Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals is thrilled to announce that the creative team of the 2016 production of Jesus Christ Superstar will reunite to create a unique staging of their Olivier Award-winning production at The London Palladium.
Now featuring a cast of 30, including Sam Ryder as Jesus in his West End debut, the production which was originally created at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre will play for a limited 11-week season. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconic global phenomenon is directed by Tim Sheader with choreography by Olivier Award-winner Drew McOnie and design by Tony and Olivier Award-winner Tom Scutt.
The show plays from Saturday 20 June to Saturday 5 September 2026, with a press night on Tuesday 7 July 2026.
Sam Ryder — a BRIT and Emmy nominated singer, songwriter and musician who scored a #1 album and achieved dizzying success at Eurovision with "Space Man" — said: "I'm so excited to be part of one of the biggest institutions in musical theatre the world's ever known, at The London Palladium in the West End! I'm honoured to take on this responsibility as I follow in the footsteps of rock vocal titans like Ian Gillan and John Farnham."
Michael Harrison said: "In Sam we have a true superstar to play the iconic title role."
