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Starlight Big Band
The Starlight Big Band are back by popular demand!

Born out of the need to create a professional London based working ensemble, performing a dynamic and energetic mix of the outstanding music of the era of great big bands with singers, The Starlight Big Band create first class live entertainment played with a commitment to detail, style and verve.

Recreating the magical sound of the Las Vegas showrooms, The Starlight Big Band will transport you back to a time of film stars, stylish suits, chic, glitz, and the glamour of an unforgettable era in music.

Featuring some of london's finest musicians, and helmed by the vocal talents of JOE LEWIS, they’re joined by special guests BEVERLEY STONE, LEE ORMSBY (Les Miserablés, Phantom of the Opera), and special appearances from cast members of the West End’s Back to the Future the Musical, including current Doc Brown CORY ENGLISH.

Together they will perform classic songs from the heyday of such artists as Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Louis Prima, Sammy Davis Jnr, Bobby Darin, Matt Monro and contemporaries including Michael Bublé and many more.

An evening not to be missed!

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A Mirrored Monet

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A Mirrored Monet

A MIRRORED MONET

The man behind the masterpiece.

Paris, 1916. The painter Claude Monet struggles to complete the commission that will define his legacy: The Water Lilies — a project on which his survival depends, with food and essential supplies at stake as the First World War encroaches. Plagued by creative block, he retreats into memory, revisiting his early artist days with contemporaries Renoir and Manet, and his muse, Camille Doncieux.

Inspired by letters and diaries from Monet and his peers, A Mirrored Monet immerses audiences in the cafés, studios, and salons of Belle Époque Paris, with music and projections bringing the era vividly to life.

This dramatic new musical by composer/lyricist/dramatist Carmel Owen stars Jeff Shankley (Starlight Express, Cats) as Monet and Dean John-Wilson (Your Lie in April: The Musical, The King and I) as Young Monet. 

CAST
Jeff Shankley - Monet
Dean John-Wilson - Young Monet
John Addison - Leroy
Brooke Bazarian - Camille
Natalie Day - Blanche/Suzanne
Ritesh Manugula - Bazille
Sam Peggs - Renoir & Cover Young Monet
Aaron Pryce-Lewis - Manet / Durand-Ruel
Steven Serlin - Marquis
Nick Bligh - Cover (Old Monet and Marquis)
Samuel Haughton - Cover (Renoir, Manet/Durand-Ruel, Leroy, Bazille)
Meg Matthews - Cover (Camille and Blanche/Suzanne)
 
CREATIVE TEAM

Composer, Book & Lyrics — Carmel Owen
Director — Christian Durham
Musical Director — Michael Webborn
Designer — Libby Todd
Lighting Designer — Jodie Underwood
Sound Designer — Andy Johnson
Video Designer — Matt Powell
Production Manager — James Anderton
Assistant & Movement Director — Heather Douglas
Assistant Music Director — Rachel Blaquiere
Orchestration - Neil Metcalfe
Casting Director — Jane Deitch
General Managers - Katy Lipson & Kristie Winsen for Aria Entertainment

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Music Hall

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Music Hall

Under the Arches - Return to The Good Old Days.


Step back in time for this traditional Victorian Music Hall with a unique blend of audience participation, authentic characters and broad comedy.  
The Players’ Music Hall are delighted to be back at Charing Cross Theatre which was their home for many years so let us raise the roof and let London reverberate to the glorious sounds of the Music Hall and singing the wonderful songs that are an essential part of our heritage with Maestro Mr Tom Carradine.


A TRULY UNIQUE BRITISH THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.

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