Skylar Astin and Sarah Hyland to Make West End Debuts in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Skylar Astin and Sarah Hyland will make their West End debuts as the Emcee and Sally Bowles in Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club from 21 September 2026, according to WhatsOnStage. The pair succeed Jamie Muscato and Joy Woods in the roles.

Astin, known to screen audiences for Pitch Perfect and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, will play his final performance on Saturday 12 December 2026. Hyland, best known for Modern Family, stays longer — her final show is Saturday 23 January 2027. The production continues booking through to 18 September 2027.

This particular Cabaret — directed by Rebecca Frecknall and housed in the transformed Playhouse Theatre, now called the Kit Kat Club — opened in November 2021 and celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The musical itself, with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Joe Masteroff, premiered on Broadway in November 1966, making 2026 its 60th anniversary year.

The current production has already surpassed 1,900 performances, making it the longest-running Cabaret in West End history, according to WhatsOnStage.

Joining Astin and Hyland in the cast from 21 September are Ronan Burns as Ernst Ludwig and Lindsay Atherton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie. Several performers are staying on: Baker Mukusa continues as Clifford Bradshaw, Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider, and Robert Hands as Herr Schultz.

The production has built its reputation on immersive staging — the auditorium is reconfigured so audience members enter through a club-style entrance, with pre-show entertainment before the main event begins. That approach, combined with a rotating cast of star names in the two lead roles, has kept the show at the centre of West End conversation since it opened.

For fans of either performer, the window is relatively tight. Astin's run covers roughly 12 weeks; Hyland's extends to about 18 weeks. Both are first-time West End performers, which means the casting carries a different kind of interest than a routine changeover — two American screen actors stepping onto a London stage for the first time, in two of the most demanding musical theatre roles written in the last century.