Into The Woods announces full West End cast

The West End transfer of the Stephen Sondheim classic has announced its complete cast

Into The Woods has announced its full West End cast ahead of its transfer to the Noël Coward Theatre this September.

The Bridge Theatre’s much-awarded production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s fairytale spectacular will begin performances in the West End on 22 September, with an opening night set for 7 October. It will run until 9 January.

Joining the previously announced cast are Simbi Akande as Cinderella, John Dagleish as the Baker, Fiona Finsbury as Rapunzel, Lucas Koch as Rapunzel’s Prince, Laura Pitt-Pulford as the Baker’s Wife, Jack Quarton as the Steward, Keith Ramsay as Jack, Matthew Seadon-Young as Cinderella’s Prince and the Wolf, and Michael S Siegel as the Narrator.

They join Valda Aviks as Grandmother and the Giant, Geoffrey Aymer as Cinderella’s Father, Kate Fleetwood as the Witch, Jennifer Hepburn as Cinderella’s Stepmother and alternate Witch, Hana Ichijo as Lucinda, Julie Jupp as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Florinda and Gracie McGonigal as Little Red Ridinghood. Hollie Aires, Sabrina Aloueche, Jacob Fowler, Adam Robert Lewis, Sophie Linder-Lee, Toby Turpin and Elsie Watson will serve as standbys.

The creative team includes director Jordan Fein, set and costume designer Tom Scutt, musical supervisor Mark Aspinall, orchestrator Jonathan Tunick, sound designer Adam Fisher, lighting designer Aideen Malone, video designer Roland Horvath, movement director Jenny Ogilvie, wigs, hair and make-up designer Sam Cox, puppetry designers Cheryl “Chuck” Brown, Max Humphries and Tom Scutt, musical director Alex Beetschen and casting director Stuart Burt.

Producer Jamie Wilson said: “We have been blown away by the public reaction to the West End transfer of Into the Woods. With the cast who have joined this transfer and those who have been with the production since 2025, we have a phenomenal group of performers. Having won multiple Olivier Awards, over the last months we have enjoyed collaborating on how we adapt the Bridge Theatre production into its new life at one of the West End’s most beautiful playhouses, the Noël Coward Theatre.”

First premiered on Broadway in 1987, Sondheim’s Into The Woods takes inspiration from the classic European fairytales of Brothers Grimm and Charles Perrault, weaving together the stories of familiar characters including Cinderella, Little Red Ridinghood, Rapunzel and many more. The show features some of Sondheim’s most beloved songs, including ‘No One Is Alone’, ‘Your Fault’ and ‘Agony’.

The Jordan Fein-directed revival premiered at the Bridge Theatre in 2025, scooping up Best Musical Revival and Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards, among other major accolades. Its arrival in the West End precedes another Sondheim musical, Sunday In The Park With George, which will play at the Barbican Theatre in summer 2027.