Fresh from her win on ITV’s The Masked Singer, the West End’s brightest star Samantha Barks will perform for one-night-only at the London Palladium in a sensational solo concert on Saturday 5 April.
Supported by a live band, Samantha will sing some of the best-known songs from her extraordinary stage and screen career, alongside some new favourites.
Samantha Barks first caught the public attention as a finalist in the BBC talent show I’d Do Anything in 2008. Since then, she has established herself as one of the most versatile and celebrated performers of her generation.
Samantha made her West End theatre debut playing Éponine in Les Misérables, a role she reprised in Tom Hooper’s big screen adaptation in 2012, earning widespread acclaim and winning the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer. She starred opposite Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel musical-comedy Groove High (2012–2013) and again, in the London revival of the musical The Last Five Years at The Other Palace.
In 2018, she originated the role of Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman: The Musical on Broadway, and in 2021 she originated the role of Elsa in the smash hit West End production of Disney’s Frozen the Musical.
One of Britain’s best loved leading ladies, Samantha Barks most recently wowed the nation as Pufferfish in the mega hit ITV series, The Masked Singer. She finished a hugely successful run as ‘Elsa’ in the original West End production of Disney’s FROZEN, having been seen by more than 2.8 million people. Amongst her other extensive stage credits, she originated the role of ‘Vivian Ward’ in PRETTY WOMAN on Broadway and has appeared in CHICAGO, CABARET, and OLIVER to name a few. She also starred as ‘Eponine’ both on stage and in Tom Hopper’s Oscar winning feature film LES MISÉRABLES alongside Eddie Redmayne, Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway.
Samantha has also been a judge and mentor on ITV’s Mamma Mia! I have a Dream, completing a full circle moment having started her journey as a contestant on I’d Do Anything. She’s also sat in for Elaine Paige on Elaine Paige on Sunday, one of BBC Radio Two highest listened to slots.
