Two titans of the musical theatre—the West End's Elaine Paige and Broadway's Bernadette Peters—again joined forces August 10 for the animal adoption event, West End Woofs (and Meows).
The in-person event was held at St. Paul's Church in Covent Garden and kicked off with a meet and greet with all the adoptable pets. The adoptees subsequently made their stage debuts alongside West End favorites from Les Misérables; Hello, Dolly!; The Phantom of the Opera; Hamilton; and Sister Act.
Participating shelters and rescue groups taking part in the second annual live event included All Dogs Matter, Home Run Hounds, Pro Dogs Direct, Saving Saints, German Shepard Rescue South, Noah's Ark Romanian Rescue, Helping Dogs and Cats UK, and Peterborough Cat Rescue.
Check out photos from the animal adoption event, featuring Peters, Paige, Bonnie Langford, Joanna Riding, Charlie Stemp, Stephanie J. Block, Bella Brown, Jason Pennycooke, and more, in the gallery below.
Cast of the UK production of Madwomen of the West: Melanie Mayron, Brooke Adams, Marilu Henner and Caroline Aaron at West End Woofs
West End Woofs
Elaine Paige and Bernadette Peters at West End Woofs
Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige at West End Woofs
West End Woofs
Cast of Sister Act UK at West End Woofs
Cast of Hamilton UK at West End Woofs
Cast of Hello, Dolly! UK at West End Woofs
Cast of Hello, Dolly! UK at West End Woofs
Bonnie Langford at West End Woofs
Elaine Paige at West End Woofs
Bernadette Peters at West End Woofs
Bernadette Peters, Elaine Paige, and casts of Sister Act, Hello Dolly Les Misérables, and Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends at West End Woofs
Elaine Paige, Joanna Riding, Bonnie Langford, and Bernadette Peters at West End Woofs
Bernadette Peters and Elaine Paige at West End Woofs
Bernadette Peters and Milan Van Waardenburg at West End Woofs
West End Woofs
West End Woofs
Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Bonnie Langford, and cast of Les Misérables at West End Woofs
Bradley Judge and Bernadette Peters at West End Woofs
Lauren Hall and Lesley Joseph at West End Woofs
Bella Brown, Jason Pennycooke, and Bonnie Langford at West End Woofs
Charlie Stemp at West End Woofs
Stephanie J. Block and Charlie Stemp at West End Woofs
West End Woofs
Bernadette Peters at West End Woofs
West End Woofs
West End Woofs
Former Follies co-stars Paige and Peters first teamed up to co-host a virtual edition of West
End Woofs during lockdown in 2020, before hosting the first live event
in 2023. The event was based on Peters' Broadway Barks in New York, which she co-founded with the late Mary Tyler Moore. Broadway Barks returned to Manhattan's Shubert Alley August 3.
In an earlier statement Paige said, “I’m so thrilled to be hosting West End Woofs again this year with my pal Bernadette. Last year was such a great success as we found forever homes for so many dogs and cats from the animal shelters, that came along, who care for the abandoned animals until homes are found. So, along with our supporters from the world of entertainment, I can’t wait to make this year’s West End Woofs (and Meows!) even more successful!”
Peters added, “I’m thrilled once again to be joining my friend, another animal lover and great star Elaine Paige, for our second 'live' animal adoption event, West End Woofs (and Meows), which brings animals and people who need them together in the UK. If you’d like a new best friend, please join us to meet the animals and maybe fall in love”.
Visit WestEndWoofs.dog.
