Layton Williams will be the first West End star to feature in Leave A Light On, the piano concert series launched by Lambert Jackson Productions and the Theatre Café in response to the current crisis.
The Everybody’s Talking About Jamie favourite will step up to the piano on Monday (23 March) at 2.30pm, he will be followed by Sarah O’Connor at 4.30pm and Lucie Jones at 6.30pm. Tuesday’s (24 March) line-up is made up of Emma Kingston (2.30pm), Victoria Hamilton-Barritt (4.30pm) and Aimie Atkinson (6.30pm). Wednesday (25 March) will feature Christopher Cameron (2.30pm), Evelyn Hoskins (4.30pm) and Cassidy Janson (6.30pm). Bradley Judge and Harry Cooper Miller will be first up at 2.30pm on Thursday (26 March), followed by Blake Patrick Anderson at 4.30pm and David Hunter at 6.30pm and Friday’s (27 March) stars will be Danielle Steers (2.30pm), Steph Parry (4.30pm) and Alice Fearn (6.30pm).
Under the title Leave A Light On, the series of intimate piano concerts will be streamed live from the Theatre Café, London’s first theatre-themed coffee shop from next week.
Announcing the project within hours of the curtain temporarily falling across Theatreland, musical theatre specialists, Lambert Jackson Productions and The Theatre Café said: “We are so excited about this project. This is a really dark time for the theatre world and we want to help wherever we can, as much as possible.
“The idea that people who are self-isolating can help performers who have lost all of their work is a really beautiful thing and also speaks volumes about our amazing industry and the community it fosters.”
Three 45-minute concerts will take place each day from 23 March featuring a range of performers from established West End favourites to performers at the start of their theatre careers. The piano/vocal concerts will be streamed live for a small fee to provide financial support for the performers involved but also to provide entertainment for people in self-isolation.
Dedicated to producing musical theatre-themed shows, Lambert Jackson was founded by CEO Jamie Lambert and creative director Eliza Jackson. Launched in 2018 with There’s Nothin’ Like a Dame – a celebration of 100 years of female characters in musical theatre – Lambert Jackson is currently working on The Throwaways, a new British musical by Dylan Wynford.
Angela Thomas
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