FORTHCOMING CONCERTS
Listed below are forthcoming London Concerts - most of which feature performers or music from the West End - including Lee Mead, Niamh Perry, Lynda Carter, Jason Donovan, Maria Friedman, Sierra Boggess, LouiSe Dearman, Patina Miller, Scott Alan, Caroline O'Connor, Ruthie Henshall and various concerts featuring the works of Stephen Sondheim to mark his 80th birthday.
We also provide information on the West End performers who are performing cabaret acts in the Delfont Room at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
All the concerts are listed below in their date order. Just click on the links to reserve your tickets online.
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Lee Mead in Concert
Lee Mead is playing Fiyero in the musical Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre and he also performing some one night concerts during the remainder of 2010.
His singing talents were officially recognised when he was the winner of BBC One’s Any Dream Will Do in 2007 and he went on to play Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Since then he hasn’t looked back releasing a couple of albums and now doing a short concert tour. He will be accompanied by his very own a live band in a show which includes West End numbers, modern pop-rock classics, a few standards, some self-penned songs and favourites from his album, Nothing Else Matters, which went double gold within weeks of going on sale.
Lee's special guest is Niamh Perry, the Irish singer and actress who was one of the finalists in Andrew Lloyd Webber's BBC talent show I'd Do Anything to find a girl to play the part of Nancy in Oliver! She lost out to Jodie Prenger but went on to play Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! and created the role of Fleck in the original West End cast of Love Never Dies.
Lee’s remaining tour dates are: 22nd August, Grimsby Auditorium: 12th September, Buxton Opera House: 7th November, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre: 14th November, New Wimbledon Theatre: 1st December, Town Hall, Cheltenham: 3rd December, Royal & Derngate Northampton: 4th December, Alexandra Theatre Birmingham and 12th December at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon
On 30th January 2011 Lee will be the guest of honour of the Leigh Orpheus Male Voice Choir at their Gala Concert at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend.
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Maria Friedman Sings Sondheim
Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square
Thursday 5th & Friday 6th August at 19:30
Maria Friedman sings Sondheim first premiered at New York’s Café Carlyle in 2003 and returned for another hugely successful run in 2006. The show has won rave reviews with the International Herald Tribune calling Miss Friedman “The greatest show singer of her generation”.
The fabulous Olivier award-winning actress and songwriter Maria Friedman has appeared in productions of ‘Sunday in the Park with George’, ‘Passion’ and ‘Sweeney Todd’. She has also sung on recordings of ‘Merrily we Roll Along’, ‘Anyone can Whistle’ and ‘A Little Night Music’
Maria Friedman Sings Sondheim features songs from Follies, Into The Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Passion, A Little Night Music and Road Show. She will be accompanied by Jason Carr on the piano and James Potter on the cello.
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The Donmar Warehouse is presenting four events (two at the Queen's Theatre) to mark Stephen Sondheim's 80th birthday.SONDHEIM AT THE DONMAR
Thursday 16th September 2010 at 18:00 at the Donmar Warehouse Michael Grandage and Sam Mendes in conversation about staging Sondheim at the Donmar
STEPHEN SONDHEIM IN DISCUSSION
Monday 11th October 2010 at 18:00 at the Donmar Warehouse Stephen Sondheim will be interviewed by Variety critic David Benedict about his life and career.
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And at the Queen's Theatre:
And two one off concert performances at the Queen's Theatre which had originally been intended for the Donmar’s own space but there is more room at The Queen’s.
The presentations are staged by Donmar associate directors and Rob Ashford and Jamie Lloyd, with musical direction by Gareth Valentine, lighting by David Plater and sound by Terry Jardine.
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG with Lucy Bradshaw (Terry), Daniel Evans (Charley Kringas), Anna Francolini (Gussie), David Lucas (Bunker/Mr Spencer), James Millard (Joe Josephson), Julian Ovenden (Younger Frank Shepherd), Grant Russell (Older Frank Shepherd), Samantha Spiro (Mary Flynn), Mary Stockley (Beth), Emma Jay Thomas (Meg Kincaid), Shona White (Miss Gordon/Mrs Shepherd) . Sunday 31st October 2010 at 15:00 and 19:30
COMPANY with Paul Bentley(Larry), Clare Burt (Susan), Anna Francolini (Marta), Rebecca Front (Sarah), Teddy Kempner (David), Adrian Lester (Robert), Clive Rowe (Harry), Michael Simkins (Paul), Gareth Snook (Peter) and Sophie Thompson (Amy).
