A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe was a one night only charity gala performance celebrating 25 years of songwriting by composers George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe.
Held at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End on Sunday 6th July 2008 in support of Mercury Musical Developments, a unique organisation working to nurture new British musical theatre writing.
Featuring a host of the West End's brightest talent, this enchanting evening of entertainment took the audience on a rollercoaster ride through the multitudinous twists and turns of George and Anthony’s illustrious career in the company of the names that have played key roles in their phenomenal success story to date.
Pop Idol and Dancing on Ice star Gareth Gates, making his West End debut, joined a cast of West End names including Olivier Award winners Joanna Riding, Clive Rowe and Leanne Jones, who recently won the award for Best Actress for her role in the West End production of Hairspray,
TV favourites Helena Blackman and Daniel Boys, cast members from the musical Wicked and not one but three of the leading ladies that have played Mary Poppins in the Disney and Cameron Mackintosh stage show.
Joining them were up and coming stars of the stage and an ensemble of sublimely talented young performers.
Flying at an exhilarating rate through a wealth of material, visiting Peter Pan’s Neverland, the farmyard of Honk! and the fairytale jungle of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So. Add an excursion with the world’s most famous nanny Mary Poppins, an exclusive preview of their new show Soho Cinders and world premières of even more brand new material and A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe certainly surprised and delighted in equal measure.
It also featured special guest appearances by Stiles and Drewe themselves. In a world first, this unprecedented gala performance offered a sumptuous, intimate setting as some of the finest musicians breathed life into an evening of song like no other.
Transporting you to worlds you never imagined and places you’ll long to explore, A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe captured the inherent wonder, warmth and innocence that flows through the quintessentially British essence of Stiles & Drewe. The live performance was captured on CD and can now be purchased.
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