THE MENIER CHOCOLATE FACTORY’S SMASH HIT PRODUCTION OF
MEL BROOKS’
THE PRODUCERS
TRANSFERS TO THE WEST END
PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS ON 5 MARCH 2025
WITH OVER 18,000 TICKETS AT £25
The Menier Chocolate Factory’s critically acclaimed sell-out production of The Producers with book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music & lyrics by Mel Brooks transfers to the West End.
The production opens at the Garrick Theatre this Autumn, with Andy Nyman (Fiddler on the Roof, Abigail’s Party, Assassins – Menier, Hello Dolly – London Palladium, Governor Thropp in the film Wicked and creator of Ghost Stories), Marc Antolin (I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical – Edinburgh Fringe/Criterion, The Band’s Visit – Donmar Warehouse), Trevor Ashley (Liza (on an E), I’m Every Woman, Diamonds Are for Trevor), Raj Ghatak (The Father and the Assassin – National Theatre, Life of Pi, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie – Sheffield Theatres), Harry Morrison (Come from Away – Phoenix Theatre/Abbey Theatre, The Third Man and Assassins for the Menier) and Joanna Woodward (The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical – Apollo Theatre, Merrily We Roll Along for the Menier) all reprising their roles from the original Menier run.
The production opens on 15 September, with previews from 30 August, and is booking until 21 February 2026. Priority booking opens on 3 March, with public booking opening on 5 March. There are over 18,000 tickets at £25.
Mel Brooks said today, “Hello Brits! My record-breaking musical, The Producers, is coming back to the West End! I couldn’t be more proud of this show. I can’t wait to sit in the Garrick Theatre and be bathed in laughter.”
Artistic Director of the Menier Chocolate Factory David Babani commented, “I am enormously proud of the entire team working across The Producers – the journey thus far at the Menier has been an utter joy from start to finish, with an incomparable cast led by the very brilliant Andy Nyman and Marc Antolin. To have the opportunity to do it all again, and grow the production as we transfer to the West End with our brilliant partners Nica Burns, Max Weitzenhoffer and Kevin Salter, is an absolute privilege.”
Producer Nica Burns added, “Whatever tickles your funny bone, you’ll find The Producers a total hoot. Laughter and joy throughout courtesy of the incomparable Mel Brooks and David Babani’s terrific production. Don’t walk, run to the box office!”
Full cast and creative team for the production will be announced shortly.
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David Babani and Nica Burns & Max Weitzenhoffer, Kevin Salter
Seaview, Creative Partners Productions and 2ontheaisleBDWY
present
The Menier Chocolate Factory production of
THE PRODUCERS
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Original Direction and Choreography Susan Stroman
By special arrangement with StudioCanal
At the Garrick Theatre
30 August 2025 – 21 February 2026
The first major London revival of Mel Brooks’ musical adaptation of The Producers transfers to the Garrick Theatre this Autumn following a sold-out run at the Menier Chocolate Factory.
Based on the classic cult film, the original Broadway production won a record twelve Tony Awards, and skewers Broadway traditions, taking no prisoners as it proudly proclaims itself an “equal opportunity offender!”.
Down-on-his-luck Broadway producer Max Bialystock schemes with timid accountant Leo Bloom to create the biggest flop in theatre history – only to have it backfire spectacularly, and with thunderous applause.
Critically acclaimed principals Andy Nyman, Marc Antolin, Trevor Ashley, Raj Ghatak, Harry Morrison and Joanna Woodward all return triumphantly for the West End production, which opens on 15 September, with previews from 30 August.
Andy Nyman plays Max Bialystock. He is an award-winning actor, director and writer who has earned acclaim from both critics and audiences for his work in theatre, film and television. His work for the Menier includes Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (also at the Playhouse – Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical), Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, Abigail’s Party (also Wyndham’s Theatre) and Terrible Advice. Other theatre work includes Hello, Dolly! (The London Palladium), Martin McDonagh’s Hangmen (Wyndham’s Theatre/Broadway) and the original production of Ghost Stories (Duke of York’s Theatre/Arts Theatre) in which he starred in as well as co-wrote and co-directed with Jeremy Dyson – later adapted into a film, in which he also starred. His extensive television credits include Lockerbie, Hanna, Wanderlust, The Eichmann Show, Campus, Crooked House, Dead Set as well as his highly acclaimed performance as Winston Churchill in Peaky Blinders. Nyman’s extensive film credits include Governor Thropp in Wicked, Jungle Cruise, Judy, The Commuter, Death at a Funeral, Kick-Ass 2, Black Death, The Brothers Bloom, Severance and Shut Up & Shoot Me, for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cherbourg Film Festival in 2006. In addition, he has collaborated with Derren Brown for almost 20 years, co-writing and co-creating much of Brown’s early TV work. He has also co-written and directed six of Brown’s stage shows, winning the Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for Derren Brown – Something Wicked This Way Comes and a New York Drama Desk Award for Best Unique Theatrical Event 2017 for Derren Brown – Secret.
