West End stars rally for New Mills-born performer

Top singers from the West End are banding together in support of a fellow performer who was diagnosed with cancer of the tongue.

Artistes will stage a WEST END Fight Against Cancer Concert to raise money for Christies Hospital on Sunday, November 23, at the Art Theatre, New Mills where their colleague and friend, Tom Moss, started his career.

Born and raised in New Mills, Tom, pictured, met most of the concert’s singers while touring in Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Les Miserables.

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He was diagnosed with cancer in 2013 and underwent radical surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy to try and beat the disease, only to suffer a secondary tumour this year.

Twenty professional singers, all of whom have played leading roles in the West End, will perform in the concert. They include Phil Cavill (longest serving Jean Val Jean in Les Misérables); Julia Worsley currently appearing in The Commitments at London’s West End Palace Theatre and Shaun Kerrison, performer and director of musicals such as Shrek, My Fair Lady, The Magic of Disney concert for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in Hyde Park, and many more.

The programme covers songs from musical theatre, film and opera including Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Tosca, Gypsy, Mamma Mia, West Side Story, Frozen, My Fair Lady, Company, Oliver, Chicago.

Musical director is Fiz Shapur and the producer/director is Paul Monaghan, the latter appearing in Cats at the London Palladium.

Tickets for the concert are £25 or boxes, seating five £125. Contact 01663 742 951

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