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Brian Conley, Anita Dobson and Lisa Riley among celebrity hosts for West End Bares

Brian Conley
Brian Conley

Brian Conley, Jane Macdonald, Robin Windsor, Anita Dobson, Lisa Riley and Harriet Thorpe will be among the celebrity hosts of this year’s charity strip-a-thon West End Bares.”

The annual event, which raises money for former WhatsOnStage Awards partner charity TheatreMAD, is being held on Sunday (1 September) at the West End’s Cafe de Paris.

Press material promises “ten
of
the
UK’s
top
choreographers
putting
over
100
of
the
hottest
male
and
female
dancers
through
their
paces,
in
a
fully
costumed
burlesque
spectacular
All
The
Fun
Of
The
Bare
.

As well as the site of West End stars getting down to their smalls, the evening will also feature an auction of ‘celebrity customized pants’, designed by names including Kate Winslet, Joanna Lumley and Graham Norton.

A charity calendar will also be launched, featuring the scantily clad casts of West End shows including Wicked, Les Miserables and Mamma Mia!.

West
End
Bares

takes
place
on
Sunday
with
two
shows:
21:30
and
Midnight.
Tickets
are
available
for
both
at
www.madtrust.org.uk