Site by Darren Bell Productions
Love Never Dies
VenueLondon Palladium
Dates16 to 18 October 2026
Engagement5 Performances · 2 Sold Out
Choose Your Seats →
WhatsOnStageAWARD-WINNING
PRODUCTION

Producers Darren Bell and Cuffe & Taylor for Live Nation are proud to announce the return of the WhatsonStage Award-winning concert production of Love Never Dies directed by Shaun Kerrison, playing at the London Palladium on 16, 17 and 18 October 2026 for 5 performances.

THE PHANTOM RETURNS...

With a score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Glenn Slater, and a book by Lloyd Webber, Slater, Ben Elton and Frederick Forsyth, this spectacular new musical reunites the masked Phantom with his only true love and musical protégée, the stunning beauty Christine Daaé. Love Never Dies is a roller-coaster ride of intrigue, obsession and romance – where little is as it first appears.

With Madame Giry’s help, the Phantom escaped the Paris mobs to build a glittering new empire in the new world. For ten long years The Phantom has hidden himself amongst the freaks and sideshows nursing his broken heart and yearning for his true love to return. And now…

Blinded by money and the bright lights of Coney – Christine, with Raoul and their son Gustave, is lured to America to perform one final time. But Christine soon discovers the true identity of the mysterious impresario who has tempted her across the Atlantic. As old wounds are reopened and forgotten memories unlocked – The Phantom sets out to prove that, indeed, Love Never Dies.

This concert production comes as Phantom of the Opera celebrates its 40th year in London’s West End, marking four extraordinary decades at His Majesty’s Theatre. Phantom of the Opera is widely considered one of the world’s most beautiful and spectacular musicals. Since 1986, the global phenomenon has played to over 160 million people in 217 cities, 58 territories and 23 languages.

0

Years

In London's West End

0M+

People

Global Audience

0

Locations

Cities Worldwide

The Cast

Principal Cast

Featured Company

Ensemble & Gustave

Ciara Jackson

Ciara
Jackson

Ensemble
Deangelo Jones

Deangelo
Jones

Ensemble
Lily Wang

Lily
Wang

Ensemble
Elliott Norrington

Elliott
Norrington

Gustave
George Jones

George
Jones

Standby Gustave

The Creatives

Production Team

Direction

Assistant Director

Matt Blaker

Matt graduated from the Guildford School of Acting with a First-Class Degree in Musical Theatre.

His previous credits include; Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera (His Majesty’s Theatre, West End), Billy Flynn in Chicago (International Tour), Frank Farmer in The Bodyguard (Manila) Bob Gaudio in Jersey Boys (International Tour), Billy Bigelow in Carousel (Kilworth House), Captain Von Trapp in The Sound of Music (Cork Opera House), Dick Trevor in Lady Be Good (Teatro Massimo, Sicily), Dexter Haven in High Society (The Mill at Sonning), Ernst in Cabaret (English Theatre Frankfurt), James in Jesus Christ Superstar (International Tour), Policeman in the Pit in The Phantom of The Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Lt Cable in South Pacific (Guernsey), Levi in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (National Tour) and Mr Bingley in Pride and Prejudice (Lyric Theatre, Belfast).

Workshops include: Jekyll & Hyde, Glory Ride, NOLA, Midnight Cowboy, Caruso!

Recordings include: Legends of Arahma, Caruso!

As associate director: Glory Ride (Delaware Theatre Company), Love Never Dies (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane)

As Director: Shrek (Smash Arts Theatre)

Television Includes: The Crown (Netflix) and performing with Jersey Boys on China’s CCTV New Year Eve show watched live by over 700 million people.

Assistant Choreographer

Christian Knight

Dance Captain

Ciara Jackson

Music

Associate Musical Director

Giles Deacon

Musical Director credits include: We Will Rock You (Urdang); The Tempest (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Les Misérables (UK/Ireland Tour); Assassins (Edinburgh Festival Fringe).

Assistant/Associate MD credits include: Death Note (Barbican); Evita (London Palladium); The Lightning Thief (UK/Ireland Tour); Mean Girls (Savoy); Sunset Boulevard (Savoy); Heathers: The Musical (UK/Ireland Tour); Les Misérables (UK/International Tour); Ghost: The Musical (UK/ Ireland Tour); Evita (UK/International Tour).