Sunday 7th November 2010 at 15:00 and 19:30
Call the Delfont Mackintosh box office on 0844 482 5162.
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Grateful Concert
Cadogan Hall, 5 Sloane Terrace, London SW1X 9DQ
7:30 pm Sunday 12th September
For tickets call 020 7730 4500 or visit https://esro.cadoganhall.com
Grateful is an evening of musical theatre and gospel music which is being presented at the Cadogan Hall which is a former church near Sloane Square in London.
The concert will feature West End stars including Hannah Waddingham who is soon to play the Witch in Sondheim's Into the Woods at the Open Air Theatre in Regent’s Park and Leanne Jones (Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray) who will be accompanied by a 20 piece band and the West End Gospel choir.
Other artists appearing include Anton Stephans, Melanie LaBarrie, Cassie Compton, Rebecca Caine, Ian Carlyle and Edward Baruwa and The West End Gospel Choir.
The concert is being organised by actor and musical theatre artist Anton Stephans to raise funds for the Intermission Youth Theatre which does work with disadvantaged young children, forming a creative outlet through drama and working on new versions of Shakespeare that they can relate to and give these youngsters respect and some structure in their lives.
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Lynda Carter - At Last
Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH
Friday 17th & Saturday 18th September
The American actress Lynda Carter is probably best known for the 1970s television series Wonder Woman. But she is also an accomplished singer and recorded an album entitled Portrait during the late 1970s as well as making a number of TV appearances on variety programmes.
From September to November 2005 Carter played the role of Mama Morton in the West End production of Chicago.
In 2007 she began touring the US with her one woman musical cabaret show, "An Evening with Lynda Carter", and has played at venues including Feinstein's at Loews Regency in New York, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and The Kennedy Center in Washington.
In June 2009 her second album "At Last" was released and reached #6 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart.
Lynda Carter's At Last Concert at the Garrick Theatre follows David Essex's All the Fun of the Fair which closes on 5th September.
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A Very Musical Evening
Wilton's Music Hall, 1 Graces Alley, London, E1 8JB
26th September
Broadway's Jonathan Groff (Jesse St James in the musical television series Glese and soon to appear opposite Simon Russell Beale in Deathtrap which opens at the Noel Coward Theatre on 20th August.) and Gareth Gates (Marius in the tour of Les Miserables) will be part of A Very Musical Evening charity benefit concert in aid of Teenager Cancer Trust to be held at Wilton's Music Hall in London on .
The concert will be hosted by Aled Jones and will also feature the composing team George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (Mary Poppins, Just So, Honk!), James Bourne (ex-Busted), The Priscilla Divas, The Casablanca Steps, Lawrence Layton and Graham Gouldman.
This concert will feature music from the genres of pop, jazz and musical theatre. The comedy aspect will include a prize auction as well as Word Auction where Stiles and Drewe will create a song during the interval based on words provided by the audience.
The Teenage Cancer Trust is a charity that focuses on the needs of teenagers with cancer, leukaemia, Hodgkin's and related diseases by providing specialist teenage units in National Health (public) hospitals.
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Simply the Music of Scott Alan
5:00pm & 8:00 pm Sunday 26th September
Sierra Boggess (Love Never Dies), Louise Dearman (Wicked!) and Patina Miller (Sister Act) will appear in concert Simply The Music of Scott Alan which follows on from his Just Me &Them concerts last year. This new show will feature brand new songs by the American composer and lyricist
Other musical theatre performers include Hadley Fraser (Fantasticks), Ashleigh Gray (Wicked), Jodie Jacobs (Jest End), Norm Lewis (Les Miserables), Stuart Matthew Price (Parade), Willemijn Verkaik (Wicked) plus one other very special guest still to be announced!
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Caroline O'Connor: The Showgirl Within
Garrick Theatre, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HH
Monday 27th September-Sunday 3rd October
Monday & Tuesday 8.00pm, Wednesday 7.00pm, Thursday– Saturday 8.00pm, Sunday 4.00pm & 8.00pm
Book online: 0844 412 4662
Following sell-out seasons in New York and Sydney, the international multi-award-winning musical star of stage and screen Caroline O'Connor returns to London’s West End in a one woman show The Showgirl Within which is playing at the Garrick Theatre for one week only from 27th September-3rd October after David Essex’s All the Fun of the Fair ends its run.
