The Leicester Square Theatre Lounge will host a launch concert on Sunday April 13 for "Words Shared With Friends", an album of songs with an eclectic and international mix of musical styles (pop, rock and musical theatre from the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, Israel & the USA) composed by Christopher J. Orton, Ben Messenger, Joe Sterling, Jonathan Eio, Filip von Uexkull, Tristan Bons, Omri Lahav, Dean Heller and Ty Kroll - and lyrics written or co-written by lyricist Robert Gould.
Robert Gould's musical theatre writing credits include Book and Lyrics for the epic Welsh historical musical "My Land's Shore" (a finalist in 2013's Search For A Twitter Composer at the Soho Theatre) and "Grace Notes" (a finalist in the Leicester Square Theatre New Musical Project 2014) and his lyrics feature on the previously released albums "My Land's Shore", "Somewhere In My Mind", "More With Every Line" and "Surrounded By The Sounds".
Bob has been privileged to have worked with some of the best vocal talent in West End/Off-West End musical theatre and the vocals on the songs included on the album are provided by some of these singers, including: Will Barratt (Jersey Boys, Sweeney Todd, The Phantom Of The Opera, Les Miserables), Andrew Bateup (Joseph), Kieran Brown (Pipe Dream, Phantom, Wicked, Love Never Dies), Jordan Lee Davies (Molly Wobbly, The Secret Garden In Concert, BBC 1's The Voice), Jonathan Eio (Spring Awakening, Into The Woods), Sarah Galbraith ([Title Of Show], Chess, Steel Pier, The Phantom Of The Opera), Carolyn Maitland (Miss Saigon, From Here To Eternity, Kiss Me Kate, Legally Blonde), Shaun McCourt (Miracle On 34th Street, Joseph), Ceili O'Connor (Evita, Crazy For You, The Wizard Of Oz), Kit Orton (Tom, Dickens Abridged, Spamalot, The Hired Man), Laura Pitt-Pulford (The Light Princess, Mack And Mabel, Parade, Sunset Boulevard), Jos Slovick (Once, Soho Cinders, Spring Awakening), Jodie Steele (Fame, Bare, Rent), Joe Sterling (Honk!, The Jungle Book), Ben Stott (Cool Rider, Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, Wicked), Rebecca Trehearn (Ghost, Love Story, Dirty Dancing, We Will Rock You), and Benjamin Vivian-Jones (Suessical, HMS Pinafore).
Rebecca Trehearn, Shaun McCourt, Carolyn Maitland, Jordan Lee Davies, Kieran Brown and Joe Sterling will also perform at the launch concert, where they will be joined by special guest performers Lauren Ingram (From Here To Eternity, Joseph), Kane Oliver Parry (The Light Princess, We Will Rock You) and Keith Ramsay (who was recently a recipient of the Craig Dodd Prize for Best Actor at the Union Theatre in 2013 for his performance in the title role in Don Black & John Barry's musical Billy and whose TV credits include New Tricks and Shetland).
The launch concert will feature songs from the Words Shared With Friends album plus some "bonus" performances of songs from the musical My Land's Shore (written by Christopher J. Orton and Robert Gould) and songs Robert Gould wrote with singer-songwriter Joe Sterling for his album Somewhere In My Mind.
WORDS SHARED WITH FRIENDS - album launch concert:
Leicester Square Theatre Lounge Sunday April 13, commencing at 5.30pm
Tickets £10
http://bob8rich.wix.com/words-shared-launch
WORDS SHARED WITH FRIENDS - album release:
Monday April 14 Label: Auburn Jam Music
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