Home-grown star brings West End to Regis

Bognor-based Mitchell and three other singers are offering West End

In Concert at the Regis Centre on October 18 at 5pm.

He did a show at the venue last December for the British Heart Foundation, and he's appeared at the Regis Centre in panto.

But now he's bringing his own show there '“ and is keen to get an

audience for his late afternoon/early evening slot.

"The theatre is an amenity. If it doesn't get used, we will lose it. The council as sure as eggs are eggs will close it, and then it would take millions to open it again."

Mitchell has come up with a show he's confident will appeal: "There are four singers and it's a show we have been touring with now for about 15 years on ships, in cabaret and in theatres. It has toured all over the

country. It's a well-honed production.

"It's the musicals, the show stuff. The whole thing is, as the title says, the West End in concert.

"We are going for the more traditional things, the Rodgers and Hammerstein, the Rodgers and Hart, some Sondheim, some Bernstein, a bit of Webber and a bit of Lionel Bart.

"I think Joseph is the most modern show we do.

"There are extracts from about 15 or 16 shows. The first segment is Miss Saigon and South Pacific, which has an obvious connection.

"Then we have a little bit of narrative and then we move on to the next section which will be West Side Story.

"We usually take a ten-to-12 minutes section from each show. The fact there are the four of us means it is not just a succession of solos.

"We like to build up a scenario for each particular show."

Tickets on 01243 861010.

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