Michael Bruce is the most commercially promising new composer of the last four decades. His debut album Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs, on which he is joined by a plethora of talent that encapsulates the future of the West End, will be launched with a live concert on Sunday 20 March at the West End's opulent and prestigious Delfont Room at the Prince of Wales Theatre. Songs from the album will be performed, and a very special treat revealed.
Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs will feature
Anna-Jane Casey, Avenue Q's
Julie Atherton and
Paul Spicer, Wicked stars
Mark Evans,
Alexia Khadime,
Ashleigh Gray and
Sarah Earnshaw, award-winning West End favourite
Daniel Boys, newly crowned Glinda in The Wizard of Oz
Emily Tierney, Mamma Mia's
Alex Jessop, We Will Rock You's
Ross Hunter, Spring Awakening's
Charlotte Wakefield, ‘I'd Do Anything' stars
Sarah Lark (Oliver) and
Jessie Buckley (A Little Night Music), and double Olivier Award nominee
Michael Xavier (Love Story). The album will be available for the first time at the Delfont Room at an exclusive pre-release price, ahead of its release on Monday 21 March. Michael will be joined at the launch by a selection of the artists featured on the recording.
In addition to the launch of the album, the evening will include a visual feast of fantastic fairytale fabulosity, specially commissioned by Speckulation Entertainment to coincide with the release. Featuring famous stars of stage and screen, this unprecedented offering will be full of surprises, shocks, twist and turns, creating a never-to-be-forgotten moment of musical theatre history.
Michael Bruce is currently composing the music for the
Sonia Friedman produced
David Tennant and
Catherine Tate star vehicle Much Ado About Nothing at the Wyndham's Theatre, having recently written the score for
Josie Rourke's acclaimed production of Men Should Weep at the
National Theatre. He is Resident Composer at London's
Bush Theatre and orchestrator of the current Confused.com TV ad campaign featuring the well-known songs Somebody to Love and Chain Reaction.
Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs is produced by Neil Eckersley &
Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment, with musical direction and orchestrations by
Michael Bruce.
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Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs now at
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TRACK LIST
The track listing for
Michael Bruce: Unwritten Songs is:
1. Don't Wanna Leave You Now -
Ross Hunter2. Even Then -
Paul Spicer3. I Want a Man -
Sarah Lark &
Sarah Earnshaw4. Someplace Beyond the Moon -
Charlotte Wakefield5. Money Honey -
Mark Evans6. Continental -
Emily Tierney7. Away -
Alex Jessop8. It's Not Gonna Rain -
Jessie Buckley9. The Musical Theatre Song -
Anna-Jane Casey10. My Kind of World -
Ashleigh Gray11. Portrait of a Princess -
Julie Atherton12. Looking Back -
Daniel Boys &
Alexia Khadime13. Unwritten Song -
Michael Xavier