Joe Stilgoe & Metropole Orkest - Theatre (2022)

PLEASE NOTE THE RELEASE DATE FOR THIS RELEASE IS 29th APRIL. Joe Stilgoe is a true modern-day entertainer, known as a performer of wit, style and a level of musicianship that has seen him recognised as one of the best singer-pianists in the world.

This album is Joe's love letter to the theatre. Each song has been chosen or written with the aim of transporting the listener straight into that hushed auditorium, ready to be absolutely steamrollered by the mixture of emotions experienced, as the lights go down and the curtain goes up. Theatre is Joe's ninth studio album and continues Joe's genius for taking great songs from the past and giving them an exciting and relevant new spin that makes them sound as if they were just written. Theatre turns the spotlight on some of the greatest songwriters past and present from Kander & Ebb, Kurt Weil and Stephen Sondheim to Pasek & Paul.

Theatre was recorded with the world-famous Metropole Orkest and with a host of guest artists including Simon Callow, Anna-Jane Casey, Louise Dearman, recent Olivier-nominee Omari Douglas, Hadley Fraser, Le Gateau Chocolat, Jason Manford, Trevor Dion Nicholas, Jamie Parker and Rebecca Trehearn.