A group of leading Sondheim interpreters will appear alongside a company of 14 young, emerging Sondheim performers chosen from over 260 video submissions for the candlelit concert Colour & Light at St James’s Church Piccadilly on 21 November 2026.
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Merrily We Sing Along – Ellie Nunn and Alastair Brookshaw join a Sondheim singalong at Upstairs at the Gatehouse
To mark what would have been Stephen Sondheim’s 93rd birthday this month, the Stephen Sondheim Society will be hosting a celebratory Sondheim singalong at Upstairs at the Gatehouse in London’s Highgate Village on 26 March 2023.
‘We are all blessed to have been alive at the same time as this theatre legend’: Stephen Sondheim dies at the age of 91
The Stephen Sondheim Society’s Chairman and Musical Theatre Review contributor Craig Glenday writes: Dim the lights… Stephen Sondheim was the most innovative, most influential and most important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history. His contribution to musical theatre – and to theatre in general – is impossible to quantify, such was the variety, sophistication […]
Sondheim Sessions: Oscar Conlon-Morrey
Sondheim Sessions: Oscar Conlon-Morrey (Crowdcast, 7 June 2020). Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Only Fools and Horses The Musical star Oscar Conlon-Morrey launched the new Stephen Sondheim Society season of virtual cabarets while theatreland is unavoidably dark with a half-hour taster of his exceptional brand of humour and song. Accompanied by world-renowned […]
Masterclass for Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year candidates
The team behind the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY) has organised a special masterclass and Q&A to help fill the void left by the shelving of this year’s contest due to the Covid-19 crisis. The 70 students who had been due to travel to London for the selection process to find […]
Stephen Sondheim Society sponsors Lockdown Sondheim Quiz Night
The Stephen Sondheim Society (SSS) will join forces on Sunday 17 May 2020 with Jordan Li-Smith (currently assistant MD for City of Angels) for the latest Lockdown Sondheim Quiz Night, raising much-needed funds for Acting for Others. Since lockdown, Li-Smith has been running his very successful #LockdownMTQuizNight on Sundays. This week, the SSS is sponsoring […]
Stephen Sondheim Society presents… Alex Young and Friends – Phoenix Garden
Stephen Sondheim Society presents… Alex Young and Friends at the Phoenix Garden, London Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Cram 75 Sondheim fans into a glorified garden shed in the shadow of the Phoenix Theatre on a freezing December night, put the delicious Alex Young on London’s tiniest stage and somehow you […]
Competition: Win tickets to Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women at the Lichfield Festival & drinks with the cast!
What a competition we have for fans of Sondheim! Two tickets to the concert Send in the Clowns: Sondheim’s Extraordinary Women at the Lichfield Festival on Saturday 14 July at 2.30pm An invite to a drink with the cast afterwards AND free membership to the Sondheim Society for a year! As part of the 2018 Lichfield […]
Stephen Sondheim Society Presents… Alex Young and Friends – Phoenix Artist Club
Stephen Sondheim Society Presents… Alex Young and Friends at the Phoenix Artist Club, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ There wasn’t room to swing a cat at the Phoenix for the appearance of Alex Young, fresh from her triumph as Young Sally, Imelda Staunton’s ghost, in Follies. This first of the Stephen […]
Fresh from Follies at the National, Alex Young to host Sondheim Society cabaret
Former Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and West End rising star Alex Young will host the society’s next cabaret at London’s Phoenix Artist Club on Monday 5 February (7.30-9.30pm). Recently seen in the role of Young Sally in the National Theatre’s hit production of Follies, the artist (awarded the prestigious student prize […]
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year – Stiles + Drewe Prize – Noel Coward Theatre
The Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year/Stiles + Drewe Prize at the Noel Coward Theatre, London. There’s no stopping those girls! Scots lass Izuka Hoyle made it four in a row for female contenders by winning the prestigious Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition by following Corrine Priest, Erin Doherty and […]
Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and Stiles + Drewe Prize – meet the winners
The Stephen Sondheim Society and Mercury Musical Developments today announced the winners of the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year and Stiles + Drewe Prize. The winners were revealed at the West End gala held at the Noёl Coward Theatre which was hosted by Olivier Award winner Clive Rowe. Izuka Hoyle won the Stephen Sondheim Society […]
