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Casting for charity fundraiser Rags The Musical

For one night only, on Monday 28th April at 7.30pm, you can catch Rags The Musical at London’s Lyric Theatre. All proceeds raised by the performance will be donated to Centrepoint, the UK’s leading charity for homeless young people.

The cast is studded with West End performers, including Caroline Sheen (Les Misérables, The Witches of Eastwick, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Grease and Mary Poppins, UK and US tours) Graham MacDuff (Spamalot, Carousel, Chicago and Guys & Dolls), Matt Zimmerman (best known as the voice of Alan Tracy in Thunderbirds); Leila Benn Harris (The Phantom of the Opera); James Yeoburn (Macbeth, Payback); Jenny Logan (Velma Kelly in the first British production of Chicago); Tim Rogers (Whistle down the Wind, Aspects of Love and The Full Monty); and Bash Croft (Oliver , Matilda).

Other members of the cast are Amelia Adams-Pearce , Ben Stock , Marc Joseph and Danny Whitehead as well as an ensemble of singers and dancers from the Arts Educational School and an orchestra on stage of 11.

Tickets are available starting at only £20. See www.ragsinconcert.com or call The Lyric Theatre on 0844 412 4661.

Charles Strouse (Annie , Bye Bye Birdie , Applause), Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Godspell, Pippin) and Joseph Stein (Fiddler on the Roof, Zorba, Take Me Along) combined their talents to write this musical in which America did not live up to the dreams of immigrants.

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Greg Jameson
Greg Jameson
Book editor, with an interest in cult TV.

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