Louise Dearman joins the cast of The Great British Musicals In Concert at the St James Theatre, London
West End performers Louise Dearman and Jon Robyns are joining the cast of The Great British Musicals In Concert at St James Theatre, in a production that celebrates the very best of British musicals over the decades.
Dearman made history as the first actress to play both starring roles in Wicked. She has just appeared as Mrs D. in the new musical version of The Water Babies at The Curve in Leicester. Her other major roles include Eva Peron in Evita and Sarah Brown in Guys and Dolls.
Jon Robyns starred as Rod/Princeton in the original West End cast of Avenue Q and was in the original cast of Sondheim’s Road Show. His other West End credits include Spamalot, Les Misérables and Dickens Abridged.
Featuring the very best of British musicals, including works by Gilbert and Sullivan, Lionel Monckton, Vivian Ellis, Noel Coward, Ivor Novello, Lionel Bart, Leslie Bricusse and Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Great British Musicals In Concert will play three performance on Friday 4 July and Saturday 5 July.
Narrated by BBC Radio 4 Just a Minute host Nicholas Parsons (Friday and Saturday evening) and stage and screen actor Simon Callow (Saturday matinee), it is an opportunity to enjoy a ‘glamorous night’ at St James Theatre with Ross Leadbeater (formerly of Only Men Aloud) and The Novello Singers – a newly established eight-voice musical theatre ensemble.
The Great British Musicals In Concert also features a special First World War centenary tribute to Ivor Novello’s 1914 composition ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning’.
The Novello Singers include West End performers Rhidian Marc (Les Misérables), Annatt Bass (The Phantom of the Opera) Leigh Rhiannon Coggins,(Pirates of Penzance), James Charlton (The Light Princess), Matthew Crowe (South Pacific), Jonathan Broad (West End Men), Lydia Jenkins (Iolanthe) Victoria Humphreys (The Bakewell Bake-Off) Mira Ormala (Love Never Dies) and Ben Irish (HMS Pinafore).
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