VIDEO: Watch Interviews With The Cast of THE PIRATE QUEEN

On Thursday, 6 February, BroadwayWorld UK attended a special rehearsal press performance for the upcoming charity concert production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's The Pirate Queen, which plays at the London Coliseum on 23 February, with the proceeds going to Leukaemia UK.

The brilliant cast features Rachel Tucker, Hannah Waddingham, Daniel Boys, Jai McDowall, Steph Parry, Matt Pagan, Earl Carpenter and Emma Norman. We chatted to a few of them about the rehearsal process so far, the show itself and the charity it's benefitting.

Watch the video by West End Video!

Based on the real-life story of historical figure Grace O'Malley, an Irish Chieftain and notorious pirate, The Pirate Queen is an adventure chronicling the compelling, inspiring heroine who led an extraordinary life as a rogue, lover and mother in 16th-century Ireland. To protect her people and save her one true love, O'Malley must confront the one woman more powerful than her - her fierce rival, Queen Elizabeth I of England.

From the writers of Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, the show combines classic storytelling and a sweeping score with the powerful, vibrant traditions of Irish dance and song, to create a modern musical event that is both historic romance and a timeless epic.

The Pirate Queen opened on Broadway in 2007. This concert production marks its London debut.