T1211920676Hosted by theatre critic Mark Shenton, the new season will feature actor Simon Russell Beale (20 May), director Jeremy Sams (27 May), composer Howard Goodall (17 June) and actress Kerry Ellis (8 July). Taking place in the intimate setting of the Soho Theatre's Soho Downstairs, some of the chosen songs will be performed live by West End stars Caroline Sheen and Emma Williams. These are a Few of My Favourite Songs is being staged to benefit The Theatrical Guild - the charity that looks after backstage and front-of-house personnel in need.Performer Simon Russell Beale (May 20). Performer Jeremy Sams (May 27). Performer Howard Goodall (Jun 17). Performer Kerry Ellis (Jul 8). | |
| 20 May 12 to 8 Jul 12 | Soho Theatre, Inner London :: V1035 listing details L01669065073 |
Sylvia Young - T0133010227Founder and principal of the full and part-time theatre school that bears her name, she has taught a Who's Who of British entertainment personalities, from Emma Bunton and Amy Winehouse to Kara Tointon, Denise van Outen and her own daughter Frances Ruffelle. Frances will join her mother for the event to sing one of Sylvia's favourite songs.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 4 Jun 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L02078602372 |
George Stiles & Anthony Drewe - T01664627896George Stiles and Anthony Drewe are a British composer/lyricist team, currently represented in the West End by Betty Blue Eyes, and on Broadway and Australia by additional songs for Mary Poppins, both of which are produced by Cameron Mackintosh and directed by Richard Eyre. Their long professional collaboration, begun when they met as students, has also included the Olivier Award winning Honk! (National Theatre), Just So and Peter Pan.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 4 Jun 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L01369197629 |
Janie Dee - T01837764578Janie Dee is a leading stage actress who first came to prominence in musicals including Carousel at the National and the West End run of My One and Only. She is now highly regarded for plays as well, that have included starring in Alan Ayckbourn's Comic Potential in the West End for which she received the Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle Best Actress Awards (and subsequently off-Broadway). Other leading roles in plays include West End productions of Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind and Pinter's Betrayal. She is currently appearing at Shakespeare's Globe as the Countess of Rousillon in All's Well That Ends Well.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 3 Jun 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L2042877873 |
Nicholas Hytner - T02064883061Nicholas Hytner is Artistic Director of the National Theatre, a post he has held since 2003. Before taking over the National, his productions there included Carousel (that transferred to the West End and Broadway's Lincoln Center), Alan Bennett's version of The Wind in the Willows and Bennett's The Madness of George III (subsequently on film as well). Since becoming Artistic Director, he has also directed Bennett's The History Boys (subsequently also on film) and The Habit of Art, as well as many other productions including most recently Hamlet with Rory Kinnear in the title role. Other directorial credits include Miss Saigon (West End, Broadway and worldwide) onstage, and The Crucible (starring Daniel Day-Lewis) on film.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 2 Jun 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L0192316174 |
Michael Codron - T01162872284Michael Codron is the most celebrated producer of plays in British theatre during the second half of the twentieth century and still working today, responsible for the premières of plays by Joe Orton, Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Simon Gray, James Saunders, Michael Frayn, Christopher Hampton, Ronald Harwood and many others. Last year Putting It On, a biography co-written with Alan Strachan, was published to great acclaim, and he was presented with a special Laurence Olivier Award to mark his lifetime achievement.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 1 Jun 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L0107191409 |
Bill Kenwright - T01052755271British theatre impresario, director and chairman of Everton Football Club (and an even bigger fan), runs Britain's biggest independent theatre and film production company, with a constant roster of West End and touring shows that currently include Blood Brothers, The Wizard of Oz, Dreamboats and Petticoats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Jekyll and Hyde and The Pitmen Painters. On Broadway, his work has included the Tony winning productions of Dancing at Lughnasa, Medea and A Doll's House, as well as Blood Brothers and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 31 May 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L1096798360 |
Craig Revel Horwood - T903243482West End director and choreographer, is currently represented by his UK touring productions of Chess and Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show. His extensive West End credits include Spend Spend Spend and My One and Only (both of which earned him Olivier Award nominations), Calamity Jane and Sunset Boulevard. His autobiography, called All Balls and Glitter: My Life, was first published in 2008. He is best known for being a judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 30 May 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L0591414563 |
Rob Ashford - T1647348951Broadway and West End director and choreographer, is currently represented on Broadway with his production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying starring Daniel Radcliffe, and in London, where he is currently co-directing the West End transfer of Broadway's Shrek at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. In London, his work has been seen in Guys and Dolls and Evita (transferring to Broadway next year), for which he provided choreography to Michael Grandage's direction. He is also an Associate Director at the Donmar Warehouse where he has himself directed Jason Robert Brown's Parade and Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, with Rachel Weisz.Producer Jermyn Street Theatre. Producer Mark Shenton (on behalf of the Theatrical Guild). Performer Mark Shenton. | |
| 29 May 11 | Jermyn Street Theatre, Inner London :: V207 listing details L0183454527 |
Welcome to a series of live personal interviews with leading lights of the theatre world, in which they talk about the songs that inspire them and the work they do, with live performances of some of the songs they choose.