The Stephen Sondheim Society Presents… – Phoenix Artist Club
The Stephen Sondheim Society Presents… at the Phoenix Artist Club, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Emcee Tim McArthur and his first set of guests, Valerie Cutko, Corrine Priest and Martin Milnes, opened the first of a series of The Stephen Sondheim Society Presents…, a cabaret dedicated to a mix of […]
The Stephen Sondheim Society presents a monthly cabaret series
The Stephen Sondheim Society is to host a monthly cabaret series at The Phoenix Artist Club in London’s West End, starting next Monday 11 April. The series, The Stephen Sondheim Society Presents… will be hosted by actor, singer, director and presenter Tim McArthur and will feature a mix of Sondheim numbers, new musical theatre writing and classics […]
Hey, Old Friends! – An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim – Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Hey, Old Friends! – An 85th Birthday Tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Galas such as this one to celebrate composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s 85th birthday are notoriously difficult to pull off. Everything from the tricky issue of performers’ availability to limited […]
Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2015/Stiles & Drewe Prize – Garrick Theatre
Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year competition/Stiles & Drewe Best New Song prize at the Garrick Theatre, London. Hats off, here they come, those Beautiful Girls! Yes, girl power ruled the roost at the Sondheim Society’s student ‘Oscars’ for the second year running and, to rub it in, they grabbed runner-up honours as […]
Elaine Paige judges the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year
Twelve student finalists from top drama schools across the UK will compete for the title of this year’s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year (SSSSPOTY), on Sunday 17 May at 3pm at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West End. Each student will sing a song by Stephen Sondheim and, at his personal request, […]
An Afternoon with the Sondheim Society – Alex Parker & Friends
An Afternoon with the Sondheim Society and… Alex Parker & Friends at the Leicester Square Theatre, London. For a young man of 23, multi-talented Alex Parker has packed plenty into his burgeoning career. But you ain’t heard nothing yet. This fiercely ambitious musical director-pianist-composer’s credits already include a concert version of A Little Night Music, […]
Brush Up Your Sondheim – Royal Academy of Music
Craig Glenday writes… Brush Up Your Sondheim was a two-day Sondheim seminar organised by the Stephen Sondheim Society at the Royal Academy of Music. The event served up a smorgasbord of academic research, recitals, workshops and chat in celebration of Broadway’s greatest living composer/lyricist. Is it possible to spend two whole days discussing the work of Stephen […]
Sondheim Society invites you to Brush Up Your Sondheim – with Sondheim
Following its success in 2012, the biennial Stephen Sondheim Society event Brush Up Your Sondheim returns with even more activities for participants to enjoy this year, including a Q&A session with the great man himself via a live video link from New York in real time. During this coming weekend (26-27 July) at the Royal Academy […]
GOD, a Musical Celebration and Parody of Sondheim – London Theatre Workshop
GOD, a Musical Celebration and Parody of Stephen Sondheim at the London Theatre Workshop, Fulham continues until 12 July. We’ve had a glut of Sondheim compilation shows recently – Just Another Love Story at the same London Theatre Workshop venue as this affectionate homage to his genius was one of the best – but GOD is one with a delightful difference and one […]
Sondheim Society marks anniversary with God, a celebration and parody
As part of its 20th anniversary celebrations, the Stephen Sondheim Society will be paying tribute to the composer/lyricist with a brand new show called God, premiering at London Theatre Workshop for only six performances in July (8-12 July). With tongue very firmly in cheek, there will be gentle parodies that serve to demonstrate Sondheim’s art, songs that emphasise his genius, and brand new compositions inspired […]
Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year 2014/Stiles & Drewe Prize
The 12 finalists of this year’s Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Competition 2014 (SSSSPOTY) will sing their hearts out competing for the title on Sunday 18 May at 3pm at the West End’s Garrick Theatre. The young artists will not only sing a Sondheim number, but at the composer/lyricist’s request, they will also perform 12 […]
