Hosted by Joel Montague & Melanie La Barrie
Final guest artists have been announced for Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer, the one-night-only concert at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in London.
The concert, which takes place on Sunday 1 February 2026 at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, is in support of One For The Boys, the men’s health charity working to break the silence around male cancer.
It has now been announced that Tony Award-winner Alex Newell (Once on This Island in Concert, Shucked) is performing at the show, alongside West End stars and married couple Carrie Hope Fletcher (Waitress, Calamity Jane) and Joel Montague (Elf The Musical, Hamilton), who is also co-hosting the evening with already-announced star Melanie La Barrie (Hadestown).
The evening of music, solidarity and storytelling is led by Olivier Award-winning musical director Alan Williams (Evita), who will conduct a 20-piece orchestra, and directed by Rupert Hands (End of the Rainbow, Roam).
Details of some of the acts and songs have also been announced, including:
- For one night only, Olivier Award winner Tom Francis and Tony and Olivier Award winner Nicole Scherzinger will perform together again, following their acclaimed run in Sunset Boulevard in London and on Broadway
- Lucie Jones (Les Miserables) will perform the London debut of a song from new musical 13 Going on 30, based on the hit movie
- Ben Joyce (The Greatest Showman) will reprise a song from his celebrated role as Quasimodo at the recent The Hunchback of Notre Dame concert, singing Out There
- Jordan Luke Gage (Titanique) will perform songs from his new musical Redcliffe
- Other featured songs will be by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Lin Manuel Miranda, Alan Menken and more.
Performers who are already announced to appear at the Love Life concert include:
- Olivier Award-winners David Thaxton (Sunset Boulevard) and Giles Terera (Oh, Mary!, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest)
- Evita stars James Olivas, Diego Andrés Rodriguez, and Bella Brown (Into The Woods)
- Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom of the Opera)
- Christina Bennington (Heathers)
The creative team for the concert also includes lighting design by Peter Small, sound design by Sound Quiet Time (Rob Bettle and Sam Clarkson), and production management by Jack Boissieux.
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Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer is at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on Sunday 1 February 2026.
All proceeds go to charity One For The Boys.
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