MICHAEL BALL

Michael Ball has been entertaining for over 25 years in London’s West End and on Broadway. He is a multi-platinum recording artist and live concert performer with performances on stage, radio and TV and in concert across the UK, Australia and the USA.  

His many West End credits include: originating the role of Edna Turnblad in Hairspray for which he won the Olivier Award; Marius (Les Misérables); Giorgio (Stephen Sondheim’s Passion); Raoul (The Phantom of the Opera); Alex (Aspects of Love - West End and Broadway); Caractacus Potts (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Count Fosco (The Woman in White, West End and Broadway) and his English National Opera debut as Hajj/Poet in Kismet. In 2005, he made his debut with the New York City Opera in Gilbert and Sullivan’s Patience.  

Television includes: Michael Ball and An Evening With Michael Ball. He is often a guest presenter on ITV’s This Morning and the BBC Lottery Show. Later this year, Michael will be returning to our screens with a brand new series, The Michael Ball Show, for ITV.  

His 15 solo albums have all achieved gold or platinum status and his discography includes: Michael Ball, Always, One Careful Owner, First Love, The Musicals, The Movies, Music, One Voice and his homage to Burt Bacharach, Michael Ball – Back To Bacharach. 

In 2009 Michael released an album to celebrate his 25 years in show business called "Michael Ball - Past and Present". After bowing out of Hairspray in London it was announced that he is to be a co-producer for Stage Entertainment on the Hairspray nationwide tour, recreating the role of Edna (which he is sharing with Brian Conley and Michael Starke) at several venues during 2010.