Nicole Scherzinger joins cast of charity concert Love Life

Emmie Newitt 7 January, 2026, 11:26

The world-renowned singer, actress and performer, who recently received a Tony and Olivier Award for her performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard, will join a star-studded cast for the one-night concert in London planned for February.

nicole scherzinger love life concert Nicole Scherzinger. Photo provided by production.

The West End theatre community will come together at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane for the concert, entitled Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer. The concert, led by musical theatre director Alan Williams (Evita, London Palladium) and directed by Rupert Hands (Evita, London Palladium), supports One For The Boys, a mental health charity that is working to break the silence surrounding male cancer.

Love Life: West End Unites Against Cancer will feature songs in it by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, Lin Manuel Miranda, Alan Menken and more.

Cast for the concert includes Giles Terera (Oh, Mary!, Trafalgar Theatre), Tom Francis (Sunset Boulevard, Savoy Theatre & St. James Theatre NYC), David Thaxton (Roam, Shaftesbury Theatre), Diego Andrés Rodriguez (Evita, London Palladium), Bella Brown (Into the Woods, Bridge Theatre) and James Olivas (Evita, London Palladium).

They are joined by more West End stars including Ramin Karimloo (Roam, Shaftesbury Theatre), Jordan Luke Gage (Titanique, Criterion Theatre), Lucie Jones (Wicked, Apollo Victoria), Ben Joyce (Shucked, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre), Melanie La Barrie (Hadestown, Lyric Theatre) and Christina Bennington (Heathers The Musical, Theatre Royal Haymarket).

More cast for the concert are to be announced in the coming weeks.

The creative team also includes lighting design by Peter Small, sound design by Sound Quiet Time (Rob Bettle and Sam Clarkson), and production management by Jack Boissieux.

Love Life will take place at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane on 1 February 2026.