Janie Dee, Kerry Ellis, Cassidy Janson and Nicole Raquel Dennis will be among a star-studded cast of West End favourites celebrating famous females across the ages in a one night only concert performance of award-winning composer Carmel Dean’s Well-Behaved Women in September.
Presented by Lambert Jackson Productions, the concert on 3 September 2021 at London’s Cadogan Hall will be directed by Julie Atherton with musical direction by Ellie Verkerk.
Dee (Follies, National Theatre, Carousel, National Theatre) will take on the role of Eleanor Roosevelt, with Ellis (Wicked, Gershwin Theatre/Apollo Theatre, We Will Rock You, Dominion Theatre) bringing Boudicca back to life, Janson (& Juliet, Manchester Opera House, Shaftesbury Theatre, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Aldwych Theatre) taking on Virginia Woolf and Dennis (Dear Evan Hansen, Noël Coward Theatre, Waitress, Adelphi Theatre), going back to the Garden of Eden as Eve.
They will be joined by Maisey Bawden (An Officer and A Gentleman UK tour, Honeymoon in Vegas, London Palladium) as Lady Liberty; Anna-Jane Casey (Stepping Out, Theatre Royal Bath/Vaudeville Theatre, Samiot, Playhouse Theatre); Hiba Elchikhe (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo Theatre, Brooklyn, Greenwich Theatre) as Cleopatra and Malala Yousafzai; Gabriela Garcia (Strictly Ballroom, Piccadilly Theatre, Ghost UK tour) as Frida Kahlo; Rachel John (Songs For A New World, London Palladium, Memphis, Shaftesbury Theatre) as Maya Angelou; Linda John-Pierre (Show Boat, Sheffield Theatres, New London Theatre, Hairspray, Gordon Craig Theatre) as Harriet Tubman; and Rachael Wooding (Pretty Woman, Piccadilly Theatre, Fame, Aldwych Theatre) as Mary Magdalene.
Announcing the concert, Lambert Jackson’s Jamie Lambert and Eliza Jackson said: “We are thrilled to present the UK premiere of this exciting new song cycle celebrating some of the most wonderful women throughout history. To be able to celebrate and commemorate those who have fought the fight for equality in all forms before us, in such a fun and moving way, is an honour, and to have gathered this incredible group of women in one performance shows the passion and dedication that all involved possess for this incredibly important topic. Inspired by the emergence of the #MeToo movement, these stories of courage, strength and resilience are memorialised through music in the most special of ways.”
Angela Thomas
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