Gray O'Brien and Lucy O'Byrne starring in The Sound of Music Tour

Updated: 26th October: It has just been announced that Gray O'Brien will play Captain Von Trapp in the new Sound  of Music Tour. This is his his musical theatre debut, and he is probably best known as ruthless businessman Tony Gordon in Coronation Street.

The Voice finalist  Lucy O'Byrne is taking over from Danielle Hope as Maria von Trapp in the UK touring production of The Sound of Music.

O'Byrne rose to fame in  Will.i.am's team after becoming the first classical singer to reach BBC One's The Voice final. She will play her first performance on 2nd December at the Broadway Theatre in Peterborough.

O'Byrne previously appeared in Thérèse Raquin at the Park Theatre and recently received acclaim for her performance at the BBC Proms.

Latest news on Finding Neverland West End transfer

Updated 3rd March 2017: according to Baz in today's Mail, the  musical Finding Neverland is to be overhauled before it can be moved into the West End.

The show has been through at least three iterations since it was launched five years ago in Leicester, where it received terrible reviews. It then ran on Broadway, and is now in Los Angeles as part of a US tour.

It was due to have opened in London this summer, but for a variety of reasons has been postponed. It is now  hoped it will be ready for 2018, or early 2019.

After Leicester, Gary Barlow and playwright James Graham were contracted to revamp the show,  and to a certain degree  have succeeded. But they are going to be asked to  come up with some new numbers, and to rewrite and sharpen the show’s book, paying particular attention to removing any Americanisms that would no appeal British audiences.

The elaborate staging by director Diane Paulus and  choreography by Mia Michaels are likely to be ditched. It is  not yet known whether the pair would remain with a London production, or be replaced.

One suggestion would be to bring in a British ‘show doctor’ to work alongside Ms Paulus. Frasier star Kelsey Grammer, who had the joint role of Barrie’s producer, Charles Frohman, and Captain Hook in the Broadway show said  ‘The plan had been to open in London this year, but they’re going to work on some changes and I’m hoping I’ll be in London with Finding Neverland next year.’

Harvey Weinstein, Neverland’s producer, could not be reached for comment.

Updated 16th December:  the opening of this show has now been postponed until Autumn 2017.

Take That front man Gary Barlow has announced that Finding Neverland - the Broadway hit musical for which he co-wrote the music and lyrics - will transfer to the West End next year.

He said:It has to come to London, they're ready for it. Specifics we can't say but it's coming to London next year, 2016.

Finding Neverland is currently playing on Broadway starring Glee's Matthew Morrison as J.M. Barrie.It is based on the Academy Award-winning film of the same name and follows playwright  Barrie as he summons the courage to become the writer – and the man – he yearns to be.

Barlow is also working on two more musicals, The Girls (Barlow and Tim Firth's take on the smash hit Calendar Girls which will receive its world premiere at the U.K.'s Grand Theatre Leeds in November)  and Around the World in Eighty Days - has also hinted at another Take That musical. A 2008 musical based on the band's songs, Never Forget, was widely considered a flop and never actually endorsed by the band.  Barlow said:Actually, that's my ultimate. I would love to do a Take That musical. I really would. It's for London though.

The Commitments tour to start in Dublin in October

The highly successful Roddy Doyle musical The Commitments is currently  running at the Palace Theatre in London's West End until 1st November, but it is also due to embark on an extensive tour 2016&17 of the UK and Ireland going back to its roots and starting at Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre where it will play from  12-29th October.

Les Mis to stage 30th birthday gala on 8 October featuring current & original cast members

Cameron Mackintosh has today announced plans for a gala performance to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Les Miserables

It  will take place on Thursday 8th October  at the Queen's Theatre and will feature original company members and special guests joining the current cast for  a special finale including  Colm Wilkinson, Roger Allam, Frances Ruffelle, Alfie Boe, John Owen-Jones and Gerónimo Rauch

450 tickets for this performance will be available to the fans through a mobile lottery and a charity auction to raise money for the Save the Children Syria Children's Appeal.  Thee are three ways seats are being offered to raise the maximum money possible:

• Cameron Mackintosh said: "Having already had so many requests to attend this very special anniversary performance, we know we could sell this performance many times over. We are limited by the capacity of the Queen’s Theatre and the number of invited guests who have been involved over the 30 year history, but we wanted to make over 40% of the house available to fans. The only fair way we can get these tickets out to the fans is through a lottery. Everyone involved in Les Misérables also wanted to take the opportunity to raise as much money as they can through the distribution of tickets towards the Save the Children Syria Children’s Appeal.”

