The cast of School of Rock with Gary Trainor (centre). Picture: Tristram Kenton
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Olivier Award-winning School of Rock – The Musical will play host to this year’s BBC Radio 2’s Children In Need Gala on 6 November.
The link with the popular BBC TV fundraiser was announced just weeks after the producers confirmed a fourth extension to the show’s West End run at the New London Theatre.
Now booking until 13 January 2019, the hit show will welcome the Children In Need team led by DJ Ken Bruce and Pudsey for a night of entertainment which will raise funds for the 2017 appeal to help disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.
At least 50% of the proceeds from the gala performance will go to Children In Need and the audience will be treated to a special show featuring the cast of the hit musical alongside Radio 2 presenters, celebrities and members of the public.
A hit with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, the show features music from the hit 2003 film as well as new works written by Lloyd Webber and lyricist Glenn Slater and a book by Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes.
The show was the first new musical from a British composer and producer to make its debut on Broadway when it received its world premiere in November 2015.
While the Broadway production is still playing to packed houses, the West End production was similarly well-received when it opened in London last year.
School of Rock – The Musical is directed by Laurence Connor with choreography by JoAnn M. Hunter, set and costume designs by Anna Louizos, lighting design by Natasha Katz, sound design by Mick Potter and music supervision by John Rigby with Matt Smith as musical director.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for School of Rock – The Musical are available HERE.
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