Cabaret at the Kit Kab Club swept the boards at this year’s Olivier Awards winning seven awards, equalling the amount previously won by the musicals Hamilton and Matilda the Musical. Cabaret at the Kit Kab Club also becomes the most award-winning revival of a musical in Olivier history and the first ever musical or play to win in all four acting categories. kitkat.club
Celebrating the wins, Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club has released exclusive footage of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY9umtO4igQ
The production won:
BEST MUSICAL REVIVAL
BEST DIRECTOR – REBECCA FRECKNALL
BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL – EDDIE REDMAYNE
BEST ACTTRESS IN A MUSICAL – JESSIE BUCKLEY
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL – ELLIOT LEVEY
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MUSICAL – LIZA SADOVY
BEST SOUND DESIGN – NICK LIDSTER
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is booking until October 2022 and currently stars Fra Fee as ‘Emcee’, Amy Lennox as ‘Sally Bowles’, Omar Baroud as ‘Cliff Bradshaw’, Vivien Parry as ‘Fraulein Schneider’, Elliot Levey as ‘Herr Schultz’, Stewart Clarke as ‘Ernst Ludwig’ and Anna-Jane Casey as ‘Fraulein Kost’. The cast is completed by Josh Andrews, Emily Benjamin, Sally Frith, Matthew Gent, Emma Louise Jones, Ela Lisondra, Theo Maddix, Chris O’Mara, Daniel Perry, Andre Refig, Christopher Tendai, Bethany Terry, Lillie-Pearl Wildman and Sophie Maria Wojna.
In a time when the world is changing forever, there is one place where everyone can be free… Welcome to the Kit Kat Club, home to an intimate and electrifying new production of CABARET. This is Berlin. Relax. Loosen up. Be yourself.
The Kit Kat Club has laid siege to the Playhouse Theatre. The performers have infiltrated the premises. The artists have staked their claim. Who knows for how long they’ll stay, but for now they are enjoying the party. The party at the end of the world.
Transforming one of London’s most famous theatres with an in-the-round auditorium and reimagined spaces, before the show guests are invited to enjoy and explore the Kit Kat Club with pre-show entertainment, drinks and dining all on offer. When booking, guests receive a ‘club entry time’ to allow enough time to take in the world of the Kit Kat Club before the show starts. But of course, the show really starts when you first join us in the club…
One of the most successful musicals of all time Cabaret features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
Cabaret is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, set and costume design is by Tom Scutt with choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision and direction is by Jennifer Whyte. Lighting design is by Isabella Byrd with sound design by Nick Lidster. The casting director is and the associate director is Jordan Fein.
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club is produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions and Underbelly.