THE CHOIR OF MAN EXTENDS AT THE ARTS THEATRE - NOW BOOKING UNTIL 4 JANUARY 2026

The producers of Olivier-nominated international stage sensation THE CHOIR OF MAN are delighted to announce an extension for the hit musical, which will now play at the Arts Theatre until 4 January 2026.

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Nic Doodson said on behalf of the producers, “We’re over the moon to be extending The Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre into 2026. When we first brought the show to the West End, we couldn’t have imagined the incredible journey it would take. The way audiences have embraced it – returning time and again – has been truly humbling. It’s a real privilege to continue sharing this celebration of community, music and joy night after night in the heart of London.”

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 current cast are David Booth (The Threepenny Opera, Royal Philharmonic Choir; Fiddler On The Roof, Grange Park Opera; BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall) as ‘Pub Bore’, Jason Brock (Thriller Live – lead vocalist, Lyric Theatre and Shaftesbury Theatre) as ‘Romantic’, Tom Carter-Miles (Frankenstein, Illyria; The Choir of Man, NCL and West End) as swing, Toby Francis (High Fidelity, Hayes Theatre Co.; We Will Rock You, Neil Gooding Productions) as swing, Rob Godfrey (The Choir of Man, Sydney Opera House) as ‘Beast’, Ifan Gwilym-Jones (The Choir of Man, NCL; Australia and Chicago) as ‘Maestro’, Oliver Jacobson (Come From Away, UK tour; Grease, UK tour) as ‘Barman’, George Knapper (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, UK Tour; The Choir of Man, NCL; Canada; Australia; Chicago; Florida; West End) as ‘Handyman’, Benji Lord (Dreamboats and Petticoats: Bringing on Back The Good Times!, world premiere, UK tour; The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency, world premiere, UK tour) as ‘Joker’, Alex Mallalieu (As You Like It, UK tour; Buddy Holly & The Cricketers, UK tour) as swing, Paul McArthur (Tracks, Union Theatre; Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens, Camden Fringe) as ‘Poet’, David Shute (Once: The Musical, Barn; The Choir of Man, NCL; Chicago; Tampa; Australia; Edinburgh; Coventry) as swing, and Bradley Walwyn (We Will Rock You, Royal Caribbean; The Choir Of Man, NCL and Australia) as ‘Hardman’.

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 Lee Freeman 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.