Jazz hands at the ready, as it’s time for Strictly Come Dancing 2023 to razzle-dazzle us with its annual celebration of theatreland toe-tappers in Musicals Week!
As our remaining celebrities and their professional partners prepare to tread the boards, the BBC One sequin spectacular’s house band, conducted by musical director Dave Arch, will also be hard at work mastering the line-up of showstopping songs. Particularly skilled at channelling Broadway in the ballroom is singer Tommy Blaize, who has worked on the programme since it began in 2004.
