Sharon D Clarke in Tonight at the London Coliseum. Picture: Danny Kaan
The dates have been announced for the series of live acoustic concerts featuring a line-up of West End stars on stage at the London Coliseum.
Presented by West End and Broadway producers Jack Maple and Brian Zeilinger for their new company Take Two Theatricals in association with Jamie Chapman Dixon and John-Webb Carter on behalf of Carter Dixon Productions, Tonight At The London Coliseum will be streamed live at the prestigious venue from 18 September until 23 October 2020.
Each of the seven intimate concerts will be headlined by a different musical theatre favourite with one of the seven shows featuring a performance of new British musical After You written by Alex Parker and Katie Lam. The creative supervisor for all the concerts will be Annabel Mutale Reed.
The series will launch with Sharon D. Clarke (Caroline, Or Change, Chichester Festival Theatre, Hampstead Theatre and Playhouse Theatre, The Amen Corner, National Theatre) on 18 September.
Carrie Hope Fletcher (Les Misérables, Sondheim Theatre, Heathers The Musical, The Other Palace and Theatre Royal Haymarket) will take to the Coliseum stage on 25 September followed by Cassidy Janson (& Juliet, Shaftesbury Theatre, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Aldwych) on 2 October.
We are thrilled to announce that #TonightAtTheLondonColiseum will be streaming weekly from Friday 18th September.
You can sign-up and purchase tickets now on https://t.co/hBMUvoVN5D
We can’t wait for you to join us! pic.twitter.com/9JlhvsoxF3
— Take Two Theatricals (@taketwotweets) September 7, 2020
Contemporary love story After You – A New Musical starring Bradley Jaden (Les Misérables – The Staged Concert, Gielgud Theatre, Wicked, Apollo Victoria) and Alexia Khadime (The Prince of Egypt, Dominion Theatre, The Book of Mormon, Prince of Wales Theatre) will be the live show on 3 October.
Presented in association with Quick Fantastic, the performance will be directed by Jordan Murphy. First staged at Live at Zédel at the Crazy Coqs in 2017, the musical takes its inspiration from romantic movie classics including Brief Encounter and The Way We Were.
Kerry Ellis (We Will Rock You, Dominion Theatre, Wicked, Apollo Victoria) will step into the spotlight on 9 October with Bat Out Of Hell – The Musical co-stars Rob Fowler and Sharon Sexton accompanied by a live band under the musical direction of Steve Corley on 16 October.
The final show starring Ramin Karimloo (Dr Zhivago, Cadogan Hall, Phantom of the Opera, Her Majesty’s Theatre) takes place on 23 October.
Tickets cost £15 with a portion of each ticket sold going to the ENO Contingency Fund, the registered charity set up by the English National Opera to bring opera to as many people as possible.
Angela Thomas
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