Other Theatre credits include: Supernova (China Tour); Ghost in Concert (Adelphi); Your Lie in April: The Musical in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Wild About You: The Musical in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Best of the West End (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra); Sunset Boulevard in Concert (Leicester Curve); Cats (International Tour); Little Shop of Horrors (Chester Storyhouse).

Recording credits include: Evita: The Album; Sunset Blvd: The Album; Ciaran Algar’s The Final Waltz; Greg Russell & Ciaran Algar in Concert.

Assistant Musical Director & Chorus Master

Joe Baldwin

After studying Maths and Music at the University of Birmingham, Joe was selected as the 2023/24 Andrew Lloyd Webber Associate Musical Director at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. He is now a freelance musical director and keyboardist, and continues to teach at drama schools, including Royal Central and Italia Conti. Credits include:

As MD: Rapunzel (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds); Aladdin (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds); 1972: The Future of Sex (Webber Douglas Studio, RCSSD; also composer/lyricist); Osbert The Avenger (Webber Douglas Studio, RCSSD); Fuente Ovejuna (Courtyard Theatre, RCSSD; Curve Theatre, Leicester).

As Assistant/Associate MD: Love Never Dies in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Merrily We Roll Along (Embassy Theatre, RCSSD); Harry and Greta (The New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); Jeanne (The Turbine Theatre); Nightshade (The Bridewell Theatre).

As Music Assistant: A Christmas Carol (ish) (Soho Place).

Orchestra Manager

Nicola Rossiter

Chorus Manager

Dan Turek

Keyboard Programmer

Stuart Andrews

Associate Keyboard Programmer

Caleb Grierson

Marketing & PR

Marketing

Borja Valladolid for Cuffe & Taylor

PR

Buchanan PR & LW Entertainment

Buchanan PR is a London-based arts PR agency specialising in creating and managing PR campaigns for West End theatre, touring productions in the UK and Europe and children’s theatre. We are a driven and energetic group of young women with 25 years experience between us. We have a wealth of experience in working with celebrities and influencers and pride ourselves in creating broadcast-led and digital PR campaigns, maximizing the right exposure for our clients as well as organizing and managing large-scale PR events to the highest standard.

Buchanan PR was founded by Director Alex Buchanan, formerly Head of PR for Amanda Malpass PR where she worked for almost a decade. Alex has overseen and supported original PR campaigns for major West End and London productions including Magic Mike Live, Back to the Future – The Musical, Grease, The Prince of Egypt, Bat Out of Hell – the Musical, Elf the Musical, McQueen, Project Polunin for Sergei Polunin, The Girls, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, Chicago (revival), Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance, The Railway Children, Mamma Mia! The Party, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, White Christmas, Sleepless, The View Upstairs, Working, The Rink as well as working on existing campaigns for MAMMA MIA!, Jersey Boys and Stomp.

Alex was also Head of Touring at Amanda Malpass PR and has overseen the publicity on several tours including The Band, Calendar Girls the Musical, The Full Monty, Brief Encounter, Grease, Jersey Boys, The Addams Family, Mandela Trilogy, Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em and the 20th Anniversary production of Rent.

Alex is joined by publicists Sarah Wharton, Nirvana Chelvachandran and Natalie Lyddon, and administrator Ginny Bootyman.

Production & Stage Management

Production Manager

Pete Kramer

Pete’s Initial Training in Rep at Farnham Redgrave helped develop an understanding of all sides of production, Pete then worked at the London Palladium, before touring for Pola Jones, RSC, Opera North and Barry Clayman Concerts, Apollo, RUG and Many others.

Pete has worked extensively throughout the UK, Europe, Asia and the USA, where his work has encompassed Production Manager and Lighting Designer on numerous and varied productions from residencies to West End and large touring productions.

Some Recent Theatre work includes: Luminescence (Westminster Cathedral); Daniels Husband (London); Priscilla (UK Tour); Anything Goes (Kilworth House), Rosie (Aldwych); Gabby’s Dollhouse UK Arena Tour, Carousel (Kilworth House); Something Rotten (Drury Lane); Half A Sixpence (Kilworth House); Kinky Boots at Drury Lane; Audra McDonald in Concert; Titanic (UK & China tour); Sting’s The Last Ship (USA & UK tours); Girl From The North Country (Toronto); Dial M for Murder (UK Tour); A Christmas Carol (Nottingham Playhouse); Eugenius! (The Other Palace); Friends Fest (Comedy Central); Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage (UK and European tours); Falsettos (The Other Palace); American Idiot (UK Tour);The Ten Tenors (USA and German tours); Hot Flush (UK tour); Go! Go! Go! Live (Nickelodeon); Simply Ballroom (Singapore) and 25 years of various pantomimes for Qdos Entertainment. Pete has also production managed numerous worldwide productions of Spirit of the Dance in New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, Asia and the USA, as well as resident shows in many American states including The Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City and The Golden Nugget Hotel and the Aladdin in Las Vegas.

