DEM Productions are delighted to announce the full cast for the musical stage adaptation and concert performances of THE BOOK THIEF, based on the best-selling novel by Markus Zusak, which also adds two extra performances due to popular demand. THE BOOK THIEF in concert will now run at the Prince of Wales Theatre (a Delfont Mackintosh Theatre) on Sunday 19 and Sunday 26 October 2025.
Joining the previously announced WhatsOnStage Award winning Melanie La Barrie as Death (Hadestown, West End; &Juliet, West End & Broadway; Wicked, West End) will be Isaac Gryn (Stranger Things: The First Shadow, West End; West Side Story, Leicester Curve) as Max Vandenburg, Jack Lord (War Horse, UK Tour; West Side Story, Manchester ) as Hans Hubermann, Cat Simmons (The Bill, ITV; Killing Eve, BBC; Dune: Part 2, Warner Bros; Come From Away, West End) as Rosa Hubermann, Leo Abad (Bat Out Of Hell, UK Tour; Aladdin, Theatre Royal Portsmouth) as Tommy Müller & Others, Matthew Caputo (Hamilton, West End; Matilda, UK Tour) as Walter Kugler & Others, Oonagh Cox (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, West End; Bonnie & Clyde, UK Tour) as Paula Meminger & Others, Michał Horowicz (The Band’s Visit, Donmar Warehouse; Fury & Elysium, The Other Palace) as Eva Vandenburg & Others, Thomas-Lee Kidd (Fiddler on the Roof, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Beauty and the Beast, UK Tour) as Mayor Hermann & Others, Nell Martin (Crazy For You, West End; My Fair Lady, Leicester Curve) as Ilsa Hermann & Others, Corinna Powlesland (Grease, West End; An Officer and A Gentleman, UK Tour) as Frau Holtzapfel & Others, Gleanne Purcell-Brown (Shucked, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre; Saving Mozart, The Other Palace) as Barbara Steiner & Others, Edwin Ray (Hello Dolly, West End; We Will Rock You, West End) as Alex Steiner & Others, Timo Tatzber (The Creakers, Theatre Royal Plymouth & Southbank Centre; Jesus Christ Superstar, UK Tour) as Isaac Kleinmann & Others, and Russell Wilcox (Bonnie & Clyde, West End; All My Sons, Old Vic) as Wolfgang Edel & Others.
The musical, based on Markus Zusak’s 16 million-copy global best-seller, has a book by award-winning best-selling author Jodi Picoult (My Sister’s Keeper & Small Great Things) and Timothy Allen McDonald (adaptor of Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka & James and the Giant Peach) with music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson (Apple TV’s Central Park & Olaf’s Frozen Adventure).
