Cast & Creative - Crazy For You | Gillian Lynne Theatre London

Charlie Stemp

Bobby Child

Charlie Stemp

Bobby Child

Charlie was born in London and graduated from Laine Theatre Arts. In 2016, he was cast by Cameron Mackintosh to play Arthur Kipps in his new production of Half A Sixpence at Chichester Festival Theatre. A West End transfer to the Noel Coward Theatre immediately followed, with Charlie’s breakout starring performance garnering unprecedented critical acclaim. For his performance, Charlie was nominated for the 2017 Olivier Award for Best Actor In A Musical; the 2017 Carl Alan Performer’s Award; the 2016 UK Theatre Award for Best Performance In A Musical; and won the 2017 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Actor In A Musical. The production was recently broadcast on Sky Arts as Kipps – The New Half A Sixpence Musical. Charlie made his Broadway debut as Barnaby Tucker in Hello, Dolly! (Shubert Theater, New York) opposite Bette Midler and Bernadette Peters. For his performance, Charlie was awarded the 2018 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. For three consecutive Christmas seasons, Charlie starred at the London Palladium – as Dick in the Olivier Award-winning Dick Whittington; returning a year on as Prince in Snow White; then in Pantoland at the Palladium. Other credits: Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends – A Celebration (Sondheim Theatre); Simon Green in Lloyd George Knew My Father (Theatre Royal, Windsor); Dvornichek in Tom Stoppard’s Rough Crossing (National Tour); Eddie in Mamma Mia! (International Tour); his professional debut in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre). Most recently, he played the role of Bert in Cameron Mackintosh’s revival of Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre), for which he received his second Olivier Award nomination for 2020 Best Actor In A Musical. Charlie returns to the role of Bobby Child in Crazy For You, having recently starred in the Chichester Festival Theatre production directed by Susan Stroman. @charlie.stemp

Carly Anderson

Polly Baker

Carly Anderson

Polly Baker

Television: Marie Monroe in Traces (Alibi); Amanda in Trust Me (BBC). Theatre: Polly in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre); Glinda in Wicked (International Tour); Sunset Boulevard (ENO); Xanadu (Southwark Playhouse); Sunny Afternoon (Harold Pinter Theatre); Candide (Menier Chocolate Factory); Avenue Q (Korea); My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible); South Pacific (UK Tour and The Barbican); The Sound of Music (UK No. 1 Tour).

Tom Edden

Bela Zangler

Tom Edden

Bela Zangler

Theatre credits include: As You Like It (Soho Place); Cyrano de Bergerac, The Pinter Season and Doctor Faustus (Jamie Lloyd Company); Our Town (Regents Park), Matilda (RSC/ West End);The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui (Donmar); Amadeus (National Theatre); Measure for Measure (Young Vic); Peter Pan Goes Wrong (Apollo); Les Miserables (Queen’s); A Little Hotel on the Side (Theatre Royal Bath); Hamlet, Betrayal & Summer Lightning (Royal Theatre Northampton); Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible (UK Theatre award nominee best actor in a musical) and One Man Two Guvnors (National Theatre, West End, Broadway; (Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role and nominated for Tony and Critic’s Circle Awards). Television credits include: Starstruck, Singapore Grip,Upstart Crow, The Scandalous Lady W, Doctor Who, Stuart a Life Backwards, Spartans, The Wolf Man. Film credits include: Star Wars Episode VII- The Force Awakens, Mr Turner and Cinderella.

Natalie Kassanga

Irene Roth

Natalie Kassanga

Irene Roth

Theatre credits include:

Bella in Berlusconi (Southwark Playhouse Elephant); Deena Jones in Dreamgirls (UK Tour); Understudy Alana Beck & Zoe Murphy in Dear Evan Hansen (Noel Coward Theatre); Diana Ross in Motown the Musical (Shaftesbury Theatre); Young Nala in The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre); Who Will Buy girl/Ensemble in the revival of Oliver! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Ensemble in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour); Church girl in the opera of Tosca (Northampton Royal & Derngate);

Other credits include:

Moesha in the workshop of new dance musical, CHASE (Base Productions); Popular in the workshop for new musical film, Prom Fever (Mirrorball Films).

