Graham Norton Hosts West End Bares

TheatreMAD (Make A Difference Trust) announced today that Graham Norton will host this years West End Bares to be held at Cafe De Paris on Sunday 20 September at 9.30pm and midnight.

Graham will join platinum selling artist and West End star of Memphis and The Bodyguard Beverley Knight, Ru Paul’s Drag Race winner Bianca Del Rio, comedian Joe Lycett, Strictly Come Dancing stars Robin Winsor and Lisa Riley, West End sensation Velma Celli and The Supreme Fabulettes, with music by Emmy award-winning composer and lyricist Lance Horne alongside Andrew Hayden Smith, Harriet Thorpe and TOWIE's Charlie King, as well as the casts of many West End shows.

Now in its 6th year, this annual event combines the naughtiness of burlesque along with the razzle dazzle of the West End featuring the hottest performers currently appearing in the West End. The evening is based on the original concept ‘Broadway Bares’ by legendary Broadway and West End director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids.

Jerry Mitchell - Broadway Bares Creator & Executive Producer / Director of Kinky Boots said today "This is the sixth incarnation of West End Bares and it’s growing and growing and growing. I can’t wait, I’m so excited - there’s nothing hotter than a dancer stripping! The thing that’s most important about the show and the Stripathon fundraising campaign is that it’s an opportunity for the London theatre community to come together and make a difference. All of us are fortunate to do what we love and it’s wonderful be able to help others. The money that’s raised goes to help people living with HIV and AIDS and that’s what’s fabulous about the West End Bares and MAD Trust and the great work they do. We’ll continue to produce the show until one day, we hopefully won’t have to do them anymore."

Each act this year is created around the theme “Take Off”, so all numbers have an airline theme. All the numbers are choreographed and costumed by the best of the West End’s talent and feature cast members from current West End shows.

BritishTheatre.com would like to encourage all our readers to support Darren Carnall in his attempt to raise funds for this great cause. Tickets to West End Bares are available from the Make A Difference Trust priced from £30