Marc Antolin plays Leo Bloom. His theatre credits include I Wish You Well – The Gwyneth Paltrow Ski-Trial Musical (Edinburgh Fringe/ Criterion Theatre), Quiz (UK tour), The Band’s Visit (Donmar Warehouse), Murder on the Orient Express, Amadeus, Singin’ in the Rain, The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Magician’s Elephant (RSC), Camelot (The Watermill Theatre), Romantics Anonymous (Bristol Old Vic/Sam Wanamaker Playhouse/US tour), Cry Havoc (Park Theatre), Hedda Gabler (Sherman Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical), Into the Woods, Hello Dolly! (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Flying Lovers of Vitebsk (Edinburgh Festival/ Bristol Old Vic/ Shakespeare’s Globe), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe), Peter Pan (National Theatre), Taken at Midnight (Chichester Festival Theatre/Theatre Royal Haymarket), The Trial (Young Vic Theatre), From Here to Eternity (Shaftesbury Theatre), Matilda (RSC/Cambridge Theatre), Bells are Ringing, Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi (Union Theatre), Billy Liar (UK tour) and Imagine This (New London Theatre). His television credits include The Outlaws, Keeping Faith, Caerdydd and More Than Love; and for film, London Road, Hunky Dory and Love Actually.
Trevor Ashley plays Roger de Bris. His Australian theatre work includes Les Misérables, Hairspray, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. His television work includes RFDS – Royal Flying Doctor Service, Les Norton and Significant Others; and for film, Seriously Red. Also a renowned cabaret performer, he has performed Liza (on an E), I’m Every Woman and Diamonds Are for Trevor. He was the runner-up on Queen of the Universe.
Raj Ghatak playa Carmen Ghia. His theatre work includes The Father and the Assassin (National Theatre); Am Dram, Simply Cinderella (Curve, Leicester); Life of Pi, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Sheffield Theatres); The Kite Runner (UK tour); Miss Meena and the Masala Queens (Watford Palace and UK tour); This Tuesday (Arcola Theatre); Hector (Traverse Theatre and Ambassador’s Theatre); Golgotha (Conspirators’ Kitchen); Soho Cinders (Soho Theatre); The Secret Garden (Festival Theatre/ Toronto); The Great Extension, High Heel Parrot Fish (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Low Road, The Spiral/Rough Cuts, Free Outgoing, Shades – Unheard Voices (Royal Court Theatre); Bombay Dreams (Apollo Victoria); Hijra (West Yorkshire Playhouse/Bush Theatre/Theatre Royal Plymouth); My Dad’s Corner Shop (Birmingham Rep) and West Side Story (Prince of Wales Theatre). For television his work includes The Amazing Mr Blunden, Ackley Bridge (as semi-regular Asif), Ghosts, Hetty Feather, Taboo, The 7.39, Dead Set, Synchronicity, All About Me, Hard Cash and Out of Sight; and for film, An Evening with Taglioni, Christopher Robin, Defrosted, Job’s Dinner, Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie, Naachle London, Diary of a Thagee, Karma Magnet, Dangerous Parking, Starter for Ten, The Lives of Saints, Never Say Never Mind, Birthday Girl, and Sari and Trainers.
Harry Morrison plays Franz Liebkind – he previously appeared at the Menier in The Third Man and Assassins. His theatre credits include Beetlejuice (international tour), Come from Away (Phoenix Theatre/Abbey Theatre), Half a Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre/Noël Coward Theatre), Guys & Dolls and Kiss Me, Kate (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (Theatre Royal, Northampton), Checkley & Bush (Soho Theatre), Oliver! (Larnaca International Festival/ Sheffield Crucible), Crazy for You (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park/Novello Theatre), The Sound of Music (Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park) and All The Town’s Men (Theatre on the Fly). His television credits include Mongrels and Doc Martin.
Joanna Woodward plays Ulla. She previously appeared at the Menier in Merrily We Roll Along (also at the Harold Pinter Theatre). Her theatre credits include The Time Traveller’s Wife: The Musical (Apollo Theatre), Pretty Woman: The Musical (Savoy Theatre), Confessions, Zombies: The Musical (The Other Palace), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Aldwych Theatre), The Life (Southwark Playhouse), Fings Ain’t Wot They Used T’Be (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Lost Boy (Finborough/ Charing Cross Theatre), Little Shop of Horrors (Kilworth House Theatre), The Adventures of Jason and the Argonauts (Scoop Amphitheatre), Medea and Pages: Promised Land (Union Theatre).
THE PRODUCERS
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Tickets from £25
30 August 2025 – 21 February 2026