West End stars set for candlelit Sondheim concert
Jak Malone, David Bedella and Stewart Clarke will sing Stephen Sondheim by candlelight in London this November.
Colour & Light is a concert celebrating the music of Sondheim. It is scheduled for 7:30pm on Saturday 21 November 2026 at St James' Piccadilly in London's West End. The concert is co-produced by the Stephen Sondheim Society, meaning the society shares the producing role for the evening, as reported by WhatsOnStage.
Malone is confirmed to perform. Bedella is confirmed to perform. Clarke is confirmed to perform. The three singers are announced as part of the same billed line-up for the 21 November performance.
Clare Foster is confirmed to perform. Lucy Schaufer is confirmed to perform. Alfie Friedman, Georgie Lagden and Chad St Louis will also perform. That makes eight named performers announced for the concert.
They will appear alongside a company of 14 emerging performers. Emerging, in theatre language, usually means artists at an early stage of their careers. Eight named singers plus 14 emerging performers makes a total company of 22.
The programme will feature arrangements by Jason Carr. An arrangement, in simple terms, is a new setting of an existing song for particular voices and instruments. In this case the accompaniment is piano, strings and woodwind. The instruments named for the concert are piano, strings and woodwind.
The concert comes five years after Sondheim's death. The date of the performance is 21 November 2026. The society co-producing the concert carries Sondheim's name.
What makes this stand out is the scale and the setting. A single evening. A central London venue lit by candlelight. A small group of instruments placed close to the voices. The format leaves room for words to land.
For fans, this means an accessible way in. You do not need to follow a plot across two acts. You can hear eight announced singers and 14 newer voices in one sitting. Listen for the lyrics first. Then listen for how piano, strings and woodwind colour them. No further names beyond the eight and the 14 have been announced.
