Ria Jones: In Good Company

In a series of conversations and songs to celebrate some of the fellow performers and creatives she’s had the pleasure of working with over her 44-year career in theatre, Ria Jones hosts an intimate evening ‘In Good Company’. Promising a memorable and thoroughly enjoyable show filled with stories and shared experiences in showbusiness over a career as diverse as playing Norma Desmond, Eva Peron and Grizabella to Miss Adelaide, Reno Sweeney and Mrs Overall.

Joining Ria for this edition will be multi-hyphenate creative Vincenzo Lodato, spanning media and genres from blockbuster film merchandising to painting with a passion for theatre and cabaret, and fellow leading lady, Sue Kelvin, who’s career includes countless West End favourites, fringe theatre gems and a passion project-turned hit show built on her boundless love for Bette Midler… certain to be very good company indeed!

A leading lady for over 40 years, Ria has played some of musical theatre’s most iconic and coveted roles, travelled the world as a renowned concert artist and made herself equally at home intimately accompanied just by piano in her warm and personal cabaret shows.

From the youngest actress to play Eva Peron in Evita to playing far beyond her years as Mrs Overall in Victoria Wood’s Acorn Antiques The Musical, she’s perhaps best known for her performances in Sunset Boulevard having created the role of Norma Desmond in the original workshops and enjoyed renewed success 25 years later at the London Coliseum and leading the UK/European tour.

Other theatre highlights include Gypsy, Guys & Dolls, Cats, Les Miserables, Chess, Anything Goes, Victor/Victoria, The Witches of Eastwick, Joseph, Into the Woods, High Society, A Little Night Music, Jerry’s Girls and Fourteen Again.