Jo Foster, Gracie McGonigal Among Initial Cast for INTO THE WOODS West End Transfer

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Jordan Fein's production will ope at the Noël Coward Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, on 7 October 2026, with previews from 22 September.

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Initial casting has been announced for the West End transfer of the Bridge Theatre production of Into The Woods. Sondheim and Lapine's iconic production marks the first West End transfer for The Bridge Theatre and the first time Into The Woods has been in the West End since 1991. Jordan Fein 's production will ope at the Noël Coward Theatre, a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre, on 7 October 2026, with previews from 22 September, running until 9 January 2027.

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Joining the previously announced Kate Fleetwood (The Witch), are Valda Aviks (Grandmother/Giant), Geoffrey Aymer (Cinderella's Father), Jo Foster (Jack), Jennifer Hepburn (Cinderella's Stepmother and Alternate Witch), Hana Ichijo (Lucinda), Julie Jupp (Jack's Mother), Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (Florinda) and Gracie McGonigal (Little Red Ridinghood), with Jacob Fowler and Sophie Linder-Lee as Standbys. Full casting to be announced.

The production opened late last year at the Bridge Theatre, going on to win Best Ensemble or Cast and Best Designer at the Critics' Circle Awards, and Best Musical Revival and Best Lighting Design at the Olivier Awards.

Cast includes: Valda Aviks (Grandmother/Giant), Geoffrey Aymer (Cinderella's Father), Kate Fleetwood (The Witch), Jo Foster (Jack), Jennifer Hepburn (Cinderella's Stepmother and Alternate Witch), Hana Ichijo (Lucinda), Julie Jupp (Jack's Mother), Gabrielle Lewis-Dodson (Florinda), Gracie McGonigal (Little Red Ridinghood) and Jacob Fowler and Sophie Linder-Lee as Standbys.

Director: Jordan Fein ; Set and Costume Designer : Tom Scutt ; Musical Supervisor: Mark Aspinall ; Orchestrations by: Jonathan Tunick; Sound Designer: Adam Fisher ; Lighting Designer: Aideen Malone ; Video Designer: Roland Horvath ; Movement Director: Jenny Ogilvie ; Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Designer: Sam Cox; Puppetry Design: Cheryl ‘Chuck' Brown, Max Humphries & Tom Scutt ; Musical Director: Alex Beetschen; Casting Director: Stuart Burt CDG CSA; Production Manager: Chris Hay ; Associate Director: Georgia Green ; Scenic Associate: David Allen ; Associate Musical Director: Cat Beveridge ; Associate Sound Designer: Ollie Durrant; Associate Lighting Designer: Lucy Adams ; Associate Costume Designer : Lucy Martin ; Associate Video Designer: Hayley Egan ; Wigs, Hair & Make-Up Supervisor: Charlie Watson; Costume Supervisor: Lydia McDonald; Props Supervisors: Jonathan Hall & Chris Marcus for Marcus Hall Props; Orchestral Management: Andy Barnwell & Rich Weeden for BW Musicians

In Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine 's musical, the Baker, the Baker's Wife, the Witch, Jack, Little Red Ridinghood, Cinderella and Rapunzel take us beyond happy ever after to discover what really matters.

Sondheim and Lapine's second collaboration after Sunday in the Park with George brilliantly weaves together four Grimms' fairy tales. On its Broadway debut in 1986, Into The Woods won Tony Awards each for Sondheim (Best Original Score) and Lapine (Best Book). In London it has had productions by Richard Jones ( Phoenix Theatre , 1990), John Crowley (Donmar, 1998) and Timothy Sheader (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, 2010). This is its first major London production since 2016 and its first West End production in 30 years.

Marking the first West End transfer for The Bridge, the multi-award-winning production of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Into The Woods will run in the West End this Autumn.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/Jo-Foster-Gracie-McGonigal-and-More-Join-INTO-THE-WOODS-West-End-Transfer-20260608)._