  

There are three  ways seats are being made  available to raise the maximum money possible:

 

·         300 tickets are going to be handled by TodayTix, The Theatre Ticket App, utilising its exclusive mobile lottery in order to get to the widest reach of applicants. Fans may apply for up to two tickets for a donation of £50 per ticket. We are very grateful that TodayTix will match the £50 donation we have asked for and will waive all booking fees for this historic performance.

 

·         Another 50 pairs of tickets in the Stalls and Dress Circle will be available for auction with a minimum price of £100 per ticket. The auction is accessible via lesmis.com/30

 

·         An additional 25 pairs of tickets will also be made available via TodayTix for a donation of £500 per ticket (in the best stalls or dress circle seats), with interval hospitality at the Queen’s Theatre, invitations to the private after-show party with the artists and creative team and a limited edition print. These tickets will be available via TodayTix on Friday 25 September at 12.00 noon on a first come, first served basis.

 

The mobile lottery and auction will open on 25 September at 12.00 noon and close on 2 October at 2.00pm. Visit lesmis.com/30 for full details.

 

Mobile lottery winners will be notified on 2 October via email and push notification. Winners must claim tickets with a £50 donation in the TodayTix app within one hour of notification. Unsuccessful entrants will not be charged but will have the option to donate to Save the Children to gain access to a video recording of the special finale. TodayTix can be downloaded for free via lesmis.com/30.

 

Auction winners will be notified on 2 October and charged the final bid amount.

    

Maxine Peake, Matt Lucas and Elaine Paige star in Russell T Davies' A Midsummer Night's Dream

Maxine Peake, Matt Lucas and Elaine Paige are heading the cast of former Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies' adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Peake will star as Titania, Lucas will be Bottom and West End star Elaine Paige is  Mistress Quince.

Davies has written what is described as a "bold and accessible" adaptation of Shakespeare's play which will be  will be filmed in Cardiff’s Roath Lock studios and shown as part of a new Shakespeare season on BBC One in 2016.

It is being aimed at all age ranges, said the BBC, from "children, who can laugh at Bottom and his Mechanicals and marvel at the fairies' awesome powers" to "adults, who know those broken hearts and star-crossed lovers all too well" and "whole families, united in front of the television to enjoy the play's dazzling world of danger, jokes, scares, poetry, thrills and fun."

Matt Lucas will  play the part of Bottom, the Athenian weaver who organises a troupe of actors to venture into the wood to rehearse their play – only to fall prey to the mischief of the fairies who rule the forest. Hi s troupe will be played by One Foot in the Grave actor Richard Wilson as Starveling, Bernard Cribbins playing Snout. Comedian Javone Prince  as Snug and Fisayo Akinade as Flute.

Mistress Quince – the wife of Peter Quince who wrote the play performed by the so-called Rude Mechanicals of idiotic actors – will be played by Elaine Paige.

It will air on BBC One at 8:30 on on 30th May 

Michael Xavier to star with Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard at London Coliseum

Some great casting news just announced; Michael Xavier, currently in Show Boat at the Crucible in Sheffield, will play Joe Gillis; with Fred Johanson as Max von Mayerling, the film-maker turned factotum. Xavier's West End credits include  Soho Cinders, Love Story and  The Pajama Game. Johanson is to  be  in the ensemble of Aladdin. Also in the cast is Siobhan Dillon as script editor 'Betty Schaefer'.

Superstar Glenn Close will star as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (a  production partnership between English National Opera  and GradeLinnit) for a  strictly limited 5 week run of 43 performances at  London Coliseum beginning  on 1st  April 2016 with press night on 4 April 2016 at 7.30pm and final performance on 7 May 2016. The full ENO orchestra will appear on stage alongside the cast in this semi-staged production. Further casting will be announced shortly.

