X FACTOR STAR DANYL JOHNSON MAKES MUSICAL THEATRE DEBUT ALONGSIDE DARREN DAY AND RUTHIE HENSHALL IN 50TH ANNIVERSARY RUN OF GODSPELL — ONLINE!

By Rishma • On What is New

Danyl John­son, formerly of The  X‑factor, has joined a host of West End legends includ­ing Dar­ren Day and Ruth­ie Hen­shall for a very spe­cial 50th anniversary run of God­spell, which will take place between 27th and 29th August – online!

Coronavir­us might have brought the cur­tain down on UK theatre for now, but that won’t stop God­spell from cel­eb­rat­ing its land­mark birth­day! The pro­duc­tion will be stream­ing world­wide for three days in aid of three char­it­ies – Hope Mill Theatre, Act­ing For Oth­ers, and Nation­al AIDS Trust. 

For the first time ever, the pro­duc­tion will be filmed from the casts’ homes and edited togeth­er with strik­ing visuals.

Danyl was a final­ist in X‑factor 2009 and now hosts crit­ic­ally acclaimed pod­cast ‘Best Thing with Danyl John­son’ which has fea­tured a string of not­able guests includ­ing X‑factor win­ner Ben Haenow and theatre legend Jordan Luke Gage.

Speak­ing about his upcom­ing per­form­ance he said, “It’s a com­plete hon­our to be part of the 50th anniversary of God­spell. The cast is out of this world and every­one has worked so hard to put this show on. Being an online show means that every­one who buys a tick­et can watch and enjoy it in the com­fort of their own home, know­ing that they have raised money for char­ity as well. Lock-down meant that we were all glued to Net­flix, so this is a chance for every­body to watch some­thing new – some­thing which hasn’t, and which won’t be done again. This is my first music­al theatre appear­ance and I can’t wait to see it like every­one else.”

With a driv­ing mes­sage of hope and com­munity, God­spell is the acclaimed work of renowned com­poser Steph­en Schwartz (Wicked; Pip­pin; The Prince of Egypt) which tells a series of par­ables lead­ing up to the Pas­sion of Christ. To look towards a bright­er future post-lock­down, the con­cert will raise money for won­der­ful char­it­ies: Hope Mill Theatre (A Fact­ory of Cre­ativ­ity CIO), Act­ing For Oth­ers, and Nation­al AIDS Trust. Dir­ec­ted by award-win­ning Michael Strassen (Billy; Assas­sins), it will be filmed from the cast’s homes and edited togeth­er with strik­ing visu­al anim­a­tions. It is a reviv­al of God­spell like nev­er before, revamp­ing the show for the mod­ern tech­no­lo­gic­al age.

 

‘Best Thing with Danyl John­son is now avail­able for down­load here. Fans can catch Danyl in Hope Mill Theatre’s pro­duc­tion of God­spell online from 27th-29th August. Tick­ets are avail­able from the theatre’s website.’

 

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Rishma

Edit­or / PR Con­sult­ant at No Bounds
Rishma Dhali­w­al has extens­ive exper­i­ence study­ing and work­ing in the music and media industry. Hav­ing writ­ten a thes­is on how Hip Hop acts as a social move­ment, she has spent years research­ing and con­nect­ing with artists who use the art form as a tool for bring­ing a voice to the voiceless.

About Rishma

Rishma Dhaliwal has extensive experience studying and working in the music and media industry. Having written a thesis on how Hip Hop acts as a social movement, she has spent years researching and connecting with artists who use the art form as a tool for bringing a voice to the voiceless.