Mathew Craig

Lank Hawkins

Mathew Craig

Lank Hawkins

Mathew Trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Theatre credits include Lank Hawkins in Crazy for You at Chichester Festival Theatre; Narrator in Blood Brothers (UK Tour); The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Ambassador’s theatre, West End and Menier Chocolate Factory); We Will Rock You (UK Tour); The Fantasticks (Duchess Theatre, West End); A Little House Music (Arts Theatre, West End); Imagine This (World Premiere, Plymouth); Showboat (Royal Albert Hall); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (UKTT); Miss Saigon (Cameron Mackintosh Ltd); Beauty and the Beast Original tour cast (Disney Theatrical); Ken Hill’s The Phantom of the Opera, UK Tour; Aspects of Love (Theatre Royal Lincoln). Screen credits include Murray in Cast (Jacory Productions/Emerald Sky); Kombat Opera: Spouse Change (Avalon/BBC), Manorama: Drinking in Nottingham (Avalon/BBC); Nuts and Bolts (HTV Wales).

Duncan Smith

Everett Baker

Duncan Smith

Everett Baker

Theatre include: Abner Dillon in 42^nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet); General Waverly in White Christmas (UK Tour); Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd (Barrow Street Theatre, New York & Harrington’s Pie Shop at Shaftesbury Avenue); Mr Sheinkopf in Fame (UK Tour); Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music (UK Tour); Philip Harker in The Boy Player (Windsor Festival); Don Attilio in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s); Professor Cavendish in God Sports (New End Theatre); u/s Dindon & Georges in La Cage aux Folles (Playhouse); Chief of Police in Marguerite (Theatre Royal, Haymarket); Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (The Castle, Wellingborough); Lord Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK Tour); Gangster 1 in Kiss Me, Kate (UK Tour); FBI Agent & u/s Elisha Whitney & Captain in Anything Goes (National Theatre & Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Alderman Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington (Theatre Royal, Wakefield); Henry Miller in Calamity Jane (Shaftesbury); Anthony Dull in Love’s Labour’s Lost (National Theatre); Pops in Kiss Me, Kate (Victoria Palace); The Major in The Secret Garden (RSC Stratford & Aldwych); The Tax Man in Spend! Spend! Spend! (Piccadilly); Mayor Muffin in Doctor Dolittle (Apollo Hammersmith); Mr Farthing in Kes (York Theatre Royal); Ben (Senior) in Lady in the Dark (National Theatre); Peron in Evita (Prince Edward & Tour); McManus in Copacabana (Prince of Wales); u/s Molokov & De Courcy in Chess (Prince Edward); Lorenzo in The Inheritor (National Theatre Studio); Sir Lionel in Camelot (Liverpool Playhouse); Defence Attorney in Trial by Jury (Orange Tree); Soloist in Tomfoolery (Players); Mr Edwards in The Little Matchgirl (Orange Tree); Ladislav Sipos in She Loves Me & Caiphas in Jesus Christ Superstar (Perth Theatre). Film & Television include: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again; Garry Shandling in Autopsy: Garry Shandling (ITV).

Marilyn Cutts

Lottie Child

Marilyn Cutts

Lottie Child

Marilyn read English at Manchester University followed by a post-graduate Diploma in Drama. Following a season in TIE at Derby Playhouse she worked in Rep at Crewe, Chester, Ipswich and Cheltenham where she played Faye Apple in the UK Premiere of Anyone Can Whistle. As well as the Beggar Woman she has played Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd three times. West End shows include Oliver!, Gospell, Show Boat at the London Palladium,The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Never Forget, and Funny Girl all at the Savoy, Design For Living at the Globe (now the Gielgud), Into The Woods at Regent’s Park, What a Performance with David Suchet at the Queen’s and Oklahoma! at the National Theatre and the Lyceum. She also toured the UK and Ireland with Footloose, High Society, Honk!l Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Copacabana, and Wicked among others. Workhops include Liberation by Jonathan Dove at the National Theatre Studio, Lockhart by Ashley Robinson and Jason Carr, and Pieces of String by Gus Gowland, which it is hoped will come into the West End in 2024. TV apprearances include a science fiction series Home Invasion for the Nordic Entertainment Group, Grantchester, Coronation Street, and Doctors, while films include Falstaff with Music Theatre London, Les Miserables, and Wicked (to be released in November 2024). A founder member of Fascinating Aida, she last appeared with them in One Last Flutter 2003 at the Comedy (now the Harold Pinter Theatre) when they were nominated for an Olivier. Other favourite roles were Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte for Music Theatre London in Hamburg, Greenwich and the QEH and Madame de Rosemonde in Adam Cooper’s dance drama version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in Japan and Sadlers Wells. Having recently completed a History Degree with the Open University she is currently studying for an MA in Creative Writing.

