Award-winning West End star Shanay Holmes announces debut solo concert

Saturday 11th July 2026, Cadogan Hall

Award-winning performer Shanay Holmes takes centre stage for her first-ever solo concert in a special one-night-only performance at Cadogan Hall on Saturday 11th July 2026. Accompanied by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and conducted by Chris Poon (Burlesque, Savoy Theatre & The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Chichester Festival Theatre), Shanay will present an evening of orchestral reimaginings of musical theatre classics, alongside the songs that have shaped her journey to date.

Shanay has recently received widespread critical acclaim and won a Black British Theatre Award for Best Female Lead Actor in a Musical for her performance as Nancy in Oliver!. She originated the role at Chichester Festival Theatre and went on to reprise it in the West End transfer to the Gielgud Theatre. Her performances consistently draw praise for their emotional depth, vocal power and commanding stage presence, with Virgin Radio’s Chris Evans describing her performance of As Long As He Needs Me at the Royal Variety as “the best thing I have ever heard”.

Performer Shanay Holmes shares, I pride myself on truly becoming the characters I play, but this is about being myself and stepping into who I am as an artist.

This concert marks a new chapter in Shanay’s artistic journey, celebrating all that has been and all that is yet to come.

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