Final Extension - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The three-time Olivier Award Winning musical The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has just announced its final extension.

Originally set to close at the Ambassador's Theatre in London's West End late August, the show will now play its final performance on the 11th October 2025.

Photography by Marc Brenner

The show’s creator, writer, director and designer, Jethro Compton said, “Bringing Benjamin Button to the West End has been a dream come true. We could never have imagined such an incredible response to the show. On behalf of the entire Button family, I want to express our enormous gratitude to every audience member who has come to see us and the many that have come back again and brought friends and loved ones with them. This amazing year in the West End is just the first chapter of the show's life, and as I hope we've demonstrated in our journey from a small-scale fringe show to an Olivier Award-winning West End musical, anything's possible.”

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stars two-time Olivier Award winner John Dagleish as Benjamin Button and two-time Olivier Award nominee, most recently for this role, Clare Foster as Elowen Keene. They star alongside Actor-Musicians Matthew Burns, Jonathan Charles, Oonagh Cox, Katy Ellis, Anna Fordham, Philippa Hogg, Damien James, Elliot Mackenzie, Ann Marcuson, Emily Panes, Nuwan Hugh Perera, Jack Quarton and Benedict Salter.

Photography by Marc Brenner

With a breathtaking soundtrack brought to life by an extraordinary actor-musician ensemble, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic short story about a man who ages in reverse is relocated to a fishing village on the north coast of Cornwall by writing team Jethro Compton and Darren Clark.

The show's now iconic pub - The Pickled Crab - has now opened in real life next to the theatre. Marketed as a place for the show's new and old friends to come and meet like-minded people, The Pickled Crab opens 90 minutes prior to each performance:

Monday: 5.30pm – 8.30pm

Tuesday: 12.00pm – 8.30pm

Wednesday: 5.30pm – 8.30pm

Thursday: 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Friday: 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Saturday: 1.00pm – 9.00pm

Sunday: CLOSED

Don't miss the chance to come see this masterpiece unfold right before your eyes.

Tickets can be booked from this link.