ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER GALA

Friday 24 August at 1930

Radio 2 presents a special Friday Night Is Music Night Gala celebrating one of the giants of musical theatre - Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Denise Van Outen hosts an evening that focuses on Andrew's latest Top Ten - a decade of his most recent productions. With music from the new shows he's written and those he's revived and produced, including: "Bombay Dreams",  "Whistle Down the Wind",  "The Beautiful Game",  "Tell Me On A Sunday",  "The Woman in White",  "Evita",  "The Sound of Music" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat".

For this once in a lifetime event, the BBC and the Really Useful Group have worked together to present an extraordinary cast list.  Among the artists performing are: Lee Mead from "Joseph"; Connie Fisher from the "Sound of Music"; Stephen Gately, Preeya Kalidas, Raza Jaffrey. Elena Roger, Dean Collinson, Aoife Mullholland, Lorna Want and Duncan James.