Into The Woods at The Bridge Theatre Announces New Cast

25 Mar

London Theatre Company have today announced new cast members joining the company of Into The Woods. From Monday 20 April Melanie La Barrie (Hadestown) will play the Witch, John Owen-Jones (Les Misérables) will play the Narrator/Mysterious Man, Jack Quarton (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) will play the Steward, Rachel Tucker (Wicked) will play the Baker’s Wife and Jodie Jacobs (Fiddler on the Roof) joins as Standby. Hughie O’Donnell (King Lear), currently playing the Steward, will play the role of the Baker.

They join original cast members Valda Aviks as Grandmother/Giant, Geoffrey Aymer as Cinderella’s Father, Bella Brown as Rapunzel, Chumisa Dornford-May as Cinderella, Jo Foster (Olivier Award nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical) as Jack, Jennifer Hepburn as Cinderella’s Stepmother, Hana Ichijo as Lucinda, Julie Jupp as Jack’s Mother, Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson as Florinda, Gracie McGonigal as Little Red Ridinghood, Oliver Savile (Olivier Award nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical) as Cinderella’s Prince/Wolf, Rhys Whitfield as Rapunzel’s Prince and Standbys Taite-Elliot Drew, Jacob Fowler, Sophie Linder-Lee and Chloe Saracco.

Playing their final performances on Saturday 18 April 2026 are Katie Brayben (Olivier Award nominated for Best Actress in a Musical) as the Baker’s Wife, Kate Fleetwood (Olivier Award nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical) as the Witch, Michael Gould as the Narrator/Mysterious Man and Jamie Parker (Olivier Award nominated for Best Actor in a Musical) as the Baker.

Into The Woods, directed by Jordan Fein with set and costume design by Tom Scutt, plays the Bridge Theatre until Saturday 30 May 2026.

Into The Woods has recently been nominated for 11 Olivier Awards – the joint highest tally of 2026 - including Best Musical Revival, Best Director, Best Set Design, Best Costume Design, Best Lighting Design and Best Sound Design, as well as across all four performer categories in which it is eligible.