What's OnInto The Woods

Directed by Jordan Fein (Fiddler on the Roof), with set and costume designed by Tom Scutt (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club), this joyful, witty and beautiful new production has been hailed as “a triumphant musical mash-up of fairytales” (The Standard). Kate Fleetwood returns to the production to reprise her celebrated performance as the Witch.

Joining Kate Fleetwood are Simbi Akande (Cinderella), Valda Aviks (Grandmother/Giant), Geoffrey Aymer (Cinderella’s Father), John Dagleish (Baker), Fiona Finsbury (Rapunzel), Jennifer Hepburn (Cinderella’s Stepmother and Alternate Witch), Hana Ichijo (Lucinda), Julie Jupp (Jack’s Mother), Lucas Koch (Rapunzel’s Prince), Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (Florinda), Gracie McGonigal (Little Red Ridinghood), Laura Pitt-Pulford (Baker’s Wife), Jack Quarton (Steward), Keith Ramsay (Jack), Matthew Seadon-Young (Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf), and Michael Siegel (Narrator), with Hollie Aires, Sabrina Aloueche, Jacob Fowler, Adam Robert Lewis, Sophie Linder-Lee, Toby Turpin, and Elsie Watson as Standbys.

We all know how the story begins. But what happens after it ends?

Once upon a time…

The Baker and his wife. A Witch with a curse. A boy and his cow. A girl in a red cloak. A maiden with long flowing hair. A servant covered in cinders. All journey deep into the dark woods.

To sell the cow
To visit the mother
To see the king
To lift the spell

As the adventure unfolds and paths entwine, wishes are made, slippers are lost, beanstalks take flight and new friendships are forged - revealing that life beyond ‘Happily ever after’ can still be full of magic, even when there’s darkness.

Step into the woods this September. But watch out for the wolf.

Opening at the Noël Coward Theatre for a strictly limited run from 22 September.