RINGWOOD School will welcome West End and Broadway star Earl Carpenter for one night only as he performs in an ‘A Touch of West End’ on Sunday.

Earl will return to his childhood stomping ground to perform an exclusive 90-minute show filled with anecdotes and songs from his 25 years as a professional actor in some of the most iconic roles in musical theatre, from ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ to ‘Inspector Javert' in Cameron Mackintosh’s Les Misérables.

Earl spent most of his educational years in the Jellicoe Theatre at the Bournemouth and Poole College, various local amateur dramatic societies and of course as the original founder of The Big Little Theatre Company back in 1991, which started at Ringwood School.

Earl will be accompanied by Will Pickering, Music Associate and Youth Programme Assistant at Mayflower Engage, and international cellist, Yvonne Marie Parsons who’s currently playing in Matilda.