Glenn Close is  making her West End debut as well as her first reprisal of the role for UK audiences, plays faded silent movie star Norma Desmond, for which she has previously won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Dramalogue Award for the Broadway production directed by Trevor Nunn.

 Lonny Price (Sweeney Todd) will direct with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton, Sunset Boulevard is produced by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd and is based on the original Paramount film by Billy Wilder.

In March 2015 ENO and the GradeLinnit Company presented the critically acclaimed sell-out run of Sweeney Todd with Emma Thompson and Bryn Terfel.

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Full cast announced for Andrew Lloyd Webber's School of Rock

Andrew Lloyd Webber has just announced the  complete cast for School of Rock - The Musical, which will have its world premiere on Broadway: previews will begin on Monday, November 9th, at the Winter Garden Theatre, with an opening set for Sunday, December 6th.

The new musical is based on the smash hit 2003 film of the same title and  will feature music from the movie, as well as an original score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater, with a book by Julian Fellowes (writer of Downton Abbey)  and direction by Laurence Connor (currently represented on Broadway by Les Miserables).

Joining  Alex Brightman as "Dewey Finn" and Sierra Boggess as "Rosalie Mullins," will be Spencer Moses as "Ned," Mamie Parris as "Patty,"Evie Dolan as "Katie," Carly Gendell as "Marcy," Ethan Khusidman as "Mason," Bobbie MacKenzie as "Tomika," Dante Melucci as "Freddy," Brandon Niederauer as "Zack," Luca Padovan as "Billy," Jared Parker as "Lawrence," and Isabella Russo as "Summer." with Natalie Charle Ellis, Emily Cramer, Alan H. Green, Michael Hartney, John Hemphill, Merritt David Janes, Lulu Lloyd, Jaygee Macapugay, Cassie Okenka, Patrick O'Neill, Tally Sessions, Jesse Swimm, Jonathan Wagner, and Jeremy Woodard. The children's ensemble includes Taylor Caldwell, Eva Della Pietra, Jeffrey Samuel Kishinevskiy, Sofia Roma Rubino, Jersey Sullivan, Hayden Wall, Corinne Wilson, and Shahadi Wright-Joseph.

School of Rock - The Musical ells the story of  Dewey Finn, a failed wannabe rock star who decides to earn extra money  by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. Completely disinterested in academic work, Dewey decides to create his own curriculum, turning his class into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band.

Latest on Funny Girl Starring Sheridan Smith

The Menier Chocolate Factory's sold out production of Funny Girl starring Sheridan Smith starts rehearsals on on 19th October. The show  made Barbra Streisand a star on Broadway in 1964 and is  rarely produced, for two reasons: there are few actresses with the acting and vocal powers to portray Brice and I have been wondering how  Sheridan is going to manage vocally as she is doing all the performances and the second act more like a Fanny Brice concert than a show with a story.

The show’s book has also always been problematic, but according to Baz in today's Mail this problem is about to be tackled with Harvey Fierstein (who wrote the script for new hit smash hit Kinky Boots) contracted to revise the show. David Babani, the Chocolate Factory’s artistic chief, confirmed: ‘Harvey Fierstein will be looking at revising the show’s book and making it acceptable for an audience today.’

Shjeridan has already started working with Alan Williams, the show’s musical supervisor, and has been reading with people at final auditions for other roles. Director Michael Mayer, choreographer Lynne Page and other members of the creative team have also had sessions with her.

The hope is to transfer the show into the West End and then Broadway when it ends its run at the Menier, but the very busy Sheridan has already said she has another job to go straight on to.

Full cast announced for Gary Barlow and Tim Firth The Girls musical

The full cast has just been announced for Gary Barlow and Tim Firth's new musical The Girls which is based on the successful film and award-winning stage play Calendar Girls telling  the story of the members of Rylstone Women's Institute who bared all for a charity calendar.

The musical has its world premiere at the Grand Theatre in Leeds on November 14th where it will run until 15th December.

Joining the previously  announced  Josh Benson  as Tommo, Ben Hunter  as Danny and Chloe May Jackson as Jenny are Debbie Chazen as Ruth, Sara Kestelman as Jessie, Claire Machin as Cora, Claire Moore as Chris, Vivien Parry as Celia, Joanna Riding as Annie and Harriet Thorpe as Marie.

