West End Episodes

On this episode Courtney and I chatted about the moment she realized she wanted to perform on stage, the first show she ever saw, the show she’s seen the most times and why she’s seen it the most times, her experience at Guildford School of Acting where multiple Six cast members have studied theatre/acting, how she got cast in the show Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, what makes that show so special and why she thinks it’s an important story to tell, her audition for Six, whether she’d heard of ...

On this episode I talked with Maiya about her experience at Gilford School of Acting where she participated in school productions of The Secret Garden, Hair, Cats, and more, the makeup skills she picked up while she was in Cats at GSA, auditioning for Six and Motown The Musical around the same time, her reaction when she found out she got the role of Catherine Parr, the challenges of tour life, her West End debut, the moment she realized how big of a deal Six was becoming, her original 2020 plan...

On this episode I talked with Aimie about whether or not she’s always known she wanted perform on stage, what helped her jumpstart her professional theatre career the most, her West End debut as Daniela in In The Heights, whether she had previous knowledge of Spanish before getting cast in “In The Heights”, the secret as to why those in the UK are so much better at American accents, than American’s are at British accents, winning BBC’s Voice of Musical Theatre, originating the role of Katherine ...

On this episode I talked with Kerry about her glowing resume, the day she made her West End debut, taking over the role of Elphaba after Idina Menzel in 2006 and being the first ever British Elphaba in Wicked, the difference between playing Elphaba on West End and playing Elphaba on Broadway, how her Elphaba was different when she returned to the role in 2008, how she managed to have the vocal stamina needed to sing Elphaba songs EIGHT TIMES a week, other roles she’s played such as Grizabella in...