Busted’s James Bourne will re-unite (virtually) with his Loserville co-writer Elliot Davis this weekend for the third concert in the Barn Theatre’s new online series showcasing the work of Britain’s musical theatre composers.
Bourne will join an all-star line-up of West End favourites for the musical celebration of the work of the award-winning British composer and songwriter which will be released on 6 June at 7.30pm BST on the Cirencester venue’s Facebook, YouTube and Twitter channels.
The stars will perform songs from Davis’ musicals including the Olivier Award-nominated Loserville which was based on ‘Welcome to Loserville’, the 2005 album by Bourne’s second band, Son Of Dork. Davis and Bourne have also collaborated on the musicals What I Go To School For – The Busted Musical and Out There.
Hosted by Barn Theatre producer Jamie Chapman Dixon, The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music of Elliot Davis will also include a discussion with the composer about his career to date and the creative process behind his songs. There will be special appearances from some of the performers who will discuss their experience rehearsing and recording their contributions from their homes.
The concert line-up consists of: Aimie Atkinson (Six, Pretty Woman); Luke Bayer (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Soho Cinders); Tsemaye Bob-Egbe (Tina, Beautiful); Lucie Jones (Waitress, Rent); Aaron Lee Lambert (Hamilton, Sunset Boulevard); Sam Lupton (Avenue Q, Wicked); 2020 musical theatre graduate Jordan McMahon; Jamie Muscato (Heathers, Spring Awakening); Aaron Sidwell (EastEnders, Wicked); and Jos Slovick (1917, Spring Awakening).
Sidwell previously starred in the West End production and reunion concert of Loserville while Bayer and Slovick have appeared in London productions of Stiles and Drewe’s Soho Cinders which features a book co-written by Davis.
The concert series is the latest element to be added to the Barn Theatre’s Behind The Barn Door live streaming service which was launched in March in response to the theatre closedown. The service includes a full recording of the venue’s critically-acclaimed 2019 Built By Barn production of William Shakespeare’s Henry V directed by Hal Chambers.
Chambers has joined Sidwell and the Barn Theatre to co-produce the Bard From The Barn series of the Bard’s classic monologues re-imagined to reflect the present-day lockdown. Airing weekdays at 5pm, the series features performances from over 30 performers including Tricia Adele-Turner (Dear Evan Hansen), Max Hutchinson (The Woman in Black) and Jasper Cartwright (War Horse). Concert performers Claire-Marie Hall (The Grinning Man, The Wicker Husband) and Rebecca Jayne-Davies (Daddy Long Legs, Jersey Boys) have also been added to the cast.
A registered charity facing a loss of £250,000, the Barn Theatre has launched the SAVE OUR BARN campaign to raise funds to ensure the venue is able to re-open when lockdown restrictions are lifted. Supporters can donate via barntheatre.org.uk.
Launched in 2018, the ambitious project to create a major producing house at the heart of the development of Cirencester’s Grade II listed Ingleside House attracted support from leading Broadway director Jerry Mitchell and actors James Dreyfus, Matthew Kelly, Heida Reed and Daisy May Cooper.
In just two years the Barn Theatre has gained national recognition for producing 12 Built By Barn shows attracting over 80,000 theatregoers and winning The Stage’s Best Fringe Theatre of the Year Award 2019.
With strong links to the local community already well established the theatre has worked extensively with charities including Cirencester Housing for Young People and Age UK Gloucestershire.
Angela Thomas
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