Shenley Productions will be presenting Kerry Ellis, ‘Queen of the West End’, in Kerry Ellis in Concert at St. John the Baptist Parish Church in Windsor on Friday 14th August 2026 at 7.30pm.
Kerry is widely recognised as a leading lady of West End and Broadway musicals, with a number of starring roles in London, New York, and around the world. She has achieved chart-topping success as a recording artist signed to both Decca Records and Sony Music.
Kerry originated the role of Meat, in Queen’s We Will Rock You and was the first British Elphaba in the worldwide smash, Wicked, for which she won the 2008 WhatsOnStage.com Award for ‘Best Takeover in a Role’. She then headed to Broadway to play Elphaba at the Gershwin Theater, where she won the Broadway.com Audience Award for Favourite Female Breakthrough Performance, before returning to London in the role. Her other leading West End credits include Grizabella in CATS, Nancy in Oliver!, Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, Ellen in Miss Saigon, Fantine in Les Misérables, Sara in Murder Ballad and Alice in Wonderland. In 2022, Kerry played Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes at the Barbican to huge acclaim, toured arena’s across the UK with Queen Machine and headlined a huge concert in Japan on their biggest TV network.
Kerry continues her long term working relationship with Brian May. They have toured the UK and Europe extensively. They released their album Golden Days to great acclaim and continue to work and record together.
She is one of the most sought after singers in the UK, and also performs her concerts all over the world. She has now released four seasons of her highly successful podcast Keep Calm and Kerry On, and released her first autobiography, From Bumpkin to Broadway. Her new album of brand new material, Kings and Queens, was released in 2023 to great critical acclaim, and Kerry held a concert to launch the record at London’s Adelphi Theatre. She then completed a run in her first Shakespeare play, playing Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Kerry has recently completed an extensive and hugely popular 100 date tour of the UK to promote her new book, Queen of the West End. Following this she played the role of Cruella in the new musical adaptation of 101 Dalmatians. Kerry next appeared in the West End with the starring role in If / Then at The Savoy Theatre, before headlining a new solo concert in Shanghai. She also performed at the announcement of a new Disney World in Abu Dhabi. The debut concert of Gravity followed at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. She then returned for more solo shows in China and starred in new musical Lady M in Shanghai. Kerry started 2026 with a lead role in Jo: The Little Women Musical back at Theatre Royal Drury Lane and toured China with Alfie Boe. More recently, she has been touring the UK in Gravity – Live in Concert.
Also appearing in the concert will be Charlotte Anne Steen, who is best known from appearing in the West End version of Wicked, and the London-based musical theatre choir, Interlude.
