are on hand, presumably rehearsing in their sleep.

The production hits a major milestone on 7 July with a gala night to mark the 1,500th performance, because nothing says “decadent Weimar Berlin” like a celebratory canapé and a souvenir programme. The show is currently booking through to March 2026, so you've got time — but not that much time — to get yourself a ticket and enter the sleaziest speakeasy London has to offer.

Let’s not forget, Cabaret isn’t just a musical. It’s an event. A full-throttle, in-the-round, immersive experience where the theatre becomes a nightclub, and the line between performer and audience blurs like eyeliner after two martinis. Whether you’re there for the drama, the dancing, or just to Instagram a velvet curtain, one thing’s certain: this Cabaret remains the hottest ticket in town.

So Willkommen, Bienvenue, and Welcome — to the most anticipated casting shake-up this side of the West End. Don’t tell Mama, but you’d be mad to miss it.