Shea sings with his another of his musical heroes

* Shea sings during the Kerry Ellis show in Chester.

Young singing star Shea Ferron had another opportunity to sing with one of his musical heroes in Chester yesterday (Thursday) evening.

Shea, 22, had gone along to the city's Storyhouse theatre to see Kerry Ellis, hailed as the Queen of the West End, perform there as part of her current UK tour.

And in another highpoint for the young man Kerry, who sang a smash-hit Llangollen Eisteddfod concert with John Owen Jones this summer, called him up on stage to belt out one of his favourite musical theatre numbers, Bring Him Home from the musical Les Miserables.

It was the second time that Shea has won this sort of tribute to his talent. 

During his 2023 concert at Llangollen Eisteddfod Alfie Boe called him to the Pavilion stage for a dream-like duet with exactly the same number.

Later the same evening Shea Ferron was announced as the winner of the Eisteddfod’s coveted Voice of Musical Theatre award, landing him a trophy and £2,000 prize money.

* Shea sings with Alfie Boe at Llangollen Eisteddfod 2023.

Shea, a tenor and former student of the Performing Arts at Manchester’s Institute for Contemporary Theatre, is a regular at the Eisteddfod where he has been one of its army of volunteers since he was 14.

He is also a member of the John’s Boys choir which reached the semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent.

And of his fantastic experience in Chester he said: "It was a wonderful evening watching the Queen of The West End herself, Kerry Ellis, performing in the Storyhouse.

"It was also an incredible experience to get the opportunity to perform in Kerry’s show singing Bring Him Home from Les Miserables. Thank you for the opportunity Kerry. Here’s to the next one!"