First pictures of Kerry Ellis as Grizabella in Cats the Musical
Kerry Ellis has joined the cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record-breaking musical Cats playing the role of Grizabella. Based on T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Cats returned to the West End last month with the original creative team – Director Trevor Nunn, Associate Director and Choreographer Gillian Lynne, Designer John Napier and Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber – reunited for the Palladium run. On just one special […]
Kerry Ellis – Tea With Wilma
West End leading lady Kerry Ellis is one of the most popular names in West End Theatre having starred in everything from We Will Rock You to Wicked where she recently reprised the role of Elphaba. Now, Kerry is taking on another iconic musical theatre role as Grizabella in Cats the Musical. I sat down […]
When good shows go bad – theatre disasters
This week, 78 year old actor Brian Blessed collapsed on stage with a suspected heart attack at the beginning of his performance of King Lear. He returned to the stage 20 minutes later, apologised for the interruption and performed the play. This got me thinking about some of those awful things that have happened on […]
Kerry Ellis and Lee Mead join forces for The Night of Electric Voices Charity Concert
In support of the Alan Jay Lerner Fund at The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity The London Coliseum | Sunday 1 March 2015 | 8.00pm Introduced by Sir Tim Rice Kerry Ellis, who takes over from Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella in the current West End smash-hit, Cats, will feature in The Night of Electric Voices on […]
RENT In Concert
Eight young people in New York. One year. Love, loss and life. Loosely based on Puccini’s La Boheme and challenging all manner of stereotypes, Rent is a musical with a strong cult following and it’s almost impossible to believe that it’s now 20 years old. In this concert performance, directed by Daniel Wood, the […]
Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis one of the West Ends leading ladies, having starred in pretty much everything! We Will Rock You, Wicked (both London and Broadway), My Fair Lady, Miss Saigon and Les Miserables (to name but a few). Kerry is in the middle of writing a new album, preparing for a UK tour with Brian May […]
Singular Sensations
Singular Sensations is a new series of interview and performance sessions (hosted by Ed Seckerson) which takes stars of musical theatre and talks to them in-depth and about their careers. Think Parkinson but with theatre people. Kerry Ellis was the first in this series. It was a nice informative and intimate session with some lovely […]
Kerry Ellis
Last night, queen of theatre Kerry Ellis, performed a one night only concert at the London Palladium. An incredibly stagey affair, opening with the wonderful Woman the Band, (4 women currently on tour with Billy Ocean) belting out wonderful arrangements of well known songs, with a distinct country music feel to them. I was blown […]
Rent In Concert
Wilmas Rating [rating=4] The 20th Anniversary tour of Rent In Concert made its second stop on the tour last night at London’s Hackney Empire, playing to a sold out audience of 1,300. With a star studded cast including Kerry Ellis, Nikki Davis Jones, Rory Taylor and Ian Stroughair, it is not surprising that the […]
Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis loved having Tea With Wilma so much in August 2012 that she recently came back for another cuppa and a chat about her upcoming Rent In Concert Tour, London Palladium Concert and week of shows at the Phesantry. We also chatted about her part in the Les Mis film and lots more! Check […]