Also in the cast will be Stephen Boswell as Colin, Joe Caffrey as Rod, Jeremy Clyde as Denis, Susan Fay as Brenda, Steve Giles as Lawrence, Richard Huw as John, Shirley Jameson as Miss Wilson, Judith Street as Lady Cravenshire and Karen West as the other Miss Wilson.



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New Disney Film of Mary Poppins

With a new tour of Mary Poppins starring Zizi Strallen and Matt Lee is currently in rehearsal and due to open at the Leicester Curve on 13th October, and now according to Variety, Rob Marshall (Into the Woods, Chicago) will direct a Disney remake of their classic 1964 film, Mary Poppins. The project will be produced by John DeLuca and Marc Platt and will reportedly take place 20 years after the events of the original movie, including storylines from the P L  Travers' children books focusing on the magical nanny's continued adventures with the Banks family. Casting  is to be be announced.

This also follows in the wake of the successful movie Saving Mr Banks which tells the story of how Mary Poppins was made starring Emma Thompson as P L Travers,  Tom Hanks as Walt Disney and Colon  Farrell as Mr Banks. 

The current rumour is that  Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Smash, Catch Me If You Can) will write the score and David Magee (Finding Neverland) will write the screenplay.

Casting for Chitty Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at West Yorkshire Playhouse

Casting has been announced for   Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which opens at West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds on 2nd  December. The touring cast is still to be confirmed.

Jon Robyns (Memphis, Spamalot, Avenue Q) will play Caractacus Potts, with Amy Griffiths ( Stephen Ward, The Pajama Game'') as Truly Scrumptious.

The production will also feature Don Gallagher as Lord Scrumptious/Baron Bomburst, Tamsin Carroll as Baroness Bomburst, Stephen Matthews as The Childcatcher and Andy Hockley as Grandpa Potts.They are joined by Ewen Cummins as The Toymaker/Mr Coggins, Sam Harrison as Boris and Scott Paige as Goran.

Completing the cast are Kathryn Barnes, Rosanna Bates, Alex Louize Bird, Abigail Climer, Jade Davies, Matt Gillett, Ewan Gillies, Joanna Goodwin, Christopher D Hunt, Paul Iveson, Nia Jermin, Kelsie-Rae Marshall, Mollie Melia-Redgrave, Perry O'Dea, Matt Overfield, Ross Russell, Craig Turner and Robert Wilkes.

Nelson Riddle Anniversary Concert with Graham Bickley, Clare Teal and Curtis Stigers

There is Friday Night Is Music Night concert being recorded at the Hackney Empire on 13th October celebrating the 100th anniversary of musician and arranger Nelson Riddle. Clare Teal, Graham Bickley and Curtis Stigers will present his story and sing an extraordinary selection of songs arranged by Riddle for legendary performers including  Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Nat 'King' Cole and Judy Garland. Among the songs are  The Folks Who Live on the Hill; Let's Face the Music And Dance; Night and Day, The Lady Is A Tramp; I've Got the World On A String and  Mona Lisa

They will be acompanied by the The BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Richard Balcombe who are joined by the BBC Big Band.

The concert will be  broadcast on  Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night at a later date.


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Special Guests announced for Cynthia Erivo Farewell Concert

The amazingly  talented West End star Cynthia Erivo is to play a final farewell concert at the Hippodrome Casino on 21st September before she leaves for Broadway to reprise her role of Celie in The Color Purple  with Jennifer Hudson in November.

She will be joined by a handful of special guests  including Sam Bailey, Alison Jiear, Tyrone  Huntley and  Dean John Wilson in an evening that "promises to be a goodbye party not to miss".

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Jenna Russell, Ray Quinn & Bradley Walsh to star in Stiles & Drewe's Peter Pan - a Musical Adventure Concert

Updated 10th October: the rest of the cast for this concert includes Evelyn Hoskins, John McCrea, Cameron Blakeley,  John Barr, Edward Baruwa, Charles Brunton, Steve Elias, Taofique Folarin, Jordan Cunningham, Jack Montgomery, Eddie Myles, Jack North, David Ribi and Mitchell Zhangazha.

