Variety awards Darren Day, Michael Xavier & Jessica Martin ambassador status

There was an extra surprise at last night’s gala performance of BUMBLESCRATCH at the West End’s Adelphi Theatre. Malcolm Brenner and Pamela Sinclair, trustees of the show’s chosen charity Variety, came onstage at the curtain call to congratulate Robert J Sherman, director Stewart Nicholls and the company and to thank them for their fundraising efforts. They then named the show’s adult stars …

VIDEO: Watch Sebastian Croft & the West End Live cast perform Bumblescratch   extracts

We were delighted to be part of WEST END LIVE, the annual extravaganza of West End musical theatre, which took place this past weekend in London’s Trafalgar Square, where more than 500,000 people attended. Here’s a video to show you what you missed – an eight-minute medley of BUMBLESCRATCH songs, including the infectiously catchy “At Least a Rat Has Got …