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WOS TV: Michael Ball On ... Going from Edna to Sweeney

Date: 31 October 2011

Michael Ball is currently starring alongside Imelda Staunton in Sweeney Todd, which is hotly tipped to transfer to the West End next spring following its current run at Chichester Festival Theatre, where it finishes this week (5 November 2011).

Ball is a two-time Whatsonstage.com Award winner (for Hairspray and The Woman in White), while his other stage credits include originating the role of Marius in Les Miserables and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera and Aspects of Love.

Not only famed for his theatrical work, his concerts and albums share equal success. He is about to release his latest DVD, a recording of his Heroes Live tour, which comes out on 14 November (click here for your chance to win one of six copies in our Whatsonstage.com competition!)

Our video reporter Joe Pike recently travelled to Chichester for a chat with the great man to find out how he found going from Edna Turnblad to Sweeney Todd (a role he describes as "the biggest challenge of my career"), as well as hear his advice for young actors and his reflections on the highs and lows of a busy couple of years...

Six lucky people can get their hands on both the HEROES LIVE DVD and PAST AND PRESENT album simply by following the link to the Whatsonstage.com Facebook page and 'liking' Whatsonstage.com. Then just answer our easy Michael Ball competition question by clicking here.

- by Joseph Pike

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Review Round-up: Ball & Staunton impress with West End Sweeney Todd - 21st Mar 2012 roundup
1st Night Photos: Mitchell & Jones have close shave with Sweeney - 21st Mar 2012 photos
Sweeney Todd starstarstarstar - 21st Mar 2012 reviews
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Show Pics: New photos of Staunton & Ball in West End Sweeney Todd - 20th Mar 2012 photos
Will more of original Les Mis cast join Ruffelle & Wilkinson on big screen? - 27th Jan 2012 gossip
Chichester Sweeney Confirms West End Transfer, 20 Mar - 4th Nov 2011 news
Will Chichester Sweeney Cut it in the West End??? - 19th Oct 2011 gossip
Review Round-up: Chichester Sweeney a Cut Above? - 11th Oct 2011 roundup
Sweeney Todd (Chichester) starstarstarstar - 7th Oct 2011 reviews
Photos: CFT Unveil Ball & Staunton Sweeney Todd - 30th Sep 2011 photos
Photos: Michael Ball & Imelda Staunton Rehearse Sweeney Todd - 23rd Sep 2011 photos
Cast: Tucker & Crawford Extend, Full CFT Sweeney - 2nd Aug 2011 news


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So the transfer to the Adelphi seems to be pretty certain - hope he's got over that cold by then. - David Baxter

01 Nov 11


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