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 the last show in this year’s In Good Company series is her dearest friend Sally Ann Triplett. Ria first worked with Sally aged 16 in the musical Godspell and also in her West End debut, the hit musical Chess. Recently they both starred together in the critically acclaimed musical Fourteen Again with songs by Victoria Wood and book by Tom MacRae (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie). Ria and Sally share a strong connection with Victoria Wood having both starred and worked with her on Acorn Antiques The Musical.
This show shouldn’t be missed- it’s very rare these two leading ladies join forces to share stories and songs from their illustrious careers, each chalking up over 40 years in the business.
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.
