They can do nothing wrong! London Musical Theatre Orchestra have announced their 2018 season and it's epic! It features three musicals in concert: CAMELOT at the London Palladium; GIRLFRIENDS (starring Lucie Jones and Lauren Samuels) and the return of festive favourite A CHRISTMAS CAROL...
The London Musical Theatre Orchestra is conducted by founder Freddie Tapner, who said:
“It is a great privilege to be able to bring such a diverse range of stories to our audience across 2018, in what is our biggest and boldest season to date. What unites Camelot, Girlfriends and A Christmas Carol is the sensational music at the core of each show, which will be brought thrillingly to life by the London Musical Theatre Orchestra at each concert.”
Camelot
Lerner and Loewe’s musical, the winner of four Tony Awards, returns to the West End for the first time in over 30 years, playing at the London Palladium on 6 October 2018. Packed with some of musical theatre’s best songs, LMTO’s concert version with full orchestra will celebrate the centenary of Alan Jay Lerner’s birth.
Girlfriends
This musical by award-winning writer Howard Goodall (Bend It Like Beckham, The Hired Man) returns to London in concert form at the Bishopsgate Institute on 2 and 3 November 2018. An all-star cast is led by Lucie Jones as Lou (Legally Blonde, UK Eurovision Entrant 2017, Les Misérables) and Lauren Samuels as Amy (Bend It Like Beckham, Romantics Anonymous, We Will Rock You).
Howard Goodall said: “My musical Girlfriends was first seen in May 1986. It was one of the few musicals to have been written at that time which set out to create the sound of mainly women’s voices, in a (hopefully) stirring polyphony of strong, independent parts and I am pleased to say it has since been revived many times in many different incarnations. It celebrates women who made huge sacrifices in the struggle against fascism in the Second World War and whose spirit and fortitude are still an inspiration to us today.”
A Christmas Carol
Following on from the five-star sell-out successes in 2016 and 2017, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra returns to the Lyceum Theatre on 10 and 17 December 2018 with A Christmas Carol.
Charles Dickens’ classic tale gets the full Broadway treatment from the award-winning team of Alan Menken (Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin), Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical) and Mike Ockrent (Crazy For You, Me and My Girl).
