”For Good – A Musical Theatre Benefit Concert Celebrating the Life of Lewis Sewell” announced

A gathering of West End stars will join forces later this month in memory of Lewis Sewell.

Whilst training to become an actor, Sewell sadly passed away in 2020 due to an aggressive form of cancer and since then, the Lewis Sewell Memorial Trust has been established in his name. The concert entitled For Good – A Musical Theatre Benefit Concert Celebrating the Life of Lewis Sewell will be staged in aid of the charity.

Produced by Mark Robert Petty and hosted by David Wilkes, the event will feature songs from beloved musicals, including Wicked, Moulin Rouge!, Les Misérables, The Book of Mormon, The Greatest Showman, Dear Evan Hanson, Mamma Mia!, The Phantom Of The Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar.

Under the musical direction of Tom Arnold, the line-up of performers includes:
Nikki Bentley (Wicked, Ghost, Shrek, Spamalot, Mamma Mia!)
Laura Pick (Wicked, Anyone Can Whistle, The Sound of Music)
Samantha Thomas (Wicked, Les Misérables)
Charli Baptie (Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story)
Ollie Wray (Les Misérables)
Nick McLean (Annie Get Your Gun, Wicked, Avenue Q, The Book Of Mormon)
Carl Man (& Juliet, Starlight Express, We Will Rock You, Wicked, Aladdin)
Olivia McBeth (recording artist)
Alexander Lodge (The Book of Mormon, Titanic, Tick Tick…BOOM!, The Osmonds)
Georgia Lennon (The Osmonds, Lady Chatterley’s Lover)
Sophie Isaacs (Six, Pantoland at the Palladium, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Heathers, Kinky Boots, Made In Dagenham)
Jo Napthine (Mamma Mia!, Jerry Springer – The Opera, The Woman In White, The Sound Of Music, Oliver!, Made In Dagenham, Kiss Me, Kate, Les Misérables, Urinetown)
Anna Stolli (Mamma Mia!, Kinky Boots, Little Women)
Sorelle Marsh (Mamma Mia!, Come From Away, Legally Blonde, Billy Elliott)
Kara Lily Hayworth (Cabaret, Cilla, Maggie May)
Kris Hedges-Manuel (The Phantom of the Opera, Matilda the Musical, Billy Elliot, Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever, Crazy For You)

There will also be appearances by the West End Gospel Choir, Laine Theatre Arts and the Royal Central School Of Speech and Drama and a new plaque will be unveiled during the show in Sewell’s honour.

The concert takes place on Saturday, 22 April at 7:30pm, with tickets on sale at https://actorschurch.org/whatson/for-good-a-musical-theatre-benefit-concert-celebrating-the/