Kerry Ellis News

Go on a thrilling ride full of wonder and excitement this spring, as the world premiere of Ready, Steady, GO! races into Polka's Adventure Theatre.  Written and directed by Polka's Artistic Director Peter Glanville, this production takes audiences on a journey of the natural world by bike, whilst exploring the precious bond between a mother and her young daughter.

Kicking off the month on January 1st is the 1945 musical comedy film Ziegfeld Follies, featuring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Fanny Brice, Lena Horne and more. The How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying film, based on the musical of the same name, is set to debut on January 4th.

West End and Broadway favourite Marisha Wallace will join fellow headliners Kerry Ellis (We Will Rock You, Wicked, Oliver!), Lee Mead (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Wicked, Legally Blonde the Musical) and Cassidy Janson (&Juliet, Beautiful: The Carol King Musical, Avenue Q) at Gaiety Musical Theatre Festival on Sunday 1st May 2022.

Musical theatre writing duo Gina Georgio and James Beeny of Toy Soldier Productions are thrilled to announce their latest project, LADY M.

West End stars Christine Allado, Kerry Ellis, John Owen-Jones, Natalie McQueen and Kayi Ushe will be joining the composing icon on stage for  FRANK & FRIENDS – The Music of Frank Wildhorn at the Cadogan Hall on Sunday 16 January 2022 at 6.30pm.

The full cast joining Broadway star Jeremy Jordan in the sell-out BONNIE AND CLYDE IN CONCERT has been announced. The concert will take place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Monday 17 and Tuesday 18 January 2022.

Broadway star EDEN ESPINOSA will be performing a solo concert at the Cadogan Hall on Friday 8 April 2022 at 7.30pm.  Tickets are on general sale from Friday 5 November at 11.00am.

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.