Congratulations to Musical Theatre Junior Academy member Victoria Alsina, who was recently cast as the title role in the upcoming UK tour of Annie, which opens in May 2026.

Many of our Musical Theatre alumni also join Victoria in celebrating recent successes across the West End:

  • 2022 graduate Desmonda Cathabel will lead as Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar at the London Palladium (20 June – 5 September 2026). Desmonda will perform Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock-inspired musical alongside Sam Ryder, Tyrone Huntley, Boy George, Simon Russell Beale and more.
  • As of March 2026, Jessica Aubrey stepped into the role of Jane Seymour in the West End production of Six the Musical.
  • In late March, Madeleine Morgan made her National Theatre Debut in Pride, a new musical based on the hit film.
  • Jeffrey Chekai joined the company of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Olivier-award winning My Neighbour Totoro.
  • Lucie-Mae Sumner will perform the role of Jellylorum (Griddlebone) in Cats at Regents Park Open Air Theatre between 25 July and 12 September.
  • Rachel Tucker has been announced as the next Baker’s Wife in Bridge Theatre’s production of Sondheim’s Into the Woods, joining Academy alum Jennifer Hepburn (Cinderella’s Stepmother) and Chloe Saracco (Standby).
  • Call the Midwife actress Helen George was announced to be starring in Cole Porter’s High Society, opening for a limited run at the Barbican this May.
  • Ben Kubiak is Music Director of Theo Jameison’s new musical Flyby, having just returned from a US tour of Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile The Musical.

Further afield, Rob Madge has written the book and lyrics for new musical Bank of Dave, which will premiere at the Lowry (Salford) in May before moving to the Curve in Leicester. It was also recently announced that Rob will return to the London Palladium this Christmas, to play Sequins in Cinderella. Rob will perform alongside stars such as Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Julian Clary and more.

On the road, Rayhan Lee is performing in the UK tour of Miss Saigon, which recently featured on the recent National Lottery’s Big Night of Musicals. James Lim is also on a UK and Ireland tour with Legally Blonde The Musical as Ensemble/1st Cover Emmett.

Musical Theatre alumni can also be seen on screen: Zheng Xi Yong recently appeared as Lord Barnaby in the fourth season of Netflix’s Bridgerton, and Fra Fee’s upcoming Netflix drama Unchosen comes to Netflix on 21 April.

The Academy offers congratulations to our students and alumni for their recent successes, and wishes them luck in the next step of their careers.

You can see the current Royal Academy Musical Theatre Company this summer in two new productions of passion, duty and loyalty - Little Women, based on Louisa May Alcott’s semi-autobiographical novel and Chess, the iconic musical by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice and Björn Ulvaeus.