TV chat show host extraordinaire Graham Norton will join the already announced throng of top notch talent, including Hollywood star Alan Cumming and international ‘postmodern cabaret diva’ Meow Meow, to sing the acclaimed songs of Emmy Award winning US composer Lance Horne in ‘Lance Horne: First Things Last’ for one night only at the Garrick Theatre this Sunday 30 January 2011.

Norton, who recently made his West End debut in the acclaimed revival of La Cage Aux Folles, will join West End regulars Julie Atherton (AVENUE Q), Lucy May Barker (SPRING AWAKENING), Simon Burke (LA CAGE AUX FOLLES), Ashleigh Gray (WICKED), Cassidy Janson (AVENUE Q), Alexandra Silber (CAROUSEL), Paul Spicer (AVENUE Q), Emma Williams (LOVE STORY) and Hannah Waddingham (WIZARD OF OZ), as well as Broadway star Norm Lewis (LES MISÉRABLES), international cabaret diva Meow Meow, star of stage and screen Alan Cumming and Horne himself accompanying them at the piano.
 
Hot on the heels of its inclusion in the Lincoln Center’s acclaimed American Songbook series, ‘Lance Horne: First Things Last’ celebrates the release of Horne’s debut album of the same name. Norton will perform the UK premiere of the song “Haircut” which is performed on the album by fellow chat show host and equally camp icon Ricki Lake.
 
Graham Norton is one of the best-known presenters on British TV. Since joining the BBC in 2004, he has fronted shows including ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?’, ‘Any Dream will Do’, ‘Strictly Dance Fever’, ‘The Bigger Picture’, ‘Eurovision Dance Contest’, ‘The One and Only’, ‘When Will I Be Famous?’ and four seasons of his eponymous BBC 2 comedy chat show, ‘The Graham Norton Show’.
 
He began his career playing one-man shows at the Edinburgh Festival, most of which played residencies in London, and toured extensively throughout the UK. He was nominated for a Perrier Award in 1997. He went on to become a household name with his multi award-winning late-night Channel 4 entertainment series ‘So Graham Norton’ and ‘V Graham Norton’, picking up four BAFTAs in the process. He has since gone on to present the BAFTA TV Awards on a number of occasions.
 
‘Lance Horne: First Things Last’ is produced by Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer for Speckulation Entertainment, and directed by Daisy Prince, with musical direction by Lance Horne, and sound design by Ben Evans. Daisy Prince is the daughter of legendary theatre director Hal Prince, and directed the original New York productions of Jason Robert Brown’s SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD and THE LAST 5 YEARS.