Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2010

Show

Terry Alderton

Host

Essex-born Terry Alderton, one of the most outstanding and unpredictable comics in the UK today, is best-known for his exubert, loose-limbed, physical comedy performances. His improvisation, enormous stage presence, total disregard for conventions, vocal dexterity and stunningly accurate impressions makes him a unique and innovative performer, with fellow comedian and fan Eddie Izzard commenting on his ‘fantastic comedy mind’.

Alongside his recent sell-out tour, Alderton has also proved himself as a versatile actor with parts in “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels”, “London’s Burning”, “The Bill” and “Holby City”.

Orchestral Performers

Orchestral performers Kathy Garner, Nick Ashby, Matthew Ibbotson, Eliot Alderman, Edwin Pitt Mansfield and Eleanor Minney will be performing hit West-End broadway classics such as Phantom of the Opera, ‘All that Jazz’ from Chicago and The Lion King’s ‘Circle of Life’.

Garner, Mansfield and Minney all graduated from Trinity College of Music whilst Ashby studied music at the University of York and Ibbotson graduated from Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Alderman graduated from the Royal Academy of Music’s Opera Course with an MA at Distinction level; he was also awarded the DipRAM, the Academy’s highest award for Postgraduate study.

Collectively they have starred in ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, Donizetti’s ‘L’Elisir d’amore’, ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Les Miserables’, amongst many others.