THE CHOIR OF MAN today announced new and returning cast members for the show's final months at the Arts Theatre, ahead of its last performance at the Arts Theatre on 4 January 2026. Tickets: here.
Beloved by audiences around the world, The Choir of Man has been raising a glass to community, connection and song in London's West End since 2021. As some current cast members head off to join the show's forthcoming Shanghai production (10 September – 19 October), the West End company will welcome back familiar faces from the Choir of Man global family to the Jungle.
From 2 September, the full extension company will include Aled Pennock (‘Bore'), Jason Brock (‘Romantic'), Cal T King (‘Beast'), Ifan Gwilym-Jones (‘Maestro'), Oliver Jacobson (‘Barman'), Benji Lord (‘Joker'), Paul McArthur (‘Poet'), Tom Carter-Miles (Swing), Alex Mallalieu (Swing), Dave Shute (Swing), and Sam Ebenezer (Swing).
Joining them for part of the run will be Matt Beveridge (‘Hardman', 2 – 21 September), Levi Tyrell Johnson (‘Hardman', 23 September – 4 January), Ben Goffe (‘Handyman', 2 September – 12 October), Adam Hilton (‘Handyman', 14 October – 2 November) and George Knapper (‘Handyman', 4 Novmber – 4 January).
Nic Doodson said on behalf of the producers, “The Arts Theatre has been our London home for nearly four years, and it's bittersweet to enter these final months. We're thrilled to welcome back some brilliant members of our global family, and equally excited for those heading off to represent The Choir of Man in Shanghai. This is the last chance to raise a glass with our West End company before we say goodbye to the Arts Theatre — but not goodbye forever. Watch this space.”
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The show kicked off its West End journey at the Arts Theatre in October 2021 and has welcomed over 280,000 audience members through the doors across over 1,000 performances.
THE CHOIR OF MAN previously played three sell-out seasons at the Sydney Opera House and multiple sold-out US and European tours. Following its last run at the Arts Theatre from October 2021 to April 2022, it received an Olivier nomination for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play and then went on to play in Coventry as part of the City of Culture Assembly Festival season and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show re-opened at the Arts Theatre in October 2022, and has continued to see many sold-out shows, with loyal audiences returning again and again. In 2023 the show announced partnerships with suicide prevention charity CALM (The Campaign Against Living Miserably), and in 2025 came together with Signature Brew as the show's Official Alcohol-Free Beer Partner.
THE CHOIR OF MAN is created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, directed by Nic Doodson, with Daniel Harnett as associate director and resident director; monologues written by Ben Norris; with musical supervision, vocal arrangements and orchestrations by Jack Blume, with Ehsaan Shivarani as resident musical director, and Alistair Higgins as associate musical supervisor; movement direction and choreography by Freddie Huddleston, with Adam Hilton as associate choreographer and movement director; scenic design by Oli Townsend, lighting design by Richard Dinnen, costume design and co-scenic design by Verity Sadler, sound design by Sten Severson, with Liam McDermott as associate sound designer; casting by Debbie O'Brien.
The show is produced by HH Productions Ltd, Nic Doodson, Andrew Kay, Wendy & Andy Barnes, Gavin Kalin and Hunter Arnold.