‘THE ONE AND ONLY’ CHESNEY HAWKES

MAKES HIS MUSICAL DEBUT

Singer/songwriter CHESNEY HAWKES has been cast in the prestigious lead role of ‘Tony’ for the forthcoming UK tour of Bill Kenwright’s brand new musical love story ‘CAN’T SMILE WITHOUT YOU’, featuring all the timeless classics from music legend BARRY MANILOW.

Pop icon Hawkes is best known for his Number One Smash Hit ‘The One and Only’, which spent no less than five weeks at the top of the UK Single Charts and went on to become an international phenomenon. The track then featured on the soundtrack of the film ‘Buddy’s Song’, which starred Roger Daltry and Chesney himself. Out of over 50,000 singles that were released in the UK during the nineties, ‘The One and Only’ became one of the most successful tracks of the decade, cementing its place in UK chart history as a truly iconic British pop hit.

Chesney recently completed his new album ‘Another Fine Mess’, and other songs he has written have been recorded and charted by performers as diverse as boy band A1, Caprice and various other international artists.

Alongside his music career, Chesney has made numerous television appearances on shows such as Channel 4’s ‘Top Ten Teen Idols’, Britain’s Got More Talent, ITV’s ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’ and Channel 4’s celebrity sports show ‘The Games’, in which he emerged a medal winner. He has also presented two shows for VH1/MTV as well as one for BLISS.

 

FROM ‘MARIA’ TO ‘MANDY’

REALITY TV FINALIST LANDS STARRING ROLE

Joining Chesney as love interest ‘Mandy’ is twenty-three year old SIOBHAN DILLON, who first came to the nation’s attention as runner up in the BBC's hit TV show ‘How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?’. Watched by millions every Saturday night, this was the first series of its kind, in which Andrew Lloyd Webber searched for a West End star to play Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’.

After finishing the program Siobhan won a record deal with Lloyd Webber's company The Really Useful Group and went on to make her West End debut in Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre. She then co-wrote and recorded an album with Polydor for Universal and has since been working on her new album. Siobhan has just returned from Nashville, USA where she has been collaborating with American songwriters.