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R\u00f3is\u00edn Sullivan<\/strong> \u2013 Singer\/Presenter R\u00f3is\u00edn Sullivan returns to the John Field Room with much loved classics from the world of musical theatre following her previous sold out performances of \u2018The Magic of the Musicals\u2019, \u2018Sensational Showtunes\u2019, \u2018Just Julie \u2013 The Julie Andrews Songbook\u2019 and \u2018Songs from the Silver Screen\u2019. \u00a0With grand piano accompaniment by David Wray, and with very special guest Brian Gilligan, enjoy an afternoon of popular hits from some of the worlds most renowned musical theatre productions including ‘The Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Evita’, ‘Les Mis\u00e9rables’, ‘ Oliver!’, ‘My Fair Lady’ and many more.<\/p>\n R\u00f3is\u00edn is no stranger to the NCH having performed many leading roles on the main stage including Truly Scrumptious in \u2018Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\u2019(Christmas 2025\/26), Maria in \u2018The Sound of Music\u2019, Nancy in \u2018Oliver!\u2019 and Grace in \u2018Annie\u2019 all with Festival Productions. \u00a0She is delighted to be returning to the John Field Room following her previous performances. \u00a0She is a graduate of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London, and previous shows \u00a0include \u2018Scrooge\u2019 with Sir Tommy Steele at The London Palladium (West End), understudy Eva Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webbers \u2018Evita\u2019(UK & International Tour), the Broadway touring production of \u2018Riverdance\u2019 (North American Tour), Adele in West End premier of \u2018A Man of No Importance\u2019 (Arts Theatre, West End) and Beggar Woman in \u2018Sweeney Todd\u2019 (Union Theatre, London). Back home, R\u00f3is\u00edn played Jeursha Abbott in the Irish Premier of \u2018Daddy Long Legs\u2019 (Smock Alley Theatre), Rita in \u2018Educating Rita\u2019 (Mill Theatre), Claire in \u2018Ordinary Days\u2019 (Smock Alley Theatre), Kathleen in \u2018Flynn\u2019 (Peacock Stage, Abbey Theatre), Jacqueline in \u2018Don\u2019t Dress for Dinner\u2019 (Mill Theatre), Eliza Doolittle in \u2018My Fair Lady\u2019 and Gigi in \u2018Gigi\u2019 both at the Gaiety Theatre.<\/p>\n \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bBrian is a Dublin-born actor recently seen as the iconic villain Scar in Disney\u2019s The Lion King UK & Ireland Tour, including a celebrated run at the Bord G\u00e1is Energy Theatre, Dublin (2023). From West End premieres to award-winning Irish productions, Brian is celebrated for his versatility, commanding stage presence and dynamic performances.<\/p>\n His West End and Irish stage career highlights include Deco in The Commitments (Palace Theatre, West End, and UK and Ireland Tour), Guy in Once (Olympia, Dublin), Riff in West Side Story: A Concert Version (Bord G\u00e1is), Tommy Gilroy in Jimmy\u2019s Hall (Abbey Theatre), Assassins (Gate Theatre \u2013 BroadwayWorld Award, Best Supporting Actor), and originating roles in new musicals including Eugenius! and Bananaman in London.<\/p>\n Presented by R\u00f3is\u00edn Sullivan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nch.ie \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" R\u00f3is\u00edn Sullivan \u2013 Singer\/PresenterBrian Gilligan – Special Guest SingerDavid Wray \u2013 Grand Piano\u00a0 R\u00f3is\u00edn Sullivan returns to the John Field Room with much loved classics from the world of musical theatre following her previous sold out performances of \u2018The Magic of the Musicals\u2019, \u2018Sensational Showtunes\u2019, \u2018Just Julie \u2013 The Julie Andrews Songbook\u2019 and \u2018Songs from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2135104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[406606,406607,406608,389271,406609],"class_list":["post-2135103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-brian-gilligan","tag-david-wray","tag-more-magic-of-the-musicals","tag-popular","tag-risn-sullivan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/More-Magic-of-the-Musicals-NCH-Live-Music.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2135105,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135103\/revisions\/2135105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2135104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Brian Gilligan <\/strong>– Special Guest Singer
David Wray<\/strong> \u2013 Grand Piano\u00a0<\/p>\n