Two Sunday at the Musicals fundraisers announced

Paul Burton Productions’ popular Sunday at the Musicals charity concert series will return to The Actors Church, St. Paul’s Church in Covent Garden with two star-packed concert performances this autumn.

Produced by Paul Burton, the concerts on 24 October and 7 November 2021 will raise funds for Acting For Others. The creative team for both concerts will be headed by director Charlotte Peters and musical director James Church with sound and lighting by Ron Knights.

The line-up of vocalists for the October concert includes: Roshani Abbey (& Juliet), Helen Anker (Mamma Mia!), Lizzie Bea (Hairspray), Nikki Bentley (Wicked), Chloe-Jo Byrnes (Mamma Mia!), Lucyelle Cliffe (Legally Blonde), Tamsin Dowsett (42nd Street), Rebecca Gilliland (Wicked), Alex Gibson-Giorgio (Rags), Jennifer Hepburn (Mamma Mia!), Melissa Jacques (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Jessica Joslin (Les Misérables: The Staged Concert), Lily Kerhoas (Les Misérables), James Meunier (Sunset Boulevard), Louise Olley (9 to 5), Mira Ormala (Love Never Dies), Charlotte O’Rourke (Mamma Mia!), Phoebe Panaretos (Strictly Ballroom), Sara Poyzer (Mamma Mia!), Benjamin Purkiss (Zorro the Musical), Joseph Richardson (Tina – The Tina Turner Musical), Libby Simpkins (Under the Canvas Sky), Bree Smith (The Book of Mormon), Charlotte Anne Steen (Bat Out of Hell), Carly Thoms (Matilda), Jensen Tudtud (Korczak the Musical) and Alexandra Waite-Roberts (Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Cinderella).

On 7 November 2021 the line-up will include: Roshani Abbey (& Juliet), Casey Al-Shaqsy (The Prince of Egypt), Gemma Atkins (Mamma Mia!), Jasmine Beel (Avenue Q), Nikki Bentley (Wicked), Lydia Rose Bertie (Spring Awakening), Sabrina Carter (Jekyll and Hyde), Lucyelle Cliffe (Legally Blonde), Nicola Espallardo (Les Misérables: The Staged Concert), Gillian Ford (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Michelle Francis (School of Rock), Leanne Garretty (Sleepless the Musical), Rebecca Gilliland (Wicked), Alex Gibson-Giorgio (Rags), Jack Harrison-Cooper (The Prince of Egypt), Sinead Long (Hamilton), Rebekah Lowings (Ghost the Musical), Maggie Lynne (Wicked), Kelly Mathieson (The Phantom of the Opera), Phoebe Panaretos (Strictly Ballroom), Sara Poyzer (Mamma Mia!), Benjamin Purkiss (Zorro the Musical), Jamie Ross (Footloose), Anna Simmons (The Phantom of the Opera), Charlotte Anne Steen (Bat Out of Hell), Jensen Tudtud (Korczak the Musical), Victoria Ward (The Phantom of the Opera) and Damien Winchester (Beautiful – The Carole King Musical).

First staged in June 2015, there have been 15 versions and 17 performances of Sunday at the Musicals. Raising money for a variety of charities, previous productions have been presented at The Actors Church, as well as the Hippodrome Casino and St James Theatre (now The Other Palace), Phoenix Arts Club and the Union Theatre in London and in Leicester at the Haymarket Theatre.

Angela Thomas