Joe Pasquale is leading a host of panto favourites in a new musical comedy film celebrating everyone’s favourite festive genre released in support of NHS Charities Together. Filmed in just 12 days and produced on a micro-budget, The Gift features the popular comedian with the distinctive voice as Buttons in a family-friendly tale set on […]
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Theatre Support Fund raises £250,000 for charities
The team behind the Theatre Support Fund + has raised a quarter of a million pounds in just eight weeks thanks largely to the popularity of its The Show Must Go On T-shirts. Launched by friends and theatre industry workers Chris Marcus and Damien Staunton to raise funds for those hardest hit by the Covid-closedown, […]
West End stars perform Newfound Hope Songs, written during lockdown for NHS Charities Together
As the world continues with social-distancing measures, and with theatreland on hiatus, many stars of the West End stage are getting creative at home and taking to social media with free clips, songs, and messages of support for fans, theatregoers, for their local communities, and in appreciation of key workers in the NHS and front-line […]
Star-studded online concert Kings Of Broadway 2020 will celebrate the work of Jule Styne, Jerry Herman & Stephen Sondheim
Kings Of Broadway 2020, an online concert celebrating the music of the legendary Broadway composers Jule Styne, Jerry Herman and Stephen Sondheim (the latter two whose lyrics will also be celebrated), will premiere at 7pm on Sunday 31 May 2020 via the ‘Quick Fantastic’ channel on YouTube. The evening will feature a cross section of […]
Union Theatre’s Elegies cast record song for NHS and freelancers
The cast of last year’s Union Theatre production of the moving song cycle Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens have recorded a song from the show to raise funds for NHS workers and theatre freelancers. With all funds raised to be split evenly between NHS Charities Together and Funds for Freelancers, the song ‘Heroes’ […]
Fundraising initiative Musical Marathon unites musical directors from around the world
Over 20 leading musical directors will unite early next month for an online concert to raise funds for NHS Charities and Acting For Others. Produced by Sam Young, Musical Marathon will feature performances by musical directors from high-profile productions including Hamilton, Les Misérables and Six. Further information about which participants are performing which songs can […]
Second Lockdown Musical Theatre Quiz Night announced
Award-winning musical director Jordan Li-Smith will be hosting a second live-stream musical theatre quiz night via Facebook on Sunday (19 April 2020) at 5.45pm to raise money for NHS Charities Together. Announcing his second Lockdown Musical Theatre Quiz Night Li-Smith said: “Following the response to the first #LockdownMTQuizNight, I simply had to do another quiz! […]
