Cabaret role for It’s a Sin star
IT’S A Sin star Callum Scott Howells and The Handmaid’s Tale actress Madeline Brewer are to take over the lead roles in West End musical Cabaret this autumn.
Pontypridd-born Howells, who won multiple awards for his role as Colin MorrisJones in Russell T Davies’ hit drama, will portray Emcee, while Emmy Award nominee Brewer will play Sally Bowles.
They will star in the revival of the hit show, which has transformed the West End’s Playhouse Theatre into the Kit Kat Club, from October 3 to January 28, 2023.
Howells, who is taking over the role from Fra Fee, said: “I can’t wait to work with the incredible team and company, and follow on from two actors who I hugely respect and admire. I feel very lucky and excited to be taking on such an iconic role within this widely celebrated and unique production. It’s going to be a ride.”
His It’s A Sin role won him the Royal Television Society Award for best male actor and the Bafta
Cymru Award for leading actor as well as two Bafta TV nominations.
The actor’s theatre credits also include She Loves Me at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London and Matthew Bourne’s production of Lord of the Flies.
Brewer, who was Emmy nominated for her role as Janine Lindo in the Hulu adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale, will be taking on Sally Bowles from Amy Lennox.
She said that director Rebecca Frecknall’s vision is “the most magical and emotional and exciting Cabaret I’ve ever seen”.
“It’s a Sally and a Kit Kat Club so thrillingly fun and humbly prescient. I’m beyond honored to be invited to the party”, she added.
At certain performances, the role of Sally Bowles will be played by Emily Benjamin, who has been a swing and understudy to the role since the show opened last year.
The revival of the hit show opened in December last year and went on to dominate the Olivier Awards in April.