Sam Harrison

Eugene Fodor

Sam Harrison

Eugene Fodor

Training: The Royal Academy of Music Previous credits include: THEATRE Bobby in THE FAMOUS FIVE (Chichester Festival and Theatre Clwyd); Sam in LOVE IS ONLY LOVE (The Other Palace/Chichester Minerva); Count Quintet in THE MAGICIAN’S ELEPHANT (RSC); Tinman in THE WIZARD OF OZ (Leeds Playhouse); Bamatabois/Claquesous in LES MISÉRABLES (West End); Poldavy in EASTWARD, HO! (Shakespeare’s Globe); Boris in CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (West Yorkshire Playhouse & UK Tour); Bungo Strathbungo in A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS (Chichester Festival); Bertie Wooster in BY JEEVES (Trinity Theatre), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (25th Anniversary UK Tour); Timothy in SALAD DAYS (Riverside Studios), AVENUE Q (Geilgud Theatre); Bobby in CRAZY FOR YOU (Showtime Challenge – London Palladium) FILM UNDER THE JERICHO SUN (Braybrook Productions), FOXTROT ONE ONE (MP Productions) Other work includes: Sam wrote and starred in LOVE IS ONLY LOVE which headlined The Other Palace Pride Festival, has been revived twice and transferred to the Chichester Minerva.

Rina Fatania

Patricia Fodor

Rina Fatania

Patricia Fodor

Rina trained at the Central School of Speech & Drama. Theatre credits include: Madam Xenia in The Killing Of Sister George (Told By An Idiot); Catharine and Various Roles in The Art Of Illusion (Hampstead Theatre) ; Fozia in Favour (The Bush Theatre/ Cleanbreak) ; Julie in Shelia’s Island (UK Tour); Susheela Parekh in NW Trilogy (Kiln Theatre); Christie in The Language of Kindness (Wayward Productions); Brenda Highthorpe in The Man In The White Suit (Wyndham’s Theatre); Mrs Peachum in Dead Dog in a Suitcase (UK & International Tour/Kneehigh Theatre Company); Bindi/Sameena in Wah! Wah! Girls! (Sadler’s Wells/Peacock Theatre); Sameena in Approaching Empty (Kiln Theatre, Tamasha & Live Theatre); Panna in The Village (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Anna Bronski in The Tin Drum (Kneehigh Theatre, UK Tour); Charlotte /Monks in Oliver Twist (Regents Park, Open Air Theatre); Jean in Roller Diner (Soho Theatre); & Nanima in Anita & Me (UK Tour/Birmingham Rep). Green Genie Uzz in Sinbad the Sailor (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Bindi in Love N Stuff (Theatre Royal Stratford East, 2013 & 2016); Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington (Hackney Empire); Firoza in The Empress (RSC, The Swan Theatre);Mrs Gupta/Ruby in A Fine Balance (Tamasha Theatre Company); Bibiji in Britain’s Got Bhangra (UK Tour/Rifco Arts); Mrs. Gupta/ Ruby in A Fine Balance (Tamasha Theatre Co.); Kiran in The Deranged Marriage (Rifco Arts); Pushpa in Strictly Dandia (Tamasha Theatre Co.); Swing in Bombay Dreams (Apollo Victoria, West End); & Dunyazaad in Arabian Nights (Midland Arts Centre). TV credits include Shabna in Nolly (ITV); Too Close (Snowed In Productions); Wanderlust (BBC, Netflix) & People Just Do Nothing (BBC). Film Credits include Little English (Resource Productions); Shawafa (short, 2019); Raabta (Bollywood Film); Mummji Presents (BBC Space/ Pravesh Kumar); Shammu in Mumbai Charlie (Pukkanasha Films).

