Forty Years of Phantom: Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera Celebrates Four Decades in the West End with a Special Performance on 9 October

Cameron Mackintosh announces today that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s phenomenally successful PHANTOM OF THE OPERA will celebrate its landmark 40^th Anniversary, with a special gala performance on Friday 9 October 2026 at its original London home, His Majesty’s Theatre. 

To mark this extraordinary milestone, celebrated alumni artists from the last four decades will join the current company on stage for a special curtain call, following this anniversary performance.

A limited number of tickets for this anniversary performance will go on sale in late September, with further detail to follow. To receive a link to book tickets, fans should sign up to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Box Five Club HERE.

All proceeds from the ticket sales of the Gala Performance will be matched by both the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and the Mackintosh Foundation. Collectively, the proceeds will be used to launch a new Phantom 40th Scholarship Programme. The Programme will fund professional training at leading performing arts schools across the UK, removing barriers to entry and supporting talented young students pursuing a career in music and the performing arts.

The Programme will be run by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and will open for applications for the 2027-28 academic year. More details on how to apply will be announced in due course.

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation is one of the UK's leading charities funding arts education scholarships. Beatrice Penny-Touré, who will play Christine Daaé at the Gala Performance, is a former Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation scholar.

Formed in 1988, The Mackintosh Foundation supports a wide range of charitable activities. Its core focus is theatre training and education, whilst also supporting a diversity of causes including medical research, community development, the environment, homelessness and education.

As previously announced, a sensational international cast has been assembled to play for a limited birthday season including Jordan Donica as The Phantom and Beatrice Penny-Touré as Christine Daaé, Rhys Whitfield as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny. Sierra Boggess as Carlotta, Matt Bateman as Piangi, Joseph Millson as Monsieur André, Ian Pirie as Monsieur Firmin, Joanna Riding as Madame Giry and Millie Lyon as her daughter, Meg. At certain performances the role of Christine will be played by Colleen Rose Curran.

The full anniversary cast are performing through until 21 November 2026. View the gallery here.

The cast is completed by Harry Apps, George Arvidson, Michael Baxter, Embla Bishop, David Burilin, Polly Clarke, Leonard Cook, Hywel Dowsell, Connor Ewing, Lila Falce-Bass, Florence Fowler, James Gant, Emily George, Melanie Gowie, Molly Hall, Will Hawksworth, Matt Hayden, Nino Hepher, Mandy Kwan, Verity Marlow, Tim Morgan, Inguna Morozova, Skye November, Taylor Pardell, Johnny Randall, Rachel Spurrell, Jasmine Wallis, Victoria Ward, and Alicia Wong.