MATT WILLIS to return as Emcee in CABARET at the Kit Kat Club

The producers of the multi award-winning, critically acclaimed West End production of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB have announced the return of actor, presenter and Brit Award winner Matt Willis to the role of Emcee, for a limited 6 week run.

From 14 December 2026, Matt Willis will play Emcee alongside Sarah Hyland (Modern Family; The Great Gatsby on Broadway) as Sally Bowles.

Matt Willis said, “To get to step into what felt like a once in a lifetime role for a second time is beyond exciting. I love this show so much and feel honoured to be asked back.”

• Skylar Astin, who is currently
• playing The Emcee will play his final performance on Saturday 12 December 2026.
• Sarah Hyland and Matt Willis’ final performance will be Saturday 23 January 2027.

The current company includes Skylar Astin as Emcee, Sarah Hyland as Sally Bowles, Baker Mukasa as Clifford Bradshaw, Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider, Robert Hands as Herr Schultz, Ronan Burns as Ernst Ludwig, Lindsay Atherton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, Joe Atkinson, Xavion Campbell-Brown, Olivia-Rose Deer, Anya Ferdinand, Danny Fogarty, Lily Frances, Adrian Grove, Peter Houston, Samuel How, Bailey Johnson, Ellie Mitchell, Kirsty Anne Shaw, Eva-Rose Tanaka, Natasha Wilde and Nicky Wong Rush.

The Prologue Company are Isobel Bates, Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Jonathan Charles, Shanelle Clemenson, Andrew Linnie, Zara Liu, Dak Mashava, Brian James O’Sullivan, Jack William Parry and Shiho Yokoyama.

CABARET is currently booking until Saturday 18 September 2027. The production has surpassed its 2000th performance, making it the longest running production of Cabaret in West End history. This year will mark both the 60th anniversary of the show, which originally opened on Broadway on 20 November 1966, and the 5th anniversary of this award-winning production, which opened in the West End on 15 November 2021.

Matt Willis is an actor, television presenter and performer with a career spanning television, theatre and music. He rose to fame as a founding member of the multi-platinum, chart-topping pop-rock band Busted, before establishing a career onstage playing the role of Fiyero in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria, Orin Scrivello in Little Shop of Horrors at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Nick Hurley in Flashdance at the Shaftesbury Theatre, Chuck Cranston in Footloose and Dr. Pomatter in Waitress, both on tour. His screen credits include Birds of a Feather and EastEnders, as well as winning I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and more recently co-hosting Netflix’s Love is Blind UK, alongside his wife, Emma Willis. His self-authored, NTA-nominated documentary Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction earned wide acclaim, and he also hosts the hit podcast On the Mend, speaking with guests about resilience, healing and personal growth.

Sarah Hyland is best known for her Screen Actors Guild award-winning role as Haley Dunphy in Modern Family. Her Broadway credits include Connie Francis in Just in Time, Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby, Jacqueline Bouvier in Grey Gardens and Audrey in the off-Broadway revival of Little Shop of Horrors. She also starred in Hair at The Hollywood Bowl as Chrissy. Her further screen credits include the role of Heidi Miller in Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin as well as hosting Love Island USA. Hyland’s advocacy for living a healthy lifestyle, combined with her entrepreneurial savvy has led her to sign on as co-founder for the functional candy brand Sourse.

This unique production of CABARET opened in December 2021 to critical and audience acclaim, widely praised as the ultimate theatrical experience. In April 2022 it won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards. The production has also won three prestigious Critics Circle Awards as well as the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Design for designer Tom Scutt.

Transforming one of London’s most famous theatres with an in-the-round auditorium and reimagined spaces, before the show guests are invited to enjoy and explore the Kit Kat Club with pre-show entertainment, drinks and dining all on offer. When booking, guests receive a 'club entry time' to allow enough time to take in the world of the Kit Kat Club before the show starts. But of course, the show really starts when you first join us in the club…

One of the most successful musicals of all time CABARET features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.

CABARET is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, set and costume design is by Tom Scutt with choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen with lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Nick Lidster, Wigs and Hair design by Sam Cox and Make-Up design by Guy Common. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer is Angus MacRae and the musical director is Ben Van Tienen.

CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB is produced by ATG Productions and Underbelly.