Kerry Ellis News

KERRY ELLIS: BUMPKIN TO BROADWAY is a touching reflection into the career so far of a West End and Broadway star, who first amazed audiences as the first British lead in multi-award winning musical WICKED and has gone onto to perform around the world and partner with an icon in music history.

Award winning stage star John Owen-Jones (Les Miserables/Phantom) will release the album November 19, complete with some traditional Christmas tracks, some personal favourites and two brand new Christmas songs.

Launched by Janie Dee in 2020, the London Climate Change Festival announces today specially curated concert with an all-star line up Song for Nature will be available on Stream.Theatre for a limited run ahead of the COP26 Climate Change Conference. Directed by Dominic Dromgoole, Song for Nature was conceived to to raise awareness of climate change featuring a spectacular line-up of performances.

Samantha Barks is set to release a new studio album, titled 'Into The Unknown' on November 12. The album will be released under new record label, Westway.

Fourth Wall Live has announced a series of live shows at Lola’s Underground at The Hippodrome, Leicester Square from Wednesday 6 October with shows from David O’Reilly, Joe McElderry, Hayley Tamaddon, Maria Coyne, Jo O’Meara, Kerry Ellis and Lizzie Bea, with more dates to be announced.

Kerry Ellis might be returning to the West End soon! On a recent episode of Sheridan's Showstoppers, she shared with Sheridan Smith that she might star in If/Then next year.

Ginger Quiff Media and BroadwayHD have partnered to bring the Outer Critics Circle Award-winning and Drama Desk Award nominated musical revue of Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever exclusively to the platform. BroadwayWorld is excited to premiere a number from the show. Watch as Kerry Ellis and Grace Mouat perform 'It's Never That Easy/I've Been Here Before'.

A first look clip has been released of BroadwayHD’s upcoming digital revival of Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever, with Dalton Harris (X Factor winner) giving a stunning rendition of If I Sing.

Dana Al Fardan, one of the Middle East’s leading contemporary composers, and West End star Nadim Naaman today announce that their second major stage musical, ‘Rumi: The Musical’ will get its world premiere at the London Coliseum in  November 2021.

BroadwayHD is celebrating the re-opening of Broadway with exciting new productions coming exclusively to the platform, as well as a special playlist dedicated to some of the most iconic theater hits of all time.

Forte Productions is delighted to announce that musical theatre star and West-End leading lady Kerry Ellis will be performing live at Elgin Town Hall in September. This is the rescheduled date after the previous concert had to be postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Diving into the trials and tribulations of modern love, Maltby and Shire’s Closer Than Ever is an uplifting musical revue exploring every aspect of humanity and relationships. This exciting reimagining of the classic production is a thrilling journey, capturing the true essence of what it means to love and be loved.

A UK virtual reading for the new best-selling illustrated children’s book Broadway Baby, written by UK West End and Broadway theatre operator and producer Russell Miller (Guys & Dolls, Blood Brothers, Paramour, On The Town) with Judith A. Proffer, is now available to watch.

The line up includes shows from London's West End; Adam Kay's This is Going To Hurt Live, Olivier Award Winning Showstoppers the improvised musical and West End in the Park, a night of musicals with Kerry Ellis, Oliver Tompsett, Nadim Naarman and Siubhan Harrison. Straight out of your TV and onto the stage see Basil Brush, Sooty, Magical Bones from Britain's Got Talent, CBeebies' Katy Ashworth and a one-person homage to Friends!

The Alpha Family has announced that they will have the honour of being the first West End production on the opening week of the iconic Royal Albert Hall. This will be Alpha’s third “Best of the West End” show, following their previous sell-outs at the Hall over the last three years.

From Any Dream Will Do to a dream come true, Lee Mead took to the London Palladium stage for one night only, to celebrate his 40th birthday and his twenty-year career. Mead talked of walking past the theatre as a boy and his joy at being able to hold his own concert there.

Lambert Jackson today announce Well-Behaved Women, a new song cycle by Carmel Dean celebrating women across history. Directed by Julie Atherton, with musical direction by Ellie Verkerk, the concert runs for one night only at Cadogan Hall on Friday 3 September 2021.

Closer Than Ever will star X Factor winner Dalton Harris, alongside musical theatre icons Lee Mead (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat; Wicked), Kerry Ellis (Wicked; We Will Rock You) and Grace Mouat (Six; & Juliet). The film will be available to stream worldwide this September.

Viktora Tocca and John Martin Bengtsson in Kristina the concert

The London Climate Change Festival will present SONG FOR NATURE, a specially created concert to raise awareness of Climate Change. SONG FOR NATURE  was filmed over three days on stage at the London Coliseum, and all around this iconic building.