Jack Wilcox

Standby Bobby Child

Jack Wilcox

Standby Bobby Child

Training: Tring Park School for the Performing Arts. Theatre credits include: Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Sailor Quartet/u/s and played Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (The Barbican/UK Tour); Ralph Sheldrake in White Christmas (Dominion Theatre); Naphtali/u/s Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (The London Palladium); Hortensio in Opera North Kiss Me Kate (London Coliseum, Leeds Grand Theatre); Ensemble/u/s and played Adam Hochberg & Henri Baurel in the Original London Cast of An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre); Anthony Hope in Sweeney Todd (Mercury/Derby Theatre); Dandini in Cinderella (QDOS Manchester Opera House); Young Visconti in Travels With my Aunt (Chichester Festival Theatre); Charles Lightoller in Titanic (Princess of Wales, Toronto); Rolf Gruber in The Sound of Music (Leicester Curve); Riff in West Side Story (UK Tour); Ensemble u/s Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain (Palace Theatre); Kiss Me Kate (Theatre Du Chatelet); 42^nd Street (Leicester Curve); Don Kerr in A Chorus Line (Tel Aviv Opera House); Singin’ in the Rain (Chichester Festival Theatre); Shoes (The Peacock Theatre); Wicked (Victoria Apollo); High School Musical 2 (UK Tour); Apollo Victoria 80th Gala (Apollo Victoria); Kerry Ellis Sings the Great British Songbook (Shaw Theatre); Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall); Handel’s Messiah (Royal Albert Hall). Workshops include: Malik in Women On the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (ATG); Send for Mr Plim (Soho Theatre); Bud Carver in Night of the Prom (Hackney Empire Theatre). Television credits include: All Star Musicals (ITV); Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV); Surprise Surprise (ITV); Anything Goes (BBC); An American in Paris (Sky Arts). Soundtrack credits include: Singin’ in the Rain (London Cast recording 2012).

Kayleigh Thadani

Tess

Kayleigh Thadani

Tess

Training: Guildford School of Acting. West End Theatre credits include: Rita/cover Judy Haynes in WHITE CHRISTMAS (The Dominion Theatre); Ensemble/Swing in DISNEY’S ALADDIN(Prince Edward Theatre), DISNEY’S BROADWAY HITS (Royal Albert Hall). Other theatre credits include: Electra and cover Bombalurina/Demeter/Jennyanydots/Gumbie Cat in CATS (European tour); Rita/cover Judy Haynes in WHITE CHRISTMAS (UK Tour); Original Cast Featured Ensemble/Maid in the world premiere of THE SORCEROR’S APPRENTICE (Southwark Playhouse & Stream.Theatre); Wicked Witch in THE WIZARD OF OZ (Shaw Theatre),PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ (UK Tour and Monte Carlo), BLUES BROTHERS STORY (Sporting Club, Monte Carlo), Ensemble/Understudy Wicked Step Mother in CINDERELLA (Hackney Empire), Pradeepta Smith in THE BAKEWELL BAKE OFF (Landor Theatre and Waterloo East Theatre). Screen credits include: Resident Ensemble for THE THEATRE CHANNEL (Adam Blanshay Productions); Ensemble in DISNEY’S ALADDIN (Live Film); Featured Singer in SUNDAY NIGHT AT THE PALLADIUM (ITV), TONIGHT AT THE LONDON PALLADIUM (ITV), CHILDREN IN NEED (BBC Elstree Studios), ITV ALL STAR MUSICALS (London Palladium). Voiceover credits include: ESTEE LAUDER ADVANCE NIGHT REPAIR, LIGHTSEEKERS, CLINIQUE, SIMPLE AQUA LOCK WIPES, AMAZON IDENT, CARESS LUX, JOCKEY. Winner of One Voice Award for best performance in a video game/toy.

Kate Parr

Patsy

Kate Parr

Patsy

Kate studied at The Academy for Theatre Arts in Stoke On Trent and went on to train at Arts Educational Schools, London. Theatre includes: Hex (National Theatre); Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (UK Tour); Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Follies (National Theatre); The Little Princess (Royal Festival Hall); Dick Whittington (Cambridge Arts Theatre); The Fix (The Union). TV includes: The Crown (Netflix)

Lila Anderson

Vera

Lila Anderson

Vera

Lila’s credits include Ensemble / cover Snow White in Snow White (Crossroads), Vera in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival), Ensemble at The Thursford Christmas Spectacular, Ensemble / cover Sarabi in Disney’s The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre) and Ensemble / cover Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk (Norwich Theatre Royal) She has modelled for Superdrug, various Bridal Shows and danced for Leeds Pride

