ACC Liverpool

Michael Ball

19 Jul 08

Concert: Arena

Ticket Prices: £27.50 £32.50 (a limited amount of Gold Circle tickets available)

Britain's leading musical star MICHAEL BALL, is coming to the Echo Arena on Saturday 19 July as part of the Summer Pops extravaganza! 

Michael will be performing a very special 'musicals spectacular' show, especially for the Liverpool audience.  He will be performing songs from his record breaking musical Hairspray as well as hit numbers taken from some of the world’s best-loved musicals. 

Michael Ball, has starred on Broadway and dominated many leading West End shows for over twenty years. A dynamic performer and charismatic talent, Michael has won critical acclaim and the hearts of the public with his numerous performances on stage, film and television. Michael's solo albums have all held commanding positions in the UK charts, all rapidly going gold within weeks of their release. 

This week he picked up an Olivier Award for the West End production of the musical Hairspray, which received a record-breaking 11 Olivier nominations. Hairspray, the high-spirited show based on John Waters’s 1988 cult film, won four awards, including Best Actor in a Musical for Michael.

Best known for the song 'Love Changes Everything' and musical theatre roles such as Marius in Les Misérables, Alex in Aspects of Love, Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and not forgetting Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. 

Michael last performed in Liverpool back in December, at The Royal Variety Performance, appearing in drag as the character Edna Turnblad, as part of the Hairspray cast: "I can't wait to be back in Liverpool this summer…without the dress and high heels this time!" said Michael.

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