Sondheim Society Prize 2007 for Student Performer of the Year

The Venue Theatre Leicester Square London, Sunday May 13th 2007, 4pm

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The Stephen Sondheim Society is delighted to announce this exciting and unique event (with multilpe Olivier Award winner Philip Quast on the the judging panel)

We are gathering together twelve of the top students from the major UK performing arts schools to provide an outstanding evening of entertainment in the heart of London’s West End.

This substantial bursary prize is being established to recognise exceptional achievement in musical theatre performance, and will be awarded to a UK performing arts student with a particular passion for the works of Stephen Sondheim.

The students will of course, be performing a varied selection of Sondheim numbers.

In addition, because Mr Sondheim is an ardent promoter of excellence in new writing, he has requested that works by new UK composers and lyricists are also included in the programme. Working with Mercury Musical Developments (a major supporter of new musical theatre writing) an extensive portfolio of new songs has been compiled- each of the students will be performing one of these works, in addition to their Sondheim song.

We are honoured to have a panel of three experienced, highly respected judges:

Julia McKenzie, Edward Seckerson and Philip Quast: each of whom is closely associated with the works of Sondheim.

This guarantees to be an extraordinarily entertaining and exciting evening of entertainment - it will certainly be a positive and supportive event for all the participating students, allowing them to showcase their talent in The West End.

(be assured that there are no eliminations, no public votes, and certainly no destructive comments by our professional and appreciative judging panel!)

The Winner is :

Congratulations to Carl Au, currently studying at ArtsEd, for his triumphant success in winning the first Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year.

Judges Julia McKenzie, Philip Quast and Edward Seckerson, along with the audience, were all tremendously impressed with Carl's talent.


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