Maiya Quansah-Breed and Billy Luke Nevers to star in Dominic Powell’s The Love Revue

Maiya Quansah-Breed and Billy Luke Nevers are to star in Dominic Powell’s musical revue The Love Revue.

Olivier Award-nominee Maiya Quansah-Breed (Six, Rent) and Billy Luke Nevers (& Juliet, Jesus Christ Superstar) will appear in the production at London’s Phoenix Arts Club.

They will be joined by Olivier Award-nominee Natalie Paris (Six) and Katie Ramshaw (Scrubs to Sparkles).

After a one-off performance in February, the show returns for a second performance on 6 March at 2PM.

The Love Revue is an eclectic collection of songs questioning and exploring fundamental contemporary beliefs surrounding love, relationships and identity curated by stage and screen creative Dominic Powell from works within his musical theatre repertoire.

Reworking elements of Powell’s original musical Date 1 to 10 (Landor Theatre), the musical revue is a melting pot of pop, R’n’B and musical theatre are stirred with dynamic poetry and readings as lovers Peter and Ruth encounter a sizzling adventure of heartbreak and discovery confronting fears from their past.

Tickets for the performances, from £15, are on sale now from the Phoenix Art Theatre’s website.

Olivier-nominated star of Six, Maiya Quansah-Breed reunites with Dominic Powell having been featured on the Original Studio Cast Recording of Powell’s musical CASES and performed in the Barn Theatre in Cirencester’s virtual concert, The Barn Presents: The Music of Dominic Powell, celebrating Powell’s work.

Billy Luke Nevers is currently a cast member of & Juliet in the West End and also recently appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, Dr Seuss’ The Grinch Musical! Live on Sky & NBC and I Could Use A Drink at Garrick Theatre.

The pair previously performed together in the West End in I Could Use A Drink at the Garrick Theatre and Roles We’ll Never Play at Vaudeville Theatre. The duo also performed their first joint cabaret at the Phoenix Arts Club in June 2021.

Dominic Powell is a creative and producer for stage and screen with recent credits including CASES The Musical (The BRIT School), the CASES Original Studio Cast Recording and “The Barn Presents: The Music of Dominic Powell” (Barn Theatre).

About the author: Josh Darvill

Josh is Stageberry's editor with over five years of experience writing about theatre in the West End and across the UK. Prior to following his passion for musicals, he worked for more than a decade as a TV journalist.