West End performer Cameron Bernard Jones and composer-pianist Guillermo Nazara return to The Crazy Coqs this autumn with Into the Light, a brand-new concert celebrating musical theatre, classical music and original compositions.
The duo previously sold out their first collaborative performance, Wondering Soul, and are now reuniting for an evening that promises a fresh repertoire alongside the premiere of new music written by Nazara.
Into the Light plays at The Crazy Coqs in London on Sunday 25 October 2026 at 7.30pm. Tickets are available here.
You’re bringing Into the Light to The Crazy Coqs. What can you tell us about the show?
CBJ: Into the Light is a concert that travels across the stylistic and emotional spectrum. We have mixed contemporary musical theatre and early twentieth-century standards with splashes of classical and pop genres.
The collection of composers might make some wonder how it’ll work. Handel and Robyn in one concert?! But the lyrics and themes of each song will undoubtedly create a cohesive storytelling arc. Themes will include questioning, despair, yearning, arrival, acceptance and deliverance.
GN: It’s also a more ambitious project than our latest collaboration last year. The repertoire is rich and complex, and encompassing such distant genres in roughly 90 minutes is as exciting as it is demanding.
But I also think it’s a greater opportunity to show what Cameron and I can do. There’s classical music, pop hits and, of course, a good number of show tunes, as well as several new pieces I’ve written specifically for this evening, which I’m very much looking forward to sharing.
Following the sell-out success of Wondering Soul last year, what inspired you to reunite for this brand-new concert?
CBJ: Guillermo and I have always wanted to work together and, honestly, once wasn’t enough. It’s like we were just getting started!
Since our last show together was in November 2025, the right amount of time has passed for our creative and collaborative juices to be refreshed and for us to rejoin forces. In simpler terms, “it’s about damn time!”
GN: Wondering Soul was such an amazing first experience. The energy was electrifying.
Cameron and I just couldn’t contain our excitement after we finished, and we told each other this would hopefully be the first of many. So, nearly one year later, here we are again. And we hope to keep saying that a few more times!
The programme combines show tunes, classical pieces and original compositions. What can audiences expect from this eclectic repertoire?
CBJ: Audience members can expect to feel and experience introspection, anticipation and hope.
Our programme makes no apologies about leaning into all the emotions, even the tough ones. However, everyone can expect the light at the end of the tunnel.
In the dark times we are in, we need all the positivity and hope we can get, and I hope that Into the Light delivers even just a glimpse of it.
GN: It’s an emotional roller coaster with lots of unexpected turns.
Suddenly, we move from calm, transcendent arias to upbeat pop numbers, followed by grand musical theatre solos. It’s an intense journey meant to touch audiences’ hearts from every possible angle.
And hopefully, it will also lift everyone’s spirits by the end.
Guillermo, Into the Light will premiere some of your original compositions. What has that creative process been like, and what do those pieces mean to you?
GN: Hectic but exciting.
Like with Wondering Soul, the pieces are still in the making and will not be finished until right before the show. I benefit from that pressure, as it gets my creative juices flowing.
We teased one of them last year, which was named after the show. It was written for Cameron’s voice from the outset, but we didn’t have enough time to rehearse it. Now we do, and all I can say is that Cameron sounds amazing in it.
I wanted to convey an Old Broadway flavour, very much in the style of Gershwin and Porter, and it will also serve as the ending of the show’s first half. It’s a song I’m very proud of, as it allowed me to experiment and step outside my comfort zone as a composer, so I’m hoping audiences feel the same way about it.
The other two pieces will be piano solos. One still doesn’t have a title, but it will come to me soon. What I can tell you is that it will be very upbeat and funky, and I think people will really enjoy its playful vibe.
The second one is called Into the Light, like our concert, and it’s a continuation of the original piano solo I premiered last year in Wondering Soul, which was titled Tempus Fugit.
I want it to encapsulate the message and journey of our show, starting in a viscerally dark place and evolving into a glowing climax. I’m extremely excited about all of them!
Cameron, your career has spanned major West End productions as well as immersive theatre. How do concert performances like this differ from your other work as a performer?
CBJ: With the exception of Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City, in which I was one of the original cast members who co-devised the show, none of my other theatre work fully gave me the space to create or devise something of my own from scratch.
My Crazy Coqs concert performances with Guillermo, as well as my jazz performances there with the Luke Bacchus Trio, have given me the opportunity to curate entire artistic experiences.
Concerts like these allow me to give all of myself in a multitude of ways: through song, through poetry and through personal testimony. I get to make my own choices and do what inspires me.
As a low bass, my voice is considered rare in the industry, and there is sadly no longer much work written for basses in musical theatre. It’s almost like we are fading away in the musical theatre world.
So these concerts are my chance to come to the forefront and celebrate the uniqueness of my voice. While I enjoy performing other creatives’ theatre work onstage, this is my time to take the lead and create my own stages.
This is only the beginning!
What would you say to anyone thinking of booking to see Into the Light?
CBJ: To anyone thinking of booking tickets to Into the Light… do it!
The bass voice is sadly not celebrated or heralded as it once was, so if you appreciate depth in the human voice paired with the warmth and virtuosity of the piano, book those tickets.
If you love songs with emotion, passion and gravitas, Into the Light is definitely one you will enjoy.
GN: Come for an evening of human and artistic exploration, and to enjoy a myriad of musical pieces unlike those offered by most cabaret shows.
