He toured the United Kingdom with an orchestra and five West End stars, (Louise Clare Marshall, Louise Dearman, Emma Williams, Adrian Hansel and Ben James-Ellis), in the autumn, celebrating 25 years in the music industry. The star revealed how he couldnt imagine my life without her. Like anyone, I can be up, down. The pair have been together since 1992 after a chance meeting when she interviewed him when he was part of the cast of the 1989 musical, Apects of Love. He joined a youth theatre, which led to his studying drama at Guildford School of Acting, where he found an environment that suited him. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misrables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. He performed a number of summer concerts, including the Hampton Court Music Festival on 14 June 2008. In February 2013, Ball released his album "Both Sides Now" featuring the song "Fight the Fight" from Tim Rice's new musical From Here to Eternity. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. In 2002 he took on the role of Caractacus Potts in the Sherman Brothers musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which was largely considered his comeback role. You can unsubscribe at any time. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Discover today's celebrity birthdays and explore famous people who share your birthday. I cant properly explain it, but I dont mind admitting I suffered a breakdown. Michael has fronted 3 ITV shows with Alfie Boe. He graduated in 1984. 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Michael has previously opened up about how important their relationship has been to him. Cathy also has a granddaughter, Grace. The door closes and Im at home, and its very real. He has recorded 3 albums with Alfie Boe.. 2 reached number 1, Ball & Boe Together:in 2016, Ball & Boe: Together Again in 2017 .. their third album Ball & Boe:Back together in 2019 reached number 2 in the album charts. His maternal grandmother, having a musical ear, was proud of Ball's early singing achievements; she died suddenly, however, of a heart attack about one week before his debut in The Pirates of Penzance. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. He has twice won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. His first regular show on Radio 2 was Michael Ball's Sunday Brunch in 2008, replacing Michael Parkinson whose show Parkinson's Sunday Supplement had ended the previous year. An early referral can really help to make a difference!". Their home was on fire back in the early Noughties, and Cathy woke in the early hours and searched the house for Michael, eventually dragging him to safety. With Imelda Staunton (Mrs Lovett) as Sweeney Todd in 2011. Having not been out of the house much for a year, to suddenly be travelling all over the most glorious country, meeting amazing people, doing all this stuff and going on a personal journey, it was He smiles. I dont know that Im particularly easy to live with. Im very impatient, and I like my own way. A smile. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. 9. Ball was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for his services to musical theatre. Im certainly not Mr Showbiz. Ball performed a wide range of musical theatre numbers, including several by Andrew Lloyd Webber. You can unsubscribe at any time. "It's irrelevant. 2016.Ball and Boe :one night only. He is the son of Tony Ball, who was the head of global sales for British Leyland Ball, and Ruth Ball, his mother. Michael Ball's net worth: Michael Ball is a hero, who has attained over $15 million. When speaking to the Daily Mail back in 2013, he admitted she wasnt interested in fame. On 2 March 2008, Ball appeared as the guest on the BBC Radio 4 show Desert Island Discs, during which he talked about his early life and his career, including his struggle with stage fright in his early career, and a little about his personal life. ", Michael opened up about their 20-year age gap. Ball has also turned his hand to presenting both on TV and radio. The audience have been taking their seats and here he is, still in specs and black T-shirt. Like this story? He knows people might have thought about him: Oh, he just breezes along, its all absolutely marvellous. No, thats my act, thats what I do to survive. Last Name Ball #13. Baby Boomers Generation. Discover Michael Ball's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. However, despite living together all this time, the pair have never tied the knot. Mountain Ash was a close-knit mining community; Balls uncle was a miner, as was his grandfather. Wonderful Wales With Michael Ball starts on Friday 9 July at 8pm on Channel 5. An early referral can really help to make a difference!". A disregard for the cultural and financial value the arts bring to the country seemed to have been revealed the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, implied that people should retrain for jobs in other sectors, and a 2019 campaign advising, among other things, that a professional ballet dancer could get a job in tech, resurfaced. The album features songs all written by Burt Bacharach and is entitled Back to Bacharach. In some cases GPs will now be able to order medical tests directly, circumventing any potential wait for specialists. He continued in the role of Edna Turnblad in the musical at the Shaftesbury Theatre until 29 April 2009. We fight as any couple does, and we make up like any couple does, but our life is together, and I love it, he says, turning back to the screen. Express. It was one of the most extraordinary nights Ive ever had in the theatre, he says. Michael Ball was born in the middle of Baby Boomers Generation. As a student he went busking on Saturdays in Guildford town with a female student friend to earn a little extra money. Ball co-hosted the Olivier Awards with Imelda Staunton on 13 March 2011 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London. As Cathy was older than Michael, she was able to provide him withmuch-neededstability in his life. It wasnt to last. he beamed, as he discussed his other half. ", MORE:Holly Willoughby gives