Exclusive: Avenue Q announces West End cast and creative team
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Exclusive: Avenue Q has revealed its 2026 revival company.
The show will return to the West End to mark its 20th anniversary, with a new production set to open at the Shaftesbury Theatre from 20 March to 29 August 2026.
Produced by Kevin McCollum and Jamie Wilson Productions, it will feature the original Broadway puppets and reunite members of the creative team behind the musical’s debut.
The revival will once again be directed by Jason Moore, with puppet design by Rick Lyon, orchestrations and arrangements by Stephen Oremus and set design by Anna Louizos.
For this fresh revival, contributions include choreography by Ebony Molina, costume design by Jean Chan, lighting design by Tim Lutkin, sound design by Paul Groothuis, video design by Nina Dunn for Pixellux, puppetry coaching by Iestyn Evans and Andy Heath for Talk to the Hand Puppets and casting by Pearson Casting.
Original West End company member Julie Atherton will serve as associate director on the production, with musical direction by Benjamin Holder.
Written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, with a book by Jeff Whitty, Avenue Q follows Princeton, a recent college graduate who moves into a rundown New York apartment block and learns life lessons from his eccentric neighbours.
Starring in the production for its London season will be Emily Benjamin as Kate Monster and Lucy The Sl*t, Noah Harrison as Princeton and Rod, Meg Hateley as Mrs T and Bad Idea Bear, Oliver Jacobson as Brian, Charlie McCullagh as Nicky, Trekkie Monster and Bad Idea Bear, Amelia Kinu Muus as Christmas Eve and Dionne Ward-Anderson as Gary Coleman.
The rest of the company includes Jasmine Beel, Jonathan Carlton, Angelis Hunt, Lesley Lemon, Jessica Niles Kadi and Joshua Williams-Ward.
The show originally opened in the West End in 2006 at the Noël Coward Theatre before transferring to the Gielgud and later the Wyndham’s, closing in 2010. A concert version was staged at the Sondheim Theatre in 2024 to celebrate its 18th anniversary.
The show will run in a reduced-capacity Shaftesbury Theatre while the venue undergoes refurbishment work.
