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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
COMEDIAN Tom Allen and 007 Miss Moneypenny actress Samantha Bond are among an 80-strong cast preparing to bring A West End Christmas to audiences across the country.
The fundraising event for the Make A Difference Trust will premiere online on December 10 and will then be available over the next three days.
The showcase includes a 17-piece orchestra and stars from The Phantom of the Opera, Only Fools and Horses, Wicked, Come From Away as well as the West End Kids.
Go to stream. theatre for booking details.
ANYTHING GOES FOR MEGAN MULLALLY
WILL & GRACE TV star Megan Mullally, right, is to make her West End musical debut next May starring opposite Robert
Lindsay in a new revival of the award-winning Cole
Porter classic Anything Goes.
Megan says: “Anything really does go, is the thing, and I’m excited to be coming to London, where Robert Lindsay and I will promptly unleash ourselves upon that wonderful town for 15 weeks of farce and frolic.” The musical runs at the Barbican from May 8.
Ticket information from Anythinggoesmusical.co.uk
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL ON TOUR
BRITAIN’S Got Talent winner Jon Courteney, right, is heading out on tour next year with What’s It All About?
He is the first Golden Buzzer act to win the ITV contest and his debut UK tour runs from May. BGT judge David Walliams said of his act “...it’s funny, it’s touching, it’s unique”.
Tour details available from joncourtenay.com