Other notable projects include: Le Grande Cirque (Sydney Opera House) and Eric Clapton’s New Year’s Eve concerts. Pete is also involved in many corporate events and product launches as Director of Storm Lighting Ltd.

Company Stage Manager

Peter Barnett

Training: Guildhall School of Music & Drama

Company Manager on I’m Every Woman (Wembley Park Theatre), Midnight Cowboy (Southwark Elephant), Something Rotten in Concert, Oklahoma in Concert & Evita in Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Free Your Mind & Lost & Found (Aviva Studios, Manchester), The Boys in the Band (Vaudeville Theatre), Million Dollar Quartet (UK Tour / Mumbai), Rothschild & Sons (Park Theatre)

Stage Manager on The BFG (RSC & CFT), Burlesque the Musical (Manchester, Glasgow & Savoy Theatre), I’m Every Woman (Wembley Park Theatre), Peter Pan (Birmingham Hippodrome), Hairspray (UK Tour), Les Misérables (UK Tour), Matilda the Musical (International Tour), Peppa Pig’s Best Day Ever! (UK & Ireland Tour), Brokeback Mountain (Workshop), Murder at the Gates (Workshop).

Deputy Stage Manager

Leea Smith

Assistant Stage Manager

Paige Holmes

Assistant Stage Manager

Ben Turnbull

Chaperones

Joey Warne, Shimelle Norrington, Jenny Jones & Dom Jones

Sound Team

Sound 1

Simon France

Sound 2

Francesca Pring

Sound 3

Stacy Armstrong

Production Sound Engineer

Josh Richardson

Design & Lighting

Assistant Set & Costume Designer

Angelica Rush

Assistant Lighting Designer

Toby Isen

Associate Sound Designer

Charlie Smith

Lighting Programmer

Michael Fox

Costume, Wigs & Props

Costume Supervisor

Jennie Quirk

Recent Design credits include: Death Note (The Barbican, UK Associate Designer), Le Chat Noir (The Lost Estate, Associate Designer), Friends the Parody Musical (Designer), Diamonds and Dust (Emerald Theatre, Associate Designer) and A Night with Janis Joplin (The Peacock Theatre, UK Designer).

Recent Supervisor credits include: End of the Rainbow (Soho Theatre Walthamstow), Hairspray (Mark Goucher - UK Tour), Bat Out of Hell (UK tour/Las Vegas), The Full Monty (Mark Goucher - UK Tour) and The Narcissist (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Head of Wardrobe

Rachel Perry

Wardrobe Assistant

Annie Linfitt

Wardrobe Assistant

Lauren Popke

Wardrobe Assistant

Gwyneth Atkinson Lynch

Head of Wigs, Hair & Make-up

Sabika Asif

Props Supervisor

Katie Balmforth

Katie graduated from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Stage and Event Management in 2014 and has worked extensively in regional theatre, West End productions, touring musicals, large scale dramas and Opera.

Recent Stage Management and Props Supervision credits include: ETO Autumn Season 2026, (UK Tour); Fun Home (Royal Exchange Theatre); Longborough Festival Opera 2026 (Longborough); Kiss of the Spider Woman (Leicester Curve); Evening All Afternoon (Donmar Warehouse); Barnum, (UK Tour); Midsomer Murders: The Killings at Badger’s Drift (UK Tour); Othello (Theatre Royal Haymarket); Safe Space (Chichester Festival Theatre); Emma (UK Tour); The Gathered Leaves (Park Theatre); Longborough Festival Opera 2025 Season (Longborough); The Fifth Step (Soho Place); Midnight Cowboy (Southwark Playhouse Elephant); Cruel Intentions (UK & Ireland tour); Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre); The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical (The Other Palace & UK Tour); The Cat and the Canary; Rock Follies (Chichester Festival Theatre); Birdsong (UK tour); 42 Balloons (The Lowry); Bonnie & Clyde (UK & Ireland tour); Henry VI Rebellion and Wars of the Roses (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Aldwych Theatre).

Producers and General Management

ON SALE
London Palladium5 performances · Limited availability