Foolishness can happen in the woods...

For @overthinkingbelle : Michael Ball with his various dogs over the years... all were tibetan terriers:

1-2: Yogi  3: Freddie 4-6: Freddie and Ollie 7-8: Dylan and Danny 9: Danny and Wilbur

Principal casting for the revival of Aspects of Love announced along with the first promotional photos:

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Michael Ball in the recording studio:

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“Love Changes Everything” - Michael Ball & Jamie Bogyo

Michael Ball in (almost) all his various roles over the years. 

“Oh! What a Lovely War!” - the caption says he was 21, so it would have been in 1983 or 84 so while he was at GSA

Judas/John the Baptist in “Godspell” - Aberystwyth, 1984

Vittorio in “Sweet Charity” - Basingstoke Repertory Theatre, 1984 (no photo)

“Lark Rise” - Basingstoke Repertory Theatre, 1984

Ratty in “The Adventures of Mr. Toad” - Basingstoke Repertory Theatre, 1984

Frederic in “Pirates of Penzance” - Manchester, 1985

Marius in “Les Misérables” - Barbican and West End, 1985-86 + 1995

Raoul in “Phantom of the Opera” - West End, 1987-88

Alex in “Aspects of Love” - Sydmonton, West End and Broadway, 1988, 1989-1990

Henry Purcell in “England, My England” - movie, 1995

Georgio in “Passion” - UK tour and West End, 1996

The Performer in “Alone Together” - West End, 2001 and 2004

Caractacus Potts in “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” - West End, 2002-03

Joe Gillis in “Sunset Boulevard” - Sydmonton and Cork, 1991 and 2004

Jean Valjean in “Les Misrables” - Windsor Castle, 2004

Count Fosco in “Woman in White” - West End and Broadway, 2005-06

Bunthorne in “Patience” - New York, 2005

Frank-N-Furter in “Rocky Horror Tribute Show” - London, 2006

Haijj in “Kismet” - ENO, 2007

Edna in “Hairspray” - West End, UK Tour and ENO, 2007-2009, 2010-2011 and 2021

Sweeney in “Sweeney Todd” - Chichester and West End, 2011-2012

Tubby in “That Day We Sang” - movie, 2014

Mack Sennett in “Mack and Mabel” - Chichester and UK tour, 2015

Anatoly in “Chess” - ENO, 2018

Javert in “Les Misérables” - West End, 2019 and 2020

Inspired by the list @overthinkingbelle made of their favourite Michael Ball performances I’ll attempt to make one of my own.  But I’ll try to stick to his less wellknown performances, to avoid the very predictable list of songs like Love Changes Everything, Empty Chairs at Empty Tables and Anthem. ;)  I’ll try to link to videos/audios where I can. 

“Natalie” - recording featured on Jason Carrs album

"Papageno & Papagena“ - duet with Lesley Garrett

“If it’s only Love” - Metropolis demo recording

“I've Got No Strings/I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise“ - from his one man show Alone Together at the Donmar

“When I go out of door” - with Kevin Burdette in Patience

“Sweeney Todd section” - with Maria Friedman and Jeremy Secomb

“Fire” and “Freedom” from the concept recording of Rage of the Heart

“The Prayer” - with Emma Williams during his Past and Present tour

“Who am I?” - Les Mis at Windsor Castle (the one time he played Valjean)

“All I Ask of You” - Phantom 30th anniversary encore with Celinde Schoenmaker and Nadim Naaman (just for the comedy alone)

“American Dream” - Miss Saigon

“If Life Were Movies” - with Imelda Staunton from That Day We Sang

“Floorshow” and “I’m Going Home” - Rocky Horror Tribute Show

Well, apologies for the long post. That's it for now. I'm new here on Tumblr by the way. 😊

Do You Hear the People Sing?, Melbourne September 2022