West End favourite Michael Ball recently starred in the West End revival of Aspects of Love at the Lyric Theatre in London.
For 30 years Michael has been starring in musical theatre productions in the West End and on Broadway winning critical acclaim and awards for his stage work and recording career. He is a double Olivier Award winner, multi-platinum recording artist and radio and TV presenter.
In what seems like an impossibly long and successful career he has moved from the hot young star of Les Mis and Aspects of Love, to comic master in shows like Hairspray, to mass murderer in Sweeney Todd.
Michael Ball continues to exceed all expectations of what Britain’s leading man of musical theatre should be about.
Michael Ball’s previous theatre roles
Michael made his West End debut as Marius in the original London cast of Les Misérables; he starred in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love in the West End and on Broadway, in the London production of Stephen Sondheim’s Passion and as Caractacus Potts in the West End musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
He won his first Olivier Award for his performance as Edna Turnblad in the smash hit musical Hairspray and his second Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his critically acclaimed lead role in Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Michael most recently starred as Edna Turnblad in the West End revival of Hairspray and as Javert in Les Misérables The All-Star Staged Concert – this spectacular staging of the legendary concert, previously seen in London at the Royal Albert Hall and the O2 Arena ran at the Gielgud Theatre for 16-weeks in 2019. Prior to this production he starred as Anatoly in the first major West End production of Chess , and as Mack Sennett in Chichester Festival Theatre’s UK tour of Mack and Mabel.
Alex Jones and Ronan Keating catch up with the stars of the Eurovision semi-final, chat to Michael Ball, and meet the off-road e-rally drivers racing in extreme locations.
(Alex Jones and Ronan Keating, BBC's The One Show, 10/05/2023) - The interviewAged 60, the singer is set to star in the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical that made his name 34 years ago
(Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 03/05/2023) - The interview
