Moulin Rouge opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on January 20th. It is set in the Montmartre Quarter of Paris, France, during the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 20th century. The musical tells the story of Christian, a young English composer, who falls in love with cabaret actress Satine, who is the star of the Moulin Rouge. But she has been promised by the manager to a Duke in return for funding his next production. As the young lovers meet in secret, Satine's wedding day draws closer but she hides a fatal secret from both Christian and the Duke. The musical's score weaves together original songs with popular music, including songs that have been written in the 17 years since the film's premiere including movie favourites like “Come What May” and “Your Song,”. The new songs mash-up cover pop hits from the likes of Sia, Katy Perry, Shakira, T Rex, David Bowie, Beyonce, Madonna, Walk the Moon, Adele, The Police and Rihanna, plus some classical music including Offenbach’s Can Can.

Dex Lee (The Scottsboro Boys) joins the show as Toulouse-Lautrec, joining Ben Richards (Emmerdale) as the Duke, Ivan De Freitas (& Juliet) as Santiago and Charlotte Gooch (Dirty Dancing) as Nini.

Hannah Jay-Allan (Beautiful – The Carole King Musical) and Helen K Wint (Oklahoma!) will alternate the role of Arabia, and Matteo Johnson (Bat Out of Hell) will play Baby Doll, joining Bernadette Bangura (My Fair Lady) as La Chocolat, and Angela Marie Hurst (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical) as Alternate Satine.

The full cast will also include Oliver Adam-Reynolds, Takaiyah Bailey, Erin Bell, Emily Bolland, Ross Chisari, Athena Collins, James Davies-Williams, Katie Deacon, Serenar Douch, Rola Elliott, Myles Hart, Grace Hawksworth, Maiya Hikasa, Melvin LeBlanc, Tom Mather, Kira McPherson, Paul Mukembo, Dean Read, Ben Rutter, Gavin Ryan, Mark Samaras, Jamie Shields, Catrin Thomas, Lindsey Tierney, Alex Tranter, Matt Trevorrow, Kevin Tristan, Ben Whitnall, and Sasha Woodward.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical is based on the 20th Century Fox Motion Picture by Baz Luhrmann. It will be directed by Alex Timbers (Tony Award®-nominated for Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and Peter and the Starcatcher) Moulin Rouge! The Musical has a book by John Logan (Tony Award® for Red), choreography by Sonya Tayeh (Lucille Lortel Award and Obie Award for Kung Fu, and Emmy winner), and music supervision, orchestrations and arrangements by Justin Levine (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson).