Simon Lipkin and Georgina Castle to lead cast of Elf The Musical in West End

Simon Lipkin and Georgina Castle are to lead the cast of Elf The Musical’s return to London.

The hit show will be back in the West End for the 2022 festive season, running at the Dominion Theatre from 14 November 2022 to 7 January 2023. Tickets are on sale now here.

Simon Lipkin (Nativity!) will star as Buddy with Georgina Castle (Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella) will appear as Jovie.

They’ll be joined by Tom Chambers as Walter Hobbs, Rebecca Lock as Emily Hobbs, Kim Ismay as Debs, Nicholas Pound as Santa and Dermot Canavan as Store Manager.

Completing the company are Evonnee Bentley-Holder, Kyle Cox, Jade Davies, Bethan Downing, Francis Foreman, Morgan Gregory, Ryan Jupp, Ellis Linford-Pill, Shane O’Riordan, Theo Reece, Chloe Saunders, Heather Scott-Martin, Jessica Spalis, Michael Tyler, Katie Warsop and Natalie Woods.

Dexter Barry, Logan Clark, Alfie Morwood and Frankie Treadaway will alternate the role of Michael.

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ELF is the funny and charming tale of Buddy, who mistakenly crawled into Santa’s bag as a baby and was raised as an elf! Way too tall and not so great at his job, Buddy is the North Pole’s biggest misfit… and knows he’ll never belong. When Santa tells him the truth, Buddy heads to New York to find his birth father (who turns out to be quite high on the Naughty List).

Based on the film of the same name, the stage adaptation has a book by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan with songs from Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin.

The production will be directed by Philip Wm McKinley, with choreography by Liam Steel, set and costume design by Tim Goodchild, lighting design by Patrick Woodroffe, sound design by Gareth Owen and casting by Grindrod Burton Casting.

About the author: Josh Darvill

Josh is Stageberry's editor with over five years of experience writing about theatre in the West End and across the UK. Prior to following his passion for musicals, he worked for more than a decade as a TV journalist.