Summer Strallen, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Sandra Marvin, Matt Wycliffe & more for next West End Fest; full line-up announced

The full line-up has been announced for the next West End Fest charity concert named Summer Camp.

The show takes place on Sunday 29th June 2014 at the St Pauls Actors Church in Covent Garden. West End stars will perform songs from Broadway shows which haven't (yet) been seen in London. All proceeds will be donated to Cardiac Arrest in the Young (CRY).

The full line-up includes: Rebecca Trehearn, Rob Houchen, Jordan Lee Davies, Ceili O'Connor, Sandra Marvin, Jodie Steele, Maria Coyne, Ian Stroughair, George Ure, Rosie Ladkin, Gabriel Mokake, Jodie Jacobs, Alice Fearn, Dougie Carter, Ross William Wild, Matt Wycliffe, Sophia Ragavelas, Lisa-Anne Wood, Claudia Kariuki, Kieran Brown, Sabrina Aloueche and Scott Garnham.

Review: Chicago at the Leicester Curve Theatre

Chicago
Leicester Curve Theatre
Reviewed on Saturday 21st December 2013

Despite running in the West End for nearly fifteen years, I was one of the very few people who had never seen Chicago on stage, so as soon as Leicester Curve's Artistic Director Paul Kerryson announced he was directing a brand new production, with musical direction by Ben Atkinson and choreography by Drew McOnie, I knew I had to see it.

The Curve’s production uses the original 1975 script and, in the words of the show's leading lady Gemma Sutton (during a recent interview with What's On Stage), "there are no fishnets, no string vests and no black chairs.”

Chicago transported me to musical theatre heaven – the show is injected with style, flair and character, but also doesn't take itself too seriously. Chicago, which is one of the sexiest musicals ever written, revolves around scintillating sinners Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly who, as well as desiring freedom from jail, crave fame... which is where lawyer Billy Flynn comes in. Flynn manipulates the press, turning his clients into overnight stars.