Caroline O'Connor: The Showgirl Within celebrates her performances on stage and screen featuring dance routines, show tunes and other classics. The show is directed by Michael Gracey with choreography by Ashley Wallen.
Caroline O’Connor’s film work includes the featured role of Nini Legs in the Air in Baz Luhrmann's film Moulin Rouge!, and as Ethel Merman in the Cole Porter biopic De-Lovely starring Kevin Kline in the title role.
In 2003 she made her Broadway debut as Velma Kelly in Chicago. Her West End theatre credits include Mack & Mabel , Me and My Girl, A Chorus Line, West Side Story and Ellie May in Showboat for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Opera North.
O'Connor has recorded four solo CDs (What I Did For Love, A Tribute To Piaf, From Stage to Screen, A Tribute to Garland), and has featured on numerous cast recordings and compilations.
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Ruthie Henshall Sounds of Hollywood Tour
Ruthie Henshall has announced a ‘Sounds of Hollywood’ UK tour which is a step back in time to the glamorous era of the greatest musicals shown on the silver screen.
Songs made famous by Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Ethel Merman and Judy Garland are brought to life by the Olivier Award-winning West End diva, backed by a talented cast of singers and dancers and the London Concert Orchestra conducted by Richard Balcombe.
Ruthie will be performing classics including ‘There’s No Business Like Show Business’, ‘Wouldn't It Be Loverly’, ‘People’, ‘Don't Rain on My Parade’, ‘Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better’, ‘The Man That Got Away’ and ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’ from Oscar-winning movies such as ‘My Fair Lady’, ‘Funny Girl’ and ‘A Star is Born’.
Sounds of Hollywood, starring Ruthie Henshall, will be appearing at:
Tuesday 26th October The Sage Gateshead: Sunday 31st October (15:00) Royal Festival Hall London: Tuesday 2nd November Birmingham Symphony Hall: Sunday 14th November 3.00pm Manchester Bridgewater Hall (15:00): Wednesday 24th Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Sunday 28th November Cardiff St David's Hall
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The War of the Worlds
Jason Donovan (who is is currently appearing in Priscilla Queen of the Desert), Liz McClarnon (Atomic Kitten) and Rhydian Roberts (X Factor finalist) will star in a new European stadium tour of Jeff Wayne's musical version of HG Wells' The War of the Worlds.
It will begin on November 24th, 2010 and visit Amsterdam, Antwerp, Dublin, Belfast, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Manchester, Liverpool, Nottingham, Birmingham, Bournemouth, London, Cardiff, Brighton. finishing at Wembley on 18th December.
The War of the Worlds is based on Wayne's 1978 concept album, and one feature of the production is an 11-foot high 3D hologram of Richard Burton (who voiced The Journalist on the original album), a three-ton, 35-foot tall 'Martian Fighting Machine' which fires "heat rays at the audience," and a new levitation effect.
Jason Donovan will play the role of The Artilleryman who is a fantasist who dreams of producing a new race of humans underground after the aliens attack. McClarnon will play Beth, the Parson's wife. Moody Blues' Justin Hayward will return to the role of The Sung Thoughts of the Journalist.
Click on the image above to book tickets for any of the following dates in 2010:
| Location | Venue | Dates |
Amsterdam |
Heineken Music Hall |
24th & 25th November |
Antwerp |
Lotto Arena |
26th November |
Dublin |
02 Arena |
29th November |
Belfast |
Odyssey Arena |
30th November |
Newcastle |
Metro Radio Arena |
2nd December |
Glasgow |
SECC |
3rd December |
Sheffield |
Arena |
4th December |
Manchester |
MEN Arena |
5th December |
Liverpool |
Echo Arena |
7th December |
Nottingham |
Trent FM Arena |
8th December |
Birmingham |
NIA |
9th December |
Bournemouth |
International Centre |
10th December |
London |
O2 Arena |
12th December |
Cardiff |
International Arena |
14th December |
Brighton |
Centre |
16th December |
Wembley |
Arena |
18th December |
