Avenue Q confirms West End cast
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The filthy, fuzzy and f**king hilarious musical has more stars than the ones needed for its track listing (The Internet is for P*rn, etc), as West End royalty pack up their bags to move into [*Avenue Q*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/avenue-q-tickets), including a former [*Six*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/six-london-vaudeville-theatre-tickets) queen - we wonder how she’ll feel swapping a palace for a poorly maintained brownstone?
### **Who is in the 2026 cast of Avenue Q?**
The much-anticipated 2026 revival stars **Emily Benjamin** (*Bat Out of Hell*) as Kate Monster and Lucy the Slut, **Noah Harrison **(*Pretty Woman: The Musical*) as Princeton and Rod, **Meg Hateley **([*MAMMA MIA!*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/mamma-mia-tickets)) as Mrs T and Bad Idea Bear, **Oliver Jacobson** ([*The Book of Mormon*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/the-book-of-mormon-tickets)) as Brian, **Charlie McCullagh** ([*Jesus Christ Superstar*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/sam-ryder-to-star-in-jesus-christ-superstar-at-the-london-palladium)) as Nicky, Trekkie Monster and Bad Idea Bear, **Amelia Kinu Muus** (*Kiss Me, Kate*) as Christmas Eve and **Dionne Ward-Anderson** ([*Six the Musical*](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/six-london-vaudeville-theatre-tickets)) as Gary Coleman.
### **Who are the creatives behind the Avenue Q revival? **
Original West End company member **Julie Atherton** (Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut) will serve as associate director, alongside original director **Jason Moore**, puppet designer **Rick Lyon**, set designer **Anna Louizos**, and arranger and orchestrator **Stephen Oremus**.
Joining the creative team will be musical director **Benjamin Holder**, choreographer **Ebony Molina**, costume designer **Jean Chan**, lighting designer **Tim Lutkin**, sound designer **Paul Groothuis**, video designer **Nina Dunn** for Pixellux, and puppetry coaches **Lestyn Evans** and **Andy Heath** for Talk to the Hand Puppets.
### **What is Avenue Q about?**
Set in a scruffy New York neighbourhood, the Tony Award winning musical follows college graduate Princeton and his eclectic neighbours (a VPN-loving monster, a failed standup comedian, and a former child star, Gary Coleman, among others) try to find their place in the world. As they juggle jobs, friendships, love lives and crushing self-doubt, the musical asks life’s most difficult questions; how do you find your purpose? Can puppets and humans live together in harmony? And, most importantly of all, what *do* you do with a BA in English?
### **Where is Avenue Q?**
[Avenue Q](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/musical/avenue-q-tickets) is set in New York, but you can find it at the [Shaftesbury Theatre](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/shaftesbury-theatre-london) from 20th March 2026 until the 29th August 2027.