The West End Cares Song Contest was introduced in the late nineties to provide a platform for outstanding new material performed in the
Theatre
Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform ...
. The winning song also titled an
album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records co ...
produced from the chosen finalists.
West End Cares is one of the many
AIDS/
HIV
The human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) are two species of ''Lentivirus'' (a subgroup of retrovirus) that infect humans. Over time, they cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in which progressive failure of the immune ...
charity
Charity may refer to:
Giving
* Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons
* Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing
* C ...
collectives now embodied in 'Theatre Cares
which itself is mirrored throughout the Theatrical world (for example '
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Broadway Cares').
British theatre awards
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