Updated 23rd September:  Just announced, SHEILA HANCOCK is to join the cast playing the role of the Storyteller which she originally played in the 2001 musical concert production  alongside her late husband, the actor John Thaw.

Updated 16th September: it has just been announced that Ray Quinn will  play Peter Pan. He is currently starring in a touring production of Puttin’ On the Ritz, and first found fame as a child actor in the TV soap Brookside before being  runner-up to Leona Lewis in The X Factor. He has won ITV’s Dancing On Ice and appeared  in the West End in Grease, Dirty Dancing, Legally Blonde and The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

Quinn said:  “I’m very excited to be playing the infamous Peter Pan. He’s a character I have always admired as a person, in general… I never want to grow up either. My son in particular will enjoy seeing the magic come to life.”

A one off  concert with a full orchestra  of Stiles and Drewe's Peter Pan - a Musical Advenure will take place at the Adelphi Theatre on Sunday 25 October 2015 for a 2:30pm matinee and 7:30 pm evening performance.

Initial casting is that West End leading lady Jenna Russell (Urinetown and Merrily We Roll Along)will play Mrs Darling and Bradley Walsh (best known for hosting ITV's The Chase and appearing in  Coronation Street) will take take the role of Captain Hook.

Based on J. M. Barrie's classic, the production features music and lyrics by Olivier Award-winning writing duo George Stiles and Anthony Drewe and a book by Willis Hall.

Further casting is yet to be announced.

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An Evening with Michael Feinstein and his Big Band at the Adelphi Theatre

Michael Feinstein returns to London for an  evening of some of the world's most loved songs in An Evening with Michael Feinstein and his Big Band at the Adelphi Theatre at 7:00 pm on Sunday 27th September.

Known for his exceptional interpretations of standards from the Great American Songbook, the five time Grammy nominated recording artist will present a selection of his most loved work from Gershwin, Porter to Berlin for this one off engagement accompanied by his sensational 17-piece Big Band.

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The Light Princess Cast Album due for release

Tori Amos and Samuel Adamson's The Light Princess  which premiered at the National Theatre in 203 is releasing a cast recording on October 9th , 2015.

The new album will a feature exclusive bonus tracks sung by Tori with the  role of Althea, sung by Rosalie Craig. Other members of of the original cast on the album includes Nick Hendrix, Amy Booth-Steel, Kane Oliver Parry, Hal Fowler and Clive Rowe.

The album is produced by Amos and features Martin Lowe conducting with orchestrations by long time Amos contributor John Philip Shenale, as well as vocal arrangements and additional orchestrations by Amos and Lowe.

You can pre-order The Light Princess cast album here

Close To You Bacharach Reimagined extends its run at the Criterion

Updated 11th November: Producers have just announced that Close To You - Bacharach Reimagined is extending its West End transfer at the Criterion Theatre until 14 February 2016
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Following a sell-out run at the Menier,  the musical transferred to the Criterion Theatre last month where it broke box office records with the biggest advance in the venue's history.

I am delighted to hear that Kyle Riabko's acclaimed show What's it all About? Bacharach Reimagined is to transfer from the Menier Chocolate Factory (where it finishes its run tomorrow, 5th September) to the  Criterion Theatre from 3rd October to January 10th with a press night on October 15th.

The show will be renamed Close to You: Bacharach Reimagined when it moves to the Criterion.

Riabko created the 90-minute non-stop musical journey, where  a group of young performers travel through Bacharach's classic melodies, blending nostalgia and innovation.The excellent score features Bacharach hits, including "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head", "Alfie", "I Say a Little Prayer", "Close to You", "The Look of Love" and "Magic Moments".

Riabko will reprise his performance in the West End, with further casting still to be confirmed. Rumour is that Anastacia McCleskey (credits include Broadway musicals such as VIOLET, THE BOOK OF MORMON, PRISCILLA and HAIR) is also on for the transfer. No word yet on whether the rest of the cast, including Daniel Bailen, Greg Coulson, Stephanie McKeon, Renato Paris and James Williams, will return for the London run.

