Luke Bayer News

“CHRISTMAS AGAIN (THE SHOW MUST GO ON!)” is a brand-new original song written by Anna Hale, Joe McNeice and Matthew Spalding which features 30 performers from the West End and is available to buy now (Friday 27th November) from iTunes, Apple Music and Spotify. 

Following a sell-out run as part of The Turbine on the Jetty season, Hair The Musical (In Concert), directed by Arlene Phillips, will be at the London Palladium on Monday 16 November, for two performances only, before two performances at the Southampton Mayflower on the 19 & 20 November.

Turbine Theatre will present its concert version of the hippie musical Hair on November 16 at the London Palladium. 

The concert performance of Catfish The Musical will stream exclusively on the platforms Broadway On Demand and Stream.Theatre on Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1 at 7.30pm.

The Performing Arts sector has united in a social media protest to highlight the urgency for government help. Utilizing the hashtags #MoreThanViable #NotLowSkilled, creatives and fans are uploading highlights of their skills and support at exactly 19:30 (BST) 7th October.

Lucie Jones (Waitress; Rent) will headline the season finale on the 31st October with a Halloween special. Aimie Atkinson (Six; Pretty Woman) is also announced to headline on 24th October.

Sing away those Autumn blues this October with an incredible host of West End talent at West End Musical Drive In! Following the recently announced Godspell 50th anniversary concert screening spectacular (4th October), West End Musical Drive In has announced further casting for the month ahead, continuing to bring the UKa??s biggest musical celebration to sold-out audiences. 

The Barn Theatre is paying tribute to British musical theatre composers through their concert series! They have paid tribute to Amies & Clements, Elliot Davis, Finn Anderson, and Daniel and Laura Curtis.

The winner of the 2020 annual Stiles and Drewe Best New Song Prize will be announced during a 'virtual concert' and online ceremony on Sunday 5 July.

The Barn Theatre has announced that Busted and Son of Dork co-founder James Bourne will join an all-star West End line up for their third virtual concert, The Barn Theatre Presents: The Music of Elliot Davis, which will celebrate the work of Loserville composer Elliot Davis.

Stars from stage and screen unite from their homes to sing Scott Alan's 'You're Not Alone', sharing a message of hope to anyone feeling lonely, isolated, anxious or depressed during the COVID-19 crisis.

On the 11th November 2018, the 'To The Moon and Back' charity concert was held at The Other Palace - as part of this the then alternate Jamie in Everybody's Talking About Jamie, Luke Bayer sang 'Don't Even Know It', with backing vocals by Katharine Moraz (One Man, Two Guvnors, Avenue Q, Warhorse), Dan Buckley (Book of Mormon, Loserville, Eugenius) and Gabriel Mokake (Hamilton, Dreamgirls, The Colour Purple)

NO LIMITS, an exciting, brand-new song-cycle by Sam Thomas featuring a stellar cast, will run in the Studio at The Other Palace from Monday 30th November - Saturday 5th December 2020.

NO LIMITS, an exciting, brand-new song-cycle by Sam Thomas featuring a stellar cast will run in the Studio at The Other Palace from Monday 20th April - Sunday 26th April.

A newly revised version of Stephen Schwartz' and John-Michael Tebelak's Gospel musical Godspell will open at the Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre in Walthamstow from July 22nd until 2nd August 2020. This fully staged production will use the revisions and re-orchestrations from the critically acclaimed 2012 Broadway Revival.

Following the previously announced line up of new musicals for MTFestUK 2020, the full cast is announced below, production by production.

West End stars Alice Fearn and Emma Hatton will, for one night only, star in The Spark of Creation, a Gala Fundraiser celebrating the work of Stephen Schwartz, at Park Theatre, London on Sunday 19 January. Both actresses are known for playing the role of Elphaba in Schwartz's smash-hit musical Wicked. The evening is presented by Aria Entertainment and Hope Mill Theatre, while their production of RAGS The Musical (book by Joseph Stein, revised book by David Thompson, lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and music by Charles Strouse, directed by Bronagh Lagan) performs at Park Theatre, London from 9 January to 8 February 2020.

Michael Mather and Livvy Evans are to lead the extension cast of Soho Cinders at Charing Cross Theatre.

The Christmas season is officially underway at The Turbine. From Sunday 8 December a?" Sunday 22 December the Battersea Power Station based theatre launches their Christmas At The Turbine. Artistic Director Paul Taylor-Mills, has curated a series of special one-off events with some of the West End's most talented stars.

This year's line-up for Christmas with the Stars - the charity Christmas musical theatre concert in Covent Garden in the heart of the West End - is another star-studded musical feast of festive fun.