MUSICAL HEROINE TESS MAKES HER NATIONAL RADIO DEBUT

A SONG from the new British musical TESS has made its debut on national radio.

The solo In My Hand, performed by West End and Broadway star Siobhan Dillon, was featured on the ‘Elaine Paige on Sunday’ show on BBC Radio 2.

​'ICONIC'

It marks the start of a campaign to find the show a producer and take it from newly completed concept album to a fully realised stage production.

Composer Michael Blore said: "To be included on such a popular and iconic national show as ‘Elaine Paige on Sunday’ was truly an honour and an enormous thrill, giving our show the sort of publicity it will need to get it on stage.”

TESS is a sumptuous new adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s classic novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles. The concept album recording is free to listen to on the show’s website at www.tessthemusical.com and, alongside Siobhan Dillon in the title role, features Broadway and West End leading man Tam Mutu and ‘Jersey Boy’ Simon Bailey in stunning star performances.

'VERY EXCITED'

"The road ahead to finding a producer could be a long one", added Blore. "But we are very excited about what the future may hold for Tess."

'BEAUTIFUL SONG'

Reaction to the airplay on social media was immediate, with listeners describing it as “brilliant” and “a beautiful song, beautifully sung”.
 
Meanwhile, ‘EP’ promised her audience: “I’ll let you know how it progresses.”