hilarious insight into marriage with Dan Baldwin, MORE:Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield explain why they can't hug despite restrictions lifting, He has also previously opened up about his 20-year age difference from Cathy, telling Platinum magazine: "Every night is a date night with Cathy! while Cousins was in Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. Shed gone on to work on the BBC show Newsroom South East as an entertainment journalist. Michael Ball, 58, has blasted those who bring up the age gap between him and his partner Cathy McGowan, 78. We get each other., Someone comes into the room to call him for makeup, and he waves cheerily at them. At 60 years old, Michael Ball height Michael Ball's net worth The couple met after he had just landed the lead role in Aspects of Love. His album Heroes was released on 14 March 2011. ', Michael Ball, 58, is well-known as a singing sensation, 'Is it career suicide?' Did going back to Wales and seeing the life of his grandparents put his own success in perspective? Since reaching Number 2 in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything" from Aspects of Love, Ball had lesser success with follow up singles, but in the main has concentrated on releasing albums, all of which achieved gold status within weeks, and in the case of The Movies album in 1998, platinum in seven weeks (released 26 October, confirmed platinum status on 12 December). Michael also recently opened up on life with Cathy in a chat with Platinum Magazine. Michael continued: It was a really scary thing. But the one constant in my life was Wales, and my gran and Mountain Ash [her town in the Cynon Valley], and I always felt a kinship with that., His grandmother, Agnes, known as Lil, was a huge influence on him as a performer. Yeah, I have been lucky., Balls mother is Welsh and his father is English. Michael Ashley Ball is his given name. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Talking to the Official Charts Company, he said, "It's the most exciting news! Ever since 1992, Michael has been in a relationship with Cathy McGowan, 78. In 2010 Ball took part in the BBC Cymru Wales programme Coming Home about his Welsh family history. "Im too old to be a toyboy, and age has never been an issue or thought about. And who else are you going to sit and watch the telly in your pants with?. Ball never sought professional help, but he recognises the importance of it. Michael opened up about this in an unearthed interview where he discussed their relationship. It saw Ball perform in Ipswich and Northampton before ending his tour in Cardiff. Ball appeared on a number of television and radio programmes to promote the album. When youve been together for 30 years, you know each other really well, and you build a life and a family and a home. If a relationship survives a pandemic, he says with a smile, you know youre on to a winner. implied that people should retrain for jobs in other sectors, professional ballet dancer could get a job in tech, he recorded Youll Never Walk Alone with Captain Sir Tom Moore and the NHS Voices of Care choir. The live stream will be also be available as a DVD and cd early 2020. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. Video, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, West Africans to leave Tunisia after race row, Dozens of girls treated after new Iran poisonings, Fire knocks out half of Argentina's power grid. I totally respect her desire for privacy. From October 2007 July 2009, Ball made his West End return starring as Edna Turnblad in the hit musical Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Cancer Named Michael #13. Michael said: "Every night is a date night with Cathy! These also started happening at other times, such as when he was going to work. He continued: Not a week goes by without someone new approaching her with an idea for a show based on the Sixties and she always and absolutely turns them down. He made his debut with the English National Opera in the lead role of Hajj/Poet in a new production of Robert Wright and George Forrest's Kismet after this tour. "Im too old to be a toyboy, and age has never been an issue or thought about. But when the age difference cropped up, a small cloud drifted briefly across his brow. When ovarian cancer killed Angela McGowan it robbed a family of a wife and a mother; and Michael Ball of the woman who had united him with the "love of his life" - former Ready, steady, Go presenter Cathy McGowan. In the series, he goes back to her street, a modest terrace that, as a child, he thought of as the longest street in the history of the world. After his graduation, Ball's singing career rapidly got off the ground. His zodiac sign is Cancer, and he is of white ethnicity. Michael Bubl has his wife to thank for getting him through one of the worst experiences a parent can endure. ", Interviews have been amended from previous version. Michael Ball on his Wonderful Wales adventure. Michael Ball lost his wife to cancer and believes doctors should be bolder in accepting the potential for cancer being present in a patient. Im really proud of so much of what Ive been able to do., Balls mother was a teacher, and his father was an apprentice at the Longbridge car plant who worked his way up and became a sales director, which meant the family moved around a lot, including three years spent in South Africa. We met 30 years ago now and shes incredibly cool, and the reason that were still together is that were understanding of each other, were respectful and we like each other. I couldnt imagine my life without her." When he played Edna in the first run, for which he won the first of his two Olivier awards in 2008, his mother and uncle came to the show, and when they saw me, they cried because I look like her. Its just electric, and we needed to hear it. 2019Ball and Boe: A very Merry Christmas. In an unearthed interview, the Les Misrables star said she saved his life. Watch: Tom Bradbyon Love your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh Welsh Family.... Pants with? 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