West End stars including Kerry Ellis, Lucie Jones, David Hunter, Shan Ako, John Dagleish, Cassidy Janson, Rachel John and Jodie Steele, have teamed up with Adam Blanshay Productions to launch the Newfound Hope Songs initiative, in support of NHS Charities Together.

The actors and singers are writing and collaborating on new tracks from their homes during theatreland shutdown, to be premiered at a special gala concert in the future, and Ellie Orton, CEO of NHS Charities Together, commented 'The message of hope in this initiative is so important at the moment, we need that hope and to have events like this to look forward to. It’s fantastic that at the same time it will raise funds to support NHS staff, volunteers and patients and deliver its own bit of hope to them'.