Stiles and Drewe and Gavin Creel in Singular Sensations line-up

Anthony Drewe and George Stiles join the Singular Sensations line-up for the spring season. Picture: Roy Tan

In a further coup for this spring’s season of Edward Seckeron’s Singular Sensations, musical theatre songwriting partnership George Stiles and Anthony Drewe (Mary Poppins, Betty Blue Eyes, Just So, Honk!) and Gavin Creel – who originated the role of Elder Price in the US national tour of The Book of Mormon, a role he continues in the West End production – join the line-up.

Stiles and Drewe will treat theatre fans to a selection of tracks, and brand new, never previously performed songs. The material – past and present – will be brought to life by a wealth of West End guest performers including X Factor finalist Cassie Compton, Anna-Jane Casey, Michael Jibson and Caroline Sheen. Stiles and Drewe appear on Sunday March 9 at 3pm.

Betty Blue Eyes, the Stiles and Drewe musical based on the Alan Bennett film A Private Function begins its tour across England this month in a new co-production between Mercury Theatre Colchester, Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, Salisbury Playhouse and West Yorkshire Playhouse (the official press night will take place at Mercury Theatre Colchester on 18 March 2014). The team is also collaborating with librettist Julian Fellowes on a new musical adaptation of The Wind in the Willows.

Creel’s performance in the London production of The Book of Mormon recently scooped him the London 2014 WhatsOnStage Award for Leading Actor in a Musical. He joins Seckerson in the intimate surroundings of the Charing Cross Theatre on April 20 at 3pm to discuss a career which also includes West End credits for Hair and Mary Poppins and two Tony Award nods for his Stateside performances in Thoroughly Modern Millie and Hair. He will appear in conversation, illustrating highlights of his career with the help of a selection of recordings. This is a charity event in support of Creel’s nominated charity West End Serves.

Seckerson – former presenter of BBC Radio 3’s long-running musical theatre show Stage and Screen – continues to host this series of in-depth encounters with the stars of musical theatre. Through a mix of chat, recordings and live performances Seckerson has already traced the careers and uncovered the working processes of talented artists such as Kerry Ellis, Howard Goodall, Janie Dee, Jenna Russell, John Wilson, and Patricia Routledge during the inaugural autumn run which quickly became a regular Sunday afternoon fixture for musical theatre enthusiasts.