The full creative team, band, singers and dancers who will be joining Oscar, BAFTA, and SAG Award winning actor, singer, and dancer Ariana DeBose in Concert at the London Palladium on 1 April have been announced.

Musical director Benjamin Rauhala will be joined by band members Robyn Brown on bass, Dave Hornberger on cello, Kobi Pham on guitar, Zach Okonkwo on drums, Ryan C Quigley on trumpet and flugelhorn and Kate Ingram on saxophone, flute and clarinet. Backing vocals will be performed by Allie Daniel and Claudia Kariuki, with choreography by Aaron Renfree and dancers Ché Barrett-Davis, Alex Brown, Jo Dyce and Gracie Gledhill.

Ariana DeBose won the 2022 Academy Award ®️, British Academy Film Award, Screen Actors Guild and Critics’ Choice Awards for her performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. She also recently hosted the 2022 Tony Awards to critical acclaim and has starred in the hit television series Schmigadoon! for Apple TV+, Ryan Murphy’s film adaptation of The Prom for Netflix, and HBO’s hit series Westworld. Upcoming film projects include Disney’s animated feature film Wish, Kraven the Hunter (Sony), Argylle (Apple), and the independent feature I.S.S. She is currently in production on the Blumhouse psychological thriller House of Spoils for Prime Video. Her Broadway credits include Hamilton, Bring It On, Company, Pippin and her Tony Award nominated performance in Summer: The Donna Summer Musical.

Ariana DeBose: Live in Concert will feature lighting by Jack Weir and sound by Paul Smith for Apex Acoustics. 

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