Harriet Samuel-Gray

Sheila

Harriet Samuel-Gray

Sheila

Training: Harriet trained at Bird College graduating in 2017 with a BA (Hons) in Professional Dance and Musical Theatre. Previous to this she attended the Dupont Dance Stage School. Theatre includes: 42^nd Street (Chatelet, Paris); Broadway Melody Girl in Singin’ in the Rain in which she also understudied Lina Lamont (Sadler’s Wells, Japan, UK Tour and Toronto); Dance Captain/ Ensemble in Cinderella (Theatre Royal, Nottingham); Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium); The Merry Widow (ENO, London Coliseum); Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre). Workshops include: Groundhog Day; Feet Keep Me Flyin’ (Curve Theatre, Leicester); Wicked (Hamburg); Bring It On The Musical TV & Film includes; Zoya in ‘The Performance’ (Feature Film); All Star Musicals (ITV); Brit Awards (Dua Lipa); Strictly Come Dancing (Laura Mvula); The Mobo Awards (Professor Green & Laura Mvula); The X Factor (ITV).

Imogen Bowtell

Elaine

Imogen Bowtell

Elaine

Training: Bird College, BA (Hons) Dance and Musical Theatre. Theatre: Follies ensemble/Elaine in CRAZY FOR YOU (Chichester Festival Theatre) and Ensemble and First Understudy Judy Haynes in WHITE CHRISTMAS (UK Tour 2021 & 2022).

Laura Hills

Mitzi

Laura Hills

Mitzi

Training: Bird College Conservatoire for Dance and Musical Theatre. Theatre: Cinderella (Newcastle Theatre Royal); Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre); Aladdin (Gordon Craig Theatre); Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour (Theatre Neue Flora); Thursford Christmas Spectacular; Dick Whittington (Devonshire Park Theatre); Mamma Mia! (RCCL), Dance of Bollywood (Rose Theatre). Workshops: Feet Keep Me Flyin’ (Leicester Curve).

Ella Valentine

Margie

Ella Valentine

Margie

Training: Sylvia Young Theatre School and Laine Theatre Arts Theatre Credits include: Featured Ensemble/Dance Captain & 1st Cover Charlotte in Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre), Margie & 1st Cover Lottie Child in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ensemble & Cover Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington (Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford) Crazy For You marks Ella’s West End debut.

Tara Yasmin

Louise

Tara Yasmin

Louise

Training: Laine Theatre Arts Theatre includes: Prince Charming in Cinderella (Gordan Craig Theatre), Louise in Crazy for You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (Crampton Hall Theatre); Helene in Sweet Charity (Laine Theatre Arts); Musical Theatre Classics (The Princes Hall); Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington and soloist in Christmas Cracker (Kings Theatre Portsmouth); Time in Motion and Memorial Gala Performances (National Youth Ballet of Great Britain). Films include: the short James. Other work includes: seanhanna awards

Marc Akinfolarin

Moose

Marc Akinfolarin

Moose

Training: Arts Educational Schools, London Theatre includes: Prince and Ensemble in Hex (National Theatre), Moose in Crazy for You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Alan/Understudy Kevin in Fat Friends (UK Tour), Reverend Dobson in Anything Goes (Barbican), Sergeant of Police in Pirates of Penzance (Palace Theatre), Adrian in The Last Ship (Toronto and US Tour), Zeke/Lion in The Wizard of Oz (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Spamilton (Menier Chocolate Factory), Sir Bedevere in Spamalot (UK Tour/Mercury Colchester), Alf in Peter and The Starcatcher (Northampton), Ed Bishop in Floyd Collins (Wilton’s Music Hall), Ensemble in Jesus Christ Superstar (Tour), Ensemble in Sweeney Todd (English National Opera), Bystander in Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory), Jesus Christ Superstar (Arena Tour), Porgy & Bess (Royal Danish Opera), Emmeline/Better/Shilling/Antimony in Christmas Carol (Birmingham Rep), Buster in The Color Purple (The Menier Chocolate Factory), Sparrow in Soul Man (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Alternate Clopin and Quasimodo in Notre Dame de Paris (Enzo Productions), Smokey Joe’s Cafe (Landor Theatre), Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour).

