Cabaret - Playhouse Theatre

I did catch the new cast last night. The £33 second row Dress Circle ticket, just off the centre, was a bargain, with the only distraction being the leaners on the front row and the guy next to me who I presume was translating for his girlfriend.

The new cast bring a lot of energy to the roles. Many of the musical numbers have been restaged since I last saw this and Adam Gillen includes various line changes as the Emcee.

I don't want to dwell too much on individual performances. I did like Katherine Langford, who acted her big number more than most of the Sally Bowles. I really warmed to Adam Gillen as well, who I believe is a very experienced stage actor, but perhaps less experienced as a singer. I was struggling to place what part of Germany Fred Haig was from. Jessica Kirton was on as Fraulein Schneider as well and very good. It is odd not seeing Damon Gould, who is now a swing, but I think he covers the major male roles, so hopefully I'll get to see him in one of those roles before too long.

As high quality a production as always and I hope to catch this cast again before the Emcee/Sally lead change.

Yes but we don’t talk about it as we’re all secretly hoping it will change 🤐

I'll give it a go - I got a D in my drama GCSE (about 30 years ago) and I am sure I know most of the lyrics to Willkommen!