Andrew Lloyd Webber and his brother Julian will join dozens
of other theatre luminaries to pay tribute to late-Ian Adam at his memorial
concert on February 24 at Her Majesty's Theatre on Haymarket in London.
The Webber brothers will be performing publicly together for
only the second time in their lives. They are going to play Andrew's "Pie
Jesu" along with a surprise piece.
Ian Adam's last project before he died was as Helena Bonham
Carter's vocal coach on Sweeney Todd.
Warner Bros. will provide scenes from the film to be shown on-stage, introduced
by Carter.
Ian Adam, who sadly
passed away in May 2007, believed that he could teach anyone to sing and
proceeds from the event will go towards a project called 'Singing for
Breathing' that aims to help patients with respiratory problems at Royal
Brompton Hospital, where Ian was treated for many years.
The concert, entitled
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" is directed and staged by Gillian Lynne.
Those paying tribute to Ian on the night will include Sir Roger Moore, Jeremy
Irons, Helena
Bonham Carter, Elaine Page, Wayne Sleep, Bonnie
Langford and Gloria Hunniford to name but a few. Singer, Peter French, is
producing the concert and will also appear alongside the stellar cast.
Other guests expected to
attend include Sally Ann Howes
(to perform "Send In The Clowns" from A Little Night Music), Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent,
Anthony Andrews, Robert Bathurst, Christopher Biggins, Isla Blair, Don
Black, Peter
Bowles, Lorraine Chase, Maurice Clarke, Richard
Clifford, Tom
Conti, Martin
Crewes, Lorna Dallas, Anton Do Beke, Elaine Delmar, Camilla Dallerup, Edward
Fox, Peter French, Susan George, Hannah Gordon, Nickolas Grace, David Greer,
Georgina Hale, Susan Hampshire, Anita Harris, Patricia Hodge,
Gloria Hunniford, Jeremy Irons,
Clive James, Fiona Kennedy, David Kernan, Peter Land,
Denis Lawson, Helen Lederer, Maureen Lipman,
Gillian
Lynne, Simon MacCorkindale, Siobhan McCarthy, Hilton McRae, Robert
Meadmore, Sarah Miles, Jonathon Morris, Sir Roger Moore, Sian Phillips,
Jonathan
Pryce, Jan Ravens, Liz Robertson,
Greta Scaachi, Gay Soper, David Soul, Terence Stamp, Una Stubbs, Ian Waite, and
Susanah York.
Money raised through the
concert will go towards the newly created Ian Adam Memorial Fund called
'Singing for Breathing'. The aim of the fund is to help staff at Royal Brompton
Hospital to incorporate
singing training into the physiotherapy and pulmonary rehabilitation programmes
given to respiratory patients treated at the hospital. A previous pilot project
organised by the hospital's arts department showed huge potential for singing
to improve breathlessness and breathing control for patients with asthma,
chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and emphysema.
Tickets are now on sale for "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing"
and can be purchased via the See Tickets website at www.seetickets.com or by calling 0844 412 4657. Tickets to
sell quickly.
