IT could be the best romantic scene that was never filmed.

A beautiful girl, a West End star and the moon gleaming on the beach at Brean.

Lee Mead, star of TV's Casualty and hit musicals such as Legally Blond, remembers the encounter with a smile.

"I was dating a girl from Brean and one evening we went for a walk along the beach," says the actor who plays Lofty in the medical drama.

He adds with a smile: "It was very romantic, worthy of a musical number."

Back then, Lee was still to hit the big time which he did a few years later in 2007, winning Andrew Lloyd Webber's search for Joseph in Any Dream Will Do.

After 600 performances in that role, Lee went to New York where he studied acting at the prestigious Strasburg Institute before heading back to London’s West End for starring roles in Wicked and Legally Blonde.

While his mild-mannered if slightly accident prone character, Lofty, has won the hearts of Casualty fans, Lee still loves returning to his first love - not that girl in Brean but the musical stage.

He is set to appear at The Octagon in Yeovil with a show called, Some Enchanted Evening.

"I want to turn back the musical clock to the golden age of Hollywood and celebrate some of the classic songs that that have become a part of our musical heritage," he explains.

"It's a journey back to a time when the fabulous MGM films and musical theatre shows of the 1940s and 1950s thrilled audiences around the world. I'm so lucky to sing songs from musicals like Singing in the Rain, Anchors Aweigh and Swing Time."

Lee will be accompanied on stage by his band with new arrangements from MD Mason Neely, Also joining him on the tour is fellow Casualty actress, Amanda Henderson who plays nurse Robyn Miller who has appeared in Les Miserables and Oliver.

Adds Lee: "I heard Amanda singing on set one day before rehearsals and I just thought she had the most beautiful voice."

Lee is now based in Cardiff where Casualty is filmed but is looking forward to returning to Somerset. He hopes he will have time to take his daughter to Wookey Hole.

He might even have time to take a trip to Brean.

Some Enchanted Evening. The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil. Tickets £25. Box: 01935 422884

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