Model and actress Cara Delevingne, known through her stints in Hollywood films like "Suicide Squad" and "Anna Karenina," is transitioning to a career in her home country's premier theatre industry, London's West End, starting next March.
According to Variety, Delevingne will make her stage debut as part of the "Cabaret" stage production playing the iconic role of Sally Bowles. Performing opposite her is the Olivier-winning actor Luke Treadaway, who is taking the role of the Emcee.
The two will succeed over the artists Self Esteem and Jake Shears, both of whom have performed as their respective characters starting in September last year.
Also of note are the 2021 actors for the same roles, which consist of Eddie Redmayne as the Emcee and Jessie Buckley as Bowles.
Cara Delevingne 'Returns Home' Straight to West End's Stage
Delevingne said in a statement: "There are no words to explain the excitement I have to return home to make my stage debut in such an iconic role."
"I am so inspired by the brilliant actors who have played Sally in past productions around the world and in this one in the West End," she added. "I cannot wait to be a part of this brilliant cast and production."
Indeed, the "Cabaret" production's long-standing history justifies such excitement as it is highly regarded as one of the most successful musicals of all time.
Its story is set around 1929 to 1930 in Berlin, during the transitionary time that saw the Jazz Age reaching its twilight and Nazis coming into the forefront of Germany's psyche.
The narrative, on the other hand, revolves around the indulgent nightlife at the sordid Kit Kat Klub and American writer Clifford Bradshaw's growing "closeness" with Sally Bowles, an English cabaret performer, while the establishment's Emcee scopes the "waters."
"Cabaret," which is staged at the Kit Kat Club in Playhouse Theatre, also features music penned by John Kander alongside lyrics from Fred Ebb and a book by Joe Masteroff. The play's direction is by Rebecca Frecknall.
Songs from the performance include "Wilkommen," "Don't Tell Mama," "Mein Herr," "Maybe This Time," "Money," and the title number.
It was originally based on John Van Druten's 1951 production, "I Am a Camera." This prior stage play was in turn iterated from Christopher Isherwood's 1939 novel "Goodbye to Berlin."
