About the Show

Immersive West End revival of the iconic musical set in 1930s Berlin’s Kit Kat Club.

Set in Berlin during the twilight of the Weimar Republic, Cabaret follows American writer Clifford Bradshaw and his encounter with English cabaret performer Sally Bowles at the seedy yet seductive Kit Kat Club. As the Nazi regime looms, their lives intertwine with a cast of characters navigating love, ambition, and survival. Featuring iconic songs like “Willkommen,” “Maybe This Time,” and “Cabaret,” the musical delves into themes of freedom and the encroaching shadows of fascism.

This West End production transforms London's Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club, offering audiences an immersive experience that blurs the line between performance and reality.

With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Joe Masteroff—adapted from John Van Druten’s play and Christopher Isherwood’s stories—this revival has garnered critical acclaim for its innovative staging and poignant relevance. The production invites audiences into a world where, despite the darkness on the horizon, life inside the Kit Kat Club remains beautiful.

Critic Reviews (12)

The Kit Kat Club is the ultimate escape. After a difficult or even ordinary day, the fanfare, glitz, and glamour feel like a portal to another time, where you’ll be greeted with complimentary schnapps, dancing chorus members, and a lascivious pre-show smorgasbord.
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Eddie Redmayne’s Emcee is a brilliantly twisted creation. [Jessie Buckley] epitomises interwar Berlin: broken and broke, dancing tipsily on the edge. Frecknall proves herself one of our most exciting directors, and she draws superb performances from all involved.
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But fundamentally, it’s a great production of ‘Cabaret’ that’s good enough to triumph over the myriad distractions it throws in its own path.
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Rebecca Frecknall’s production on the whole lives up to its hype. [Jessie Buckley] sings with astonishing command, and there is an especially breath-taking version of “Cabaret”. If this show is sold on [Eddie Redmayne's] star turn, we get more than our money’s worth with his blinding performance – in this blinder of a show.
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This is it. This is the one. At the end of the year, Rebecca Frecknall’s production of Cabaret – starring Eddie Redmayne and Jessie Buckley – stands revealed as 2021’s kill-for-a-ticket theatrical triumph.
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With its starry cast and a director who has made her name rethinking classic plays, this Cabaret always promised to be the show of the season. It is that. It's also a show for our times.
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Every decision [Frecknall] makes here has clear, clever purpose. This Cabaret isn’t a radical reinterpretation, but its differences from previous productions plant themselves subtly at first, then ripple outward until they overwhelm.
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Redmayne is excellent. The best musical-theatre performance I have ever seen live is Buckley’s rendition of the title song. It’s a parable that still packs a punch.
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