Inspirational young anti-bullying campaigner Charlie Kristensen is joining forces with a host of West End stars to release a charity fundraising single to mark the start of National Anti-Bullying Week (16-20 November 2020).
Available from 15 November, the recording of ‘You Will Be Found’ from Dear Evan Hansen features the Berkshire 10-year-old along with a number of famous faces including Wendi Peters, Layton Williams and Michael Xavier. The video accompanying the single will include messages of support from stars including Iain Armitage, Michael Ball, Rufus Hound and Faye Tozer.
Released on Auburn Jam Music, the single which will raise funds for youth charity The Diana Award, is available to pre-save now on iTunes, Deezer, Spotify and Tidal HERE.
Music producers Nikki and Joe Davison from Auburn Jam Music became involved with Charlie’s campaign after seeing his story on Twitter. The Davisons re-worked ‘You Will Be Found’ to allow performance by multi voices. The accompanying video includes studio footage plus the star-studded messages of support.
Singing alongside Charlie Kristensen on the single are: Daniel Boys (Nativity), Matthew Croke (Aladdin), Alice Fearn (Wicked), Lyndsey Gardiner (The Phantom of the Opera), Adrian Hansel (Hairspray), Jacqueline Hughes (Mary Poppins), Melissa Jacques (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Caroline Kay (The Space Between), Nathaniel Morrison (Waitress), Nadim Naaman (The Phantom of the Opera), Wendi Peters (Wonderland), Zizi Strallen (Mary Poppins), Layton Williams (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie) and Michael Xavier (Sunset Boulevard).
Messages of support seen in the video are from (in order of appearance): Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon); Danny Hatchard (EastEnders); Michael Ball (Les Misérables); Nina West (Ru-Paul’s Drag Race); Mark Evans (Mrs Doubtfire); Jason Leigh Winter (Frozen); Hannah Waddingham (Game of Thrones); Louise Dearman (Wicked); Giles Terera (Hamilton); Maiya Quansah-Breed (Six); Charlie Stemp (Mary Poppins); Faye Tozer (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie); Sierra Boggess (The Phantom of the Opera); Grace Mouat (Six); Rufus Hound (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie); and Wicked’s Elphaba and Glinda, Sophie Evans and Alice Fearn.
The video also includes messages from the West End casts of Matilda The Musical; Come From Away; The Phantom of the Opera; Hamilton; Aladdin; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Dear Evan Hansen along with the Broadway cast of Be More Chill; the UK tour casts of Annie The Musical and Kinky Boots, and the Off-West End cast of The View Upstairs.
The video will be available on the Charlie Kristensen #CheerUpCharlie YouTube page. All proceeds from the song will be in aid of The Diana Award, with an additional fundraiser set up via JustGiving for people to donate more if they would like to support the #CheerUpCharlie Anti-Bullying campaign further.
Charlie Kristensen hit the headlines last year when his singing teacher Jacqueline (Jax) Hughes appealed to the musical theatre community to send messages of support to the youngster after discovering he was being bullied in school. The industry responded with hundreds of messages of love, support and encouragement for the nine-year-old boy affectionately known as ‘Little Charlie’.
During the first lockdown Charlie launched Musical Chairs with #CheerUp Charlie – a series of lockdown interviews with star guests in the UK and US on his YouTube channel.
Angela Thomas
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