MANILA, Philippines - Dusit Thani Manila will hold a din- ner-dance concert dubbed as Frankly, I’m Back on Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m. at the hotel’s grand ballroom. The one-night-only event will feature UK’s crooner and actor Richard Shelton who will render his world-renowned portrayal of Frank Sinatra back-to-back with actor Nigel Miles-Thomas as the Rat Pack’s Peter Lawford.
Reminisce as you listen to Sinatra’s all-time favorites and dance the night away with the dance-sport dancers of Regine Tolentino’s RT Studios.
The concert includes a five-course dinner menu, plus a chance to win a three-night stay for two persons at Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi together with roundtrip airfare courtesy of Etihad Airways.
Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m., main performance starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are priced at P4,000 and P4,500 per person. For ticket reservations, log on to www.ticketworld.com.ph or call 891- 9999.
Frankly I’m Back is in partnership with The Philippine STAR, Business Mirror, Dusit Thani Abu Dhabi, Etihad Airways, Philippine Graphic and 105.9 Radio High.
Richard is an English singer and actor. As a singer, Richard has sung by private invitation for His Royal Highness Prince Charles at Wind- sor Castle with a 35-piece orchestra, for Sir Elton John at his White Tie and Tiara Ball, with the Royal Philhar- monic Orchestra, BBC Children in Need and The Prince’s Trust.
As an actor, Richard was nominated as Best Actor in a Leading Role (Man- chester Evening News Awards) for his portrayal of Frank Sinatra in Rat Pack Confidential. His first major acting role was as the young Ebenezer Scrooge in the West End stage musical Scrooge in the ’90s. Richard’s vast theater reper- toire includes Mark Antony in Julius Caesar at The Bridewell Theatre which he co-founded. More recently, Richard shared one of the title roles of Harry Bright on the international tour of the smash hit Mamma Mia!.
His recent performances were Simply Frank in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur last May 2012 and Simply Sinatra in Seoul in December 2012.