Close to You is directed by Steven Hoggett and has design by Christine Jones and Brett Banakis, costumes by Matthew Wright, lighting by Tim Lutkin and sound by Richard Brooker.
It is produced in the West End by David Lane Seltzer for Entertainment 360.

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Cassidy Janson to play Carole King in Beautiful from end November

Cassidy Janson,  will take over the title role in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical from Katie Brayben, starting on November 30th at the Aldwych Theatre.

She will play Carole King, with Diane Keen as her mother, Genie Klein (currently played by Glynis Barber).

Janson recently appeared as 'Ruth' in Dessa Rose  at the Trafalgar Studios, and in  the Menier Chocolate Factory's revival of Candide. Other theatre credits include  the original West End cast of Lend Me a Tenor  at the Gielgud Theatre, Stephen Sondheim's Company at  Southwark Playhouse,  'Kate Monster' and 'Lucy the Slut' in Avenue Q . She was Elphaba understudy in the original London cast of Wicked! 

Gina Beck and Michael Xavier to star in Show Boat

The powerful romantic musical Show Boat is being presented at the Crucible Theatre Sheffield from 10th December -16th January 2016 (just ectended until 23rd January).

With music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, it is based on the best selling novel “Show Boat” by Edna Ferber which  follows the lives of performers, stagehands, and dock workers on the Cotton Blossom, Mississippi River show boat, over forty years, from 1887 to 1927. It tells a powerful story of  racial prejudice and tragic, enduring love including  classic songs  "Ol' Man River", "Make Believe", and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"..

Revivals of Show Boat have won both the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (1995) and the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival (1991).

This lavish new production is being Directed by Daniel Evans (Anything Goes, My Fair Lady), designed by  Lez Brotherston with choreography by Alistair David.

The strong cast includes  Gina Beck who will play aspiring performer Magnolia (Nolie) Hawks who falls in love with and marries suave, handsome  but no-good riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal, played by Michael Xavier. Rebecca Trehearn is the mixed race singer Julie, who suffers because she’s not ‘all white’, Allan Corduner will play Cap’n Andy and Lucy Briers will play Parthy (the couple in charge of the  Cotton Blossom floating theatre).  Sandra Marvin is ship's cook Queenie. Emmanuel Kojo will play black dock worker Joe who sings Ol’ Man River.

The cast will be completed by: Ian Carlyle (Charlie), John Coates (Sherrif Ike Vallon), Danny Collins (Frank Schultz), Adam Dutton (Windy), Nolan Frederick (Jake), Bob Harms (Steve Baker), Kate Milner-Evans (Mrs O'Brien), Tosh Wanogho-Maud (Willy), Alex Young (Ellie May Chipley), Ryan Pidgen (Pete Gavin) with Akintunde Esuruoso, Victoria Hinde, Cristina Hoey, Linda John-Pierre, Linford Johnson, Maria Omakinwa and Kenny Thompson


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John Owen-Jones, Ruthie Henshall, Kerry Ellis, David Thaxton and Caroline Sheen in Broadway to the Bay

Tickets are now on sale for  Broadway to the Bay at the Wales Millennium Centre from 23rd-25th October.

The concert will star leading West End performers John Owen-Jones, Ruthie  Henshall and Kerry Ellis with  Russell Grant (Wizard of Oz, Strictly Come Dancing): Lucie Jones (Les Miserables, We Will Rock You): Sophie Evans (Wizard of Oz): Madalena Alberto (Evita, Les Miserables) Tenors of Rock: David Thaxton (Les Miserables, Love Never Dies): Rhydian Roberts (We Will Rock You, Rocky Horror Show): Caroline Sheen (Mary Poppins, Les Miserables) and Shân Cothi (The Phantom of the Opera)

The concert will feature  favourite moments from musical blockbusters performed at the WMC Centre during the past ten yearswith star performers reprising their best-known roles accompanied by  the 38-piece Novello Orchestrawith a full supporting company of singers and dancers.
 
 The first class creative team includes David Mahoney -  Musical Director: John Owen-Jones:  Stage Director: Andrew Wright : Choreographer: Matt Kinley:  Set Designer: Nigel Catmur:  Lighting Designer and Jilly McKeown Costume Designer.

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