Lloyd Webber to join Dee for song premiere

Published Friday 29 April 2005 at 12:55 by Jeremy Austin

Andrew Lloyd Webber will accompany Janie Dee at the world premiere of a song written with Ben Elton, during the opening night of her new cabaret show at the Shaw Theatre on May 4.

All the Love I Have was originally created for West End football musical The Beautiful Game. Elton has written new lyrics and Lloyd Webber has reorchestrated the number.

Dee, who appeared in Cats and won an Olivier for Best Actress for Carousel in 1993, said: “It’s just so beautiful, I literally swooned when he played it for me this week. To have Andrew play for me on my opening night is going to make it an unforgettable experience.”

The Shaw season, which runs until May 8, is Dee’s first since the birth of her second child. She last appeared in cabaret in a sell-out season at Pizza on the Park in 2004 and at the Divas at the Donmar season in 2002. Other West End appearances include Gershwin musical My One and Only, and Comic Potential, which she went on to perform on Broadway.

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