New Moulin Rouge! West End cast announced

A new Satine and Christian will take over the roles from 16 October

Moulin Rouge! is based on the successful movie with the same title, starring Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. It was nominated for eight Oscars and won Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

From 16 October Tanisha Spring (Groundhog Day) will take over the role of Satine, having previously alternated the role and Dom Simpson (The Book of Mormon) will take over the role of Christian.

Continuing in their roles, Matt Rixon (Hairspray UK tour) will play Harold Zidler, Ian Carlyle (Porgy and Bess) will play Toulouse-Lautrec and Ben Richards (Emmerdale) will play the Duke.

Joining them will be Ivan De Freitas (& Juliet) as Santiago and Charlotte Gooch (Dirty Dancing) as Nini, with Anthony Cragg (Starlight Express), who continues with the cast and steps into the role of Baby Doll. Hannah Jay-Allan (Beautiful – The Carole King Musical) continues as Arabia, Rochelle Sherona (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat) also remains with the cast as Arabia (maternity cover), with Bernadette Bangura (My Fair Lady) as La Chocolat and Angela Marie Hurst (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical) who will play alternate Satine.

The cast will include Oliver Adam-Reynolds, Erin Bell, Emily Bolland, Ross Chisari, James Chisholm, Katie Deacon, Fletcher Dobinson, Serenar Douch, Rola Elliott, Davide Fienauri, Zack Guest, Natorii Illidge, David King–Yombo, Jasmine Leung, Kira McPherson, Melissa Nettleford, Chris Otim, Joshua Robinson, Callum Rose, Ben Rutter, Gavin Ryan, Craig Ryder, Jamie Shields, Catrin Thomas, Matt Trevorrow, Charley Warburton, Sasha Woodward, and Luke Fraser Yates.

Book by John Logan, directed by Alex Timbers, choreography by Sonya Tayeh, music supervision, orchestrations, and arrangements by Justin Levine. Scenic designer Derek McLane, costume designer Catherine Zuber, lighting designer Justin Townsend, sound designer Peter Hylenski, hair designer David Brian Brown, make-up designer Sarah Cimino, creative services by Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, casting by Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher CDG.

Watch the West End trailer here: