AS a regular on Casualty you would think Lee Mead wouldn't have time to tour with his band. But he loves singing so much he makes sure he can fit in a number of concerts, including coming to the Wycombe Swan next month.

Lee shot to stardom in 2007 when he won the BBC series, Any Dream Will Do and went on to perform in the West End as the lead in Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Since then he has released three solo albums, starred in further West End shows and has recently landed a role in Casualty as Lofty.

He also married Any Dream Will Do judge, Denise Van Outen, in 2009 and they had a daughter, Betsy together in 2010. The couple split up last July.

In Concert With Lee Mead marks the third time the artist has toured the UK and will be accompanied on stage by a four piece band led by musical director Mason Neely.

He is currently more than half way through. He said: "I am really pleased with how it has gone. They are nice venues and different places I haven't played at before."

At the Swan on November 12 he will perform several show classics such as his hit single Any Dream Will Do and Close Every Door from Joseph, as well as favourites such as Dancing Through Life from Wicked along with selections from Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar.

This will be complemented by a selection of Hollywood classics, along with some of Lee’s personal favourites from his three solo albums - Lee Mead, Nothing Else Matters and Love Songs.

He said: "It is just nice to break it up from the TV stuff."

"Because I am a singer I didn't want to stop for a couple of years not singing at all.

"Fortunately the show [Casualty] I am doing in Cardiff- they allowed me to go off and do gigs at the weekend.

"I didn't want to be going every weekend. It is a chance to go out and sing."

He lives in Cardiff Bay while filming five days a week for Casualty 11am to 5pm, which he said he is really enjoying.

Lee said: "The first six months was introducing the character and it takes time for the audience to see the character.

"For the past three months I have had some good story lines. There is a really good team of people.

And he must be doing something right as he has been nominated in the Favourite Newcomer category of the 2014 TV Times Awards.

Lee is also returning to panto- this year in Cardiff.

He said: "This is my third year. It is such a laugh. I do 12 shows a week for five weeks- there is not much time off.

"It is good craic and a lot of fun. You get families and grandparents and kids coming along."

His daughter, Betsy, who if four will be watching her dad in panto.

He said: "She still thinks I am Robin Hood. I am playing Prince Charming this year and she said, no, you are Robin Hood.

"She is just getting past the fact I am not Robin Hood any more. It is really cute."

And he makes sure he does not do too many gigs at the weekend so he can see Betsy, who lives in Kent with her mum.

He said: "Because I am away during the week I see her at weekends. I didn't want to be doing gigs every weekend.

"The gigs I do, she often comes along to during the day for the sound check. My folks put her to bed, but I still get the day with her."

It was while performing in The Phantom of the Opera, Lee Mead auditioned for any Dream Will Do, where he met Betsy's mum, Denise Van Outen.

After he won, booking for Joseph was so fast that when the first three months were sold out the producers extended the show's run and Mead's contract until June 2008.

He said: He said about the song Any Dream Will Do: "It is always going to be in my life, I think. I sing it at panto and sing it in my concert too.

"It is what I am known for and what people have come to know me for. It would be a bit strange not to sing the song."

Lee, has been a regular in London’s West End since. He went on to study acting at the prestigious Lee Strasburg Institute in New York before returning to the West End for starring roles in Wicked, and Legally Blonde. He is also a founder member of West End Men which played at the Vaudeville Theatre in London and theatres around the country and overseas.

Lee has started recording his fourth album, which will be out next spring with an MGM film theme.

So which does he prefer- singing or acting? He said: "I started quite late about 17/18. I guess it was more singing and then I started to do more plays and got more into that side of things.

"I was playing music a lot as well. I have crossed over, over the years and feel lucky I can do both. Each job is always different."

Lee Mead is at the Wycombe Swan on November 12 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £24.50 with a £1.50 booking fee. Call 01494 512000 or go to www.wycombeswan.co.uk.