Hollywood composer and pop songwriter Randy Edelman brings his acclaimed live show to the Esher Theatre for the very first time this summer, taking the stage on Friday, June 12, 2026, for one night of music, memory, and the kind of behind-the-curtain stories only a man with his résumé can tell.
A first visit to Esher is fitting for an artist whose creative streak shows no sign of slowing. The same hands that shaped the soaring themes of The Last of the Mohicans, Dragonheart, and Gettysburg — music that still surges through film trailers and television broadcasts the world over — now bring that orchestral grandeur down to a single piano and a room full of people. It’s a transformation that has become his signature: the cinematic made personal.
Seated at the piano, Edelman moves fluidly between the screen and the songbook. His catalog spans the unforgettable scores behind Beethoven, My Cousin Vinny, The Mask, and Ghostbusters II, alongside the pop compositions he wrote for artists including The Carpenters, Barry Manilow, and Patti LaBelle. Threaded between the music are the anecdotes — sharp, funny, and disarmingly candid — that turn each performance into something closer to a conversation than a concert.
The Esher Theatre, a beautifully restored 1936 music hall reborn under Swift Entertainment in 2021, offers exactly the kind of intimate, acoustically rich setting Edelman’s solo show was built for. With one of the most adaptable stages in Elmbridge and a reputation for eclectic, high-caliber programming, the venue makes an ideal first home for an artist whose work has always lived at the intersection of spectacle and sentiment.
What makes an Edelman performance singular is its refusal to treat his legacy as something finished. These shows pulse forward — ever-evolving, always reaching toward the next melody — proving that a career carved in cinematic gold is still very much being written. For Esher audiences, June 12 marks the first chance to experience it live.
Randy Edelman performs at the Esher Theatre, Surrey, on Friday, June 12, 2026. Tickets are available now through the Esher Theatre box office and eshertheatre.com.