Ant Henson
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Ant Henson is a British singer-songwriter
who released his first single, "I Love You And I Miss You" in 2010.
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now
".
"Plastic Parrot".
To promote the single release, Henson toured the UK in summer 2010 had originally planned to tour in the U.S.A. for the summer of 2011, but instead he toured in Western Europe for the duration of August..
In addition to his prolific approach to live performances overseas, Henson continues to gig in the south of England and it was announced at the 2011 Bournemouth Unplugged Final that Henson had been awarded the ITG Songwriter's Award for original content and high-quality songcraft.
In June 2010, the play "Sandman's Fee" was performed for two nights at The Lighthouse
, Poole for which Henson co-wrote the music.
Jesus Christ Superstar
in Reading, Berkshire
, and as Schlomo Metzenbaum in a 2010 production of Fame - The Musical
. In 2010, again in Reading, Henson played Prince Hamlet
in a Reading University Drama Society production of Shakespeare's Hamlet
.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
who released his first single, "I Love You And I Miss You" in 2010.
Undercurrent and BournemouthAID
In February 2005 Henson started pop-punk band Undercurrent with school friend Adam Scholey. After three years of gigging, the group disbanded. Henson and Scholey were reunited in March 2009 when Scholey invited Henson to sing on the BournemouthAID project CD in which local artists collaboratively recorded a cover of Slade'sSlade
Slade are an English rock band from Wolverhampton, who rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s. With 17 consecutive Top 20 hits and six number ones, the British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles...
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Mama Weer All Crazee Now
"Mama Weer All Crazee Now" is a popular song originally recorded by the British Glam rock band Slade on their album Slayed?.Written by Jim Lea and Noddy Holder and produced by Chas Chandler, it was the band's third number-one single in the United Kingdom. The single entered the charts on its first...
".
Solo career
After BournemouthAID, Henson went on to record his debut single "I Love You And I Miss You" and released it in March 2010 on Scholey's independent labelIndependent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
"Plastic Parrot".
To promote the single release, Henson toured the UK in summer 2010 had originally planned to tour in the U.S.A. for the summer of 2011, but instead he toured in Western Europe for the duration of August..
In addition to his prolific approach to live performances overseas, Henson continues to gig in the south of England and it was announced at the 2011 Bournemouth Unplugged Final that Henson had been awarded the ITG Songwriter's Award for original content and high-quality songcraft.
In June 2010, the play "Sandman's Fee" was performed for two nights at The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse (Poole)
The Lighthouse is an arts centre in Poole, Dorset, England. According to the Arts council of England it is the largest arts centre in the United Kingdom outside London....
, Poole for which Henson co-wrote the music.
Acting
Henson has also dabbled in musical theatre, having played the role of Jesus in a 2009 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber'sAndrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
in Reading, Berkshire
Reading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
, and as Schlomo Metzenbaum in a 2010 production of Fame - The Musical
Fame (musical)
A stage musical based on the 1980 musical film Fame has been staged under two titles. The first, 'Fame – The Musical' conceived and developed by David De Silva, is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. The musical premiered in 1988 in Miami,...
. In 2010, again in Reading, Henson played Prince Hamlet
Prince Hamlet
Prince Hamlet is a fictional character, the protagonist in Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew to the usurping Claudius and son of the previous King of Denmark, Old Hamlet. Throughout the play he struggles with whether, and how, to avenge the murder of his father, and...
in a Reading University Drama Society production of Shakespeare's Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
.