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A fun-packed musical theatre weekend bringing together theatre-lovers

from all over the UK, led by West End professionals

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Spend a weekend doing what you love, with people who love it too

𝐉𝐨𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐨𝐧 - star of Strictly Come Dancing and Musical Theatre - has starred as Morticia in𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 and Janet in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸, as well as lead roles in 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘛𝘰𝘱 𝘏𝘢𝘵, and 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 alongside her brother Kevin.

 

A professional Ballroom Champion, Joanne joined 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 as one of the professional dancers in 2014. In 2017 she was crowned winner with partner Ore Oduba.

𝐋𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 - this West End superstar shot to West End fame when he played Jamie in 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺'𝘴 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘦, and gained a HUGE fanbase. Since then Luke has been in 𝘔𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴, 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴 20𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘚𝘰𝘩𝘰 𝘊𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, countless concert performances, and most recently a one-man show 𝘋𝘐𝘝𝘈: 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭!

 

With his immense talent and gorgeous nature, Luke is one of the most loved and respected performers in the industry.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 - name a show and Shaun has probably been in it... and he's joining us at West End Weekend!

 

Shaun's list of credits is as long as Les Mis (which coincidentally he was in...), but they include: Mungojerrie and Skimbleshanks in 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴; Sam in 𝘖𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘢, and Naphtali in the fantastic film 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 & 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵 as well as 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘬, 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘯, 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘵, 𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳, 𝘈𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 - and that isn't even the end of it!

𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 - the West End leading lady will be joining us for a Special Guest performance.

 

Emma’s impressive credits include Elphaba in 𝘞𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, Grizabella in 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘴, Eva Peron in 𝘌𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢 and Scaramouche in 𝘞𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘠𝘰𝘶.

She is also a lead vocalist with the incredible 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘑𝘶𝘬𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘹, and opened for 𝘑𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 at the Royal Albert Hall.

​Musical Theatre writers 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐲-𝐇𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 & 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 are also known for their political satire and comedy songs on TikTok. They’ve wracked up over 108k followers, appeared on TV, and  provided music for various advertising campaigns.

 

Carey-Hills & Hendricks were commissioned to write 𝘛𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, which went into workshop stage last summer and starred Alice Fearn. They are also the writers behind 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 - a comedy musical listed by the Evening Standard as one of the Top 10 New Musicals. They also regularly host showtune singalongs at the renowned 𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 at the Hippodrome.

Friday:

Optional evening drinks

 

Saturday:

Warm Up, fun workshops; lunch; Musical Theatre Masterclasses;

 bubbles on the terrace, 3 course Table d'hôte meal; Gala Night

Sunday:

Breakfast; a showtune singalong

Returning to
 BOURNEMOUTH
9th-11th June 2023
Hosted at the beautiful Marsham Court Hotel

More dates and venues to be added!

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