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Full line-up revealed for THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME at Lyric Theatre

The full line-up of performers has been revealed for There’s No Place Like Home at the Lyric Theatre on 22 October.

As previously announced, the evening celebrates the launch of The Charlie Kristensen Foundation by 13-year-old Charlie, a multi-award-winning anti-bullying campaigner, stage and screen actor and presenter of #MusicalChairs online chat show.

Joining the previously announced line-up of performers are Julie Atherton (Sister Act, Avenue Q), Anna-Jane Casey (Cabaret, Mother Goose) and Renée Lamb (SIX, Cake). The Ensemble now includes Connor Carson (The Phantom of the Opera), Lois Morgan Gay (The Pirate Queen), Emily Kitchingham (Scouts! The Musical), Nathan Lorainey-Dineen (Lordin) (& Juliet), Kaya Palmer and Amelia Walker (42 Balloons).

The glamorous Divina De Campo (RuPaul's Drag Race UK finalist) will now host the show as Jodie Prenger is regrettably now unable to do so due to her filming schedule).

They join the previously announced performers: Allyson Ava-Brown, Jenna Boyd, Allie Daniel, Jacob Fowler, Adrian Hansel, Dom Hartley-Harris, Sophia Nomvete, Mark Oxtoby, Bradley Riches, and Ella Vaday.

Charlie will share the première performance of his brand new charity single Beyond The Sky, written and composed by charity Patron Danyl Johnson and Justin Potter. Beyond The Sky will be released in Spring 2024.

There will also be performances from Sylvia Young Theatre School, The Alana Shirley Academy of Theatre Arts and Sing Space Musical Theatre Choir, and some surprise special celebrity guest appearances.

The musical concert will take the audience on a journey down the yellow brick road of Charlie’s imagination, to find the place where he belongs. There will be songs from The Wizard of Oz, Sister Act, Pippin, Mean Girls, Carousel and more.

The concert features direction by Dean Johnson, musical direction by Ellie Verkerk, script consultation and additional material by Beth Granville, choreography by Khiley Williams, lighting design by Joseph Ed Thomas, sound design by Josh Robins and projection design by Sam Diaz.

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