The multi-platinum musician and I’m a Celebrity winner joins the record-breaking production that has surpassed 1,500 performances and won seven Olivier Awards.
Actor, presenter and Brit Award winner Matt Willis will play Emcee while West End star Katie Hall will play Sally Bowles from 26th January.
Cabaret is currently booking at the August Wilson Theatre (Kit Kat Club) until Saturday 26th September having surpassed its 1500th performance making it the longest running production of Cabaret in the West End. It opened in December 2021 to critical and audience acclaim and won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards in 2022.
About the new cast
Matt Willis rose to fame as a founding member of the multi-platinum, chart-topping pop-rock band Busted, before establishing a career on stage playing the role of Fiyero in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Nick Hurley in Flashdance at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Chuck Cranston in Footloose and Dr. Pomatter in Waitress, both on tour.
His screen credits include Birds of a Feather and EastEnders, as well as winning I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and more recently co-hosting Netflix’s Love is Blind UK, alongside his wife, Emma Willis.
Katie Hall most recently starred as Fantine in Les Misérables for the 40th anniversary at the Sondheim Theatre, as well as its UK and Ireland tour and Les Misérables: The Arena Concert Spectacular world tour. She previously played Cosette at the Queen’s Theatre, on the national tour, as well as in Les Misérables in Concert - The 25th Anniversary at The O2 Arena.
Katie’s other theatre credits include Christine in The Phantom of the Opera’s national tour, as well as alternating the role in the West End at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Johanna in Sweeney Todd for English National Opera, starring alongside Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel and as Laurey Williams in Oklahoma!
Cabaret will also be welcoming new members into their prologue company from 9th February with Isobel Bates, Jonathan Charles, Shanelle Clemenson, Zara Liu, Brian James O’Sullivan and Shiho Yokoyama joining the cast.
Willkommen to the Kit Kat Club
One of the most successful musicals of all time Cabaret features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff and is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
Transforming one of London’s most famous theatres with an in-the-round auditorium and reimagined spaces, before the show guests are invited to enjoy and explore the Kit Kat Club with pre-show entertainment, drinks and dining all on offer.
When booking, guests receive a ‘club entry time’ to allow enough time to take in the world of the Kit Kat Club before the show starts.
Groups of ten or more can get Band A tickets at a reduced price of £75 Monday to Wednesday evenings, excluding certain dates.
Band A and Open A tickets are also available at £75 for Saturday Matinees from 2nd June- 27th September.
Cabaret is currently booking up to the end of September 2026. To book or for more information, visit kitkat.club/cabaret-london
