I was fortunate enough to interview Damian in March 2o24 after his gig in Norwich during the second leg of his Mission Creep UK Tour. We spoke mainly about music, but the conversation eventually drifted to theatre. I mentioned meeting his father, Mr. Watcyn Lewis, who had told me how much he hoped to see Damian return to theatre. With Damian now focused on music, the idea of musical theatre naturally came up. When I asked him about it, he admitted he would love to do it, though family responsibilities and the demanding nature of theatre make it a difficult prospect. Still, as we keep our fingers crossed that he might step into musical theatre one day, it feels like the perfect moment to revisit the only musical he has performed on stage so far: Sondheim’s Into the Woods.
“Hello, little girl!”
Many viewers were surprised, as they watched the BBC Broadcast of the fabulous Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends Gala, to see Damian appear as the Wolf to Bernadette Peters’ Red Riding Hood from the musical Into the Woods – one of Sondheim’s greatest musicals.
But the thing is that Damian is not a stranger to the role at all. In fact, he was the Wolf in Into the Woods at the London revival of the musical back in 1998! So why don’t we travel back to that time and visit a 27 year old Damian on stage?
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