Lucas Koch

Sam

Lucas Koch

Sam

Lucas trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, Actor-Musician course 2022. Theatre credits include; Swing in Choir of Man (Arts Theatre), Jonny Cash in Million Dollar Quartet (The Barn Theatre, Cirencester).

Philip Bertioli

Mingo

Philip Bertioli

Mingo

Training: Laine Theatre Arts. Theatre includes: Skimbleshanks in Cats (International Tour); Ralph Sheldrake and understudied and played Phil Davis in White Christmas (National Tour); Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain (Mill at Sonning); Mendel in Fiddler on the Roof (Playhouse Theatre) directed by Trevor Nunn; understudied and played Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); Ziegfeld Tenor and understudied and played Nick Arnstein and Eddie Ryan in Funny Girl (Savoy Theatre); Joey in War Horse (New London Theatre); Eat Pray Laugh! Barry Humphries’ Farewell Tour (London Palladium and National Tour); Josh in 9 to 5: The Musical (National Tour); Troy Bolton in High School Musical (Indonesia). Workshops include: Roy Litchenstein in Warhol directed by Trevor Nunn; Pinocchio (NT Studio) directed by John Tiffany. Film and Television includes: Billy Lawlor in the feature-length film of the West End revival production of 42nd Street (Julian Marsh Pictures); Katherine Jenkins: Christmas Spectacular (Royal Albert Hall/ITV); Galavant (ABC Studios); The Royal Variety Performance (ITV); The One Show (BBC); The Olivier Awards (ITV); Tonight At The London Palladium (ITV). Recordings include: Song Book of Robert J Sherman; 42nd Street – London Cast Recording (First Night Records); Funny Girl – London Cast Recording (Decca Records).

Jason Battersby

Junior

Jason Battersby

Junior

Trained at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and The Royal Ballet School. Theatre Credits include; Roger in Lord of the Flies (UK Tour), Junior in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Peter Pan in All New Adventures of Peter Pan (York Theatre Royal) and Shadow in Wendy and Peter (Leeds Playhouse). Jason is also a prolific singer songwriter and producer with a number of works featured on ‘BBC Introducing’

Ashley-Jordon Packer

Wyatt

Ashley-Jordon Packer

Wyatt

Training: Bird College West End theatre credits: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (London Palladium); Thriller Live (Lyric Theatre) and The Bodyguard (Original Cast, Adelphi Theatre). Other theatre credits include: Turandot (Royal Opera House, London); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (UK and Ireland Tour); Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (UK and International Tour); Aladdin (SEC Armadillo); ‘Admetus/Macavity’ in Cats (UK Tour); Mr Wonderful – A Celebration of Jonathan Ollivier’s Life in Dance (Sadler’s Wells); Dance Captain in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Venue Cymru); The BFG (Birmingham Rep) and ‘Duane’ in Hairspray (Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas). Television credits: The Pursuit of Love (BBC); Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake (Sky Arts) and The Queen’s Coronation Festival Gala (BBC).

Kyle Cox

Billy

Kyle Cox

Billy

Training: ArtsEd Theatre credits include: Jack Wright in Treason (UK Tour & London Palladium); Paul Williams in Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations (The Prince Edward Theatre); Wyatt in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre); Ensemble in Elf The Musical (The Dominion Theatre); Choir at Olivier Awards (ArtsEd); Dancer in Cowboys and Angels (O2 Academy Brixton); Choir in An Intimate Evening with Kristen Chenoweth (ArtsEd) Workshops credits include: Will in Halls: The Musical (Turbine Theatre) and Dancer in The Greatest Night Of The Jazz Age (The Lost Estate).

