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Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe
English actor and singer
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Kerry Ellis
Kerry Ellis
English stage actress and singer
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Frances Ruffelle
Frances Ruffelle
English theatre actress and singer
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Mario Frangoulis
Mario Frangoulis
Greek singer
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Matt Lucas
Matt Lucas
English actor, comedian and screenwriter
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Rebecca Newman
Rebecca Newman
musical artist
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Johnny Flynn
Johnny Flynn
English musician and actor
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Margaret Keys
Margaret Keys
Irish opera singer
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Marti Webb
Marti Webb
English singer
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Shirley Bassey
Shirley Bassey
Welsh singer
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Lea Salonga
Lea Salonga
Filipina singer
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Herbert Kretzmer
Herbert Kretzmer
English journalist and lyricist
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Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Walsh
singer-songwriter
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David Arnold
David Arnold
English film composer
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Fra Fee
Fra Fee
actor, singer
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Madness
Madness
English ska band
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Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber
English composer and impresario of musical theatre (born 1948)
Michael Ball
English singer and actor

Michael Ball

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English singer and actor
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Awards Received
Laurence Olivier Award
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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Michael Ashley Ball OBE (born 27 June 1962) is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1989, he reached number Two in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything", a song taken from the musical Aspects of Love, where he played Alex. He played the role in London and on Broadway. His album Coming Home To You reached number one in the UK making it his 4th number one album to date. On 24 April 2020, Ball and Captain Tom Moore entered the UK Singles Chart at number one with a cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone", with combined chart sales of 82,000 making it the fastest-selling single of 2020 so far.

In 1992, Ball represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest, finishing second with the song "One Step Out of Time". In 1995, he reprised the role of Marius in Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert. His other West End roles include Giorgio in Passion (1997) and Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2002). He has twice won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He won in 2008 for his role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, and then in 2013 for the title role in the revival of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

Ball was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to musical theatre.