Nicholas Duncan

Jimmy

Nicholas Duncan

Jimmy

Theatre include: Jimmy & u/s Lank Hawkins in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre); u/s Happy Man, Mr Thompson & Alfredo in Pretty Woman (Savoy Theatre & Piccadilly Theatre); u/s Guiseppe in The Light in the Piazza (Southbank Centre, London, Los Angeles Opera & Lyric Opera of Chicago); Jim & u/s Bob Wallace in White Christmas (Curve, Leicester); My Fair Lady (Teatro San Carlo and Teatro Massimo); Son & u/s Perchik in Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre); Munkastrap in Cats (RCCL); u/s Henry in Travels With My Aunt (Chichester Festival Theatre); Thalia in Xanadu (Southwark Playhouse); u/s Doctor, Rudolpho & Escapologist in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre/RSC); Princeton/Rod in Avenue Q (Seoul); u/s Noah in Oliver (UK Tour); u/s Principal Vocalist in Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai Culture Square Theatre); u/s Princeton/Nicky/Trekkie in Avenue Q (UK Tour); u/s Goody/Schlomo in Fame (Ireland Tour); u/s Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Prince of Wales); The Ripper (New Players Theatre). Television include: Galavant (ABC). Workshop include: Planet in The Little Prince.

Nathan Elwick

Custus

Nathan Elwick

Custus

Trained at Arts Educational Schools Theatre credits include: Top Hat (The Mill at Sonning), Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Sweeney Todd (English Theatre Frankfurt), Aladdin (The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil), Salad Days (UK Tour), Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre West End & Newcastle Theatre Royal), Aladdin (Nottingham Playhouse), The Glenn Miller Story (UK tour), The Olivier Awards, Follies in Concert (Royal Albert Hall). Radio credits: Friday Night is Music Night (BBC)

Liam Wrate

Pete

Liam Wrate

Pete

Trained at The Dance School of Scotland and Millennium Performing Arts. Theatre credits include: Oscar & u/s Andy Lee in 42^nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet); Anything Goes (Barbican); Junior Babcock in Mame (Hope Mill Theatre); u/s Chip in On the Town (Japan); Young Roscoe in Follies (National Theatre); u/s Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); u/s Freddy Eynsford-Hill in My Fair Lady (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples); Alternate Jerry Mulligan in An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre & Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris); Kiss Me Kate (Grand Theatre, Luxembourg); Guys and Dolls (Savoy & Phoenix Theatre); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales – Original Cast); White Christmas (The Lowry, Salford); Call Me Madam (Union Theatre); u/s Frank Lippencott in Wonderful Town (UK Tour); The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium – Original Cast); Chicago (Cambridge Theatre); Mary Poppins (UK Tour); Cats (UK Tour); u/s Gerald Bolingbroke in Me and My Girl (UK Tour); u/s Billy Crocker in Anything Goes (UK Tour); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); and On the Town (London Coliseum). Film credits include: Man and Witch. Other credits include: The Showgirl Within (Garrick Theatre); DanceLines (Royal Opera House) and Dandini in Cinderella (Capitol Theatre, Horsham).

Nell Martin

Swing/Dance Captain

Nell Martin

Swing/Dance Captain

Training: Arts Educational Schools, First Class Honours Degree. Theatre includes: Dance Captain in At Last, It’s Summer (Gala concert at The London Palladium), Dance Captain & Swing in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ensemble in SMOOSH! (Paraorchestra), Dance Captain & Swing in Priscilla Queen Of The Desert: The Musical (UK Tour), Dance Captain, Swing & Cassandra in CATS (International Tour), Dancer in Neptunalia (CScape Dance Company), Pauline in West Side Story (Salzburg International Theatre Festival) Film includes: Wonka (Warner Bros.), Blitz (Apple TV) Choreography work includes: Assistant Choreographer for Head Over Heels (Hope Mill Theatre), Assistant Choreographer for Bad Girls The Musical (Union Theatre), Assistant Choreographer for Beauty and the Beast (Arts Educational Schools)

Bradley Trevethan

Swing/Ass. Dance Captain

Bradley Trevethan

Swing/Ass. Dance Captain

Training: Urdang Academy Theatre: Swing in Newsies (Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre) Swing & cover Mingo in Crazy For You (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ensemble in Alan Partridge Live (UK Arena Tour), Swing in Hairspray (London Coliseum), Understudy Robin Hood in Robin Hood (Gala Theatre, Durham), Ensemble 1^st cover Roger & Eugene in Grease (Royal Caribbean), Tropic At The Disco (NEC, Birmingham), Jack and the Beanstalk (Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne), Friedrich in The Sound of Music (UK Tour), Barney Hicks in The Music Man (Chichester Festival Theatre). TV includes: Saturday Night Fever – The Ultimate Disco Movie (BBC), Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV), Children in Need (BBC), BBC Music Awards (BBC).

Bethan Downing

Swing