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James Yeoburn
James Yeoburn (born 30 December 1989) is an English Theatrical producer, producer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of international theatre production company United Theatrical Early life and education Yeoburn was born in Exeter, Devon and grew up on the Harefield Estate outside the village of Lympstone. James is one of two sons of retired competition swimming coach and sales director Michael Yeo, and Patricia Yeo (née Akin), a property manager and daughter of RAF flight lieutenant the late Little Baldon air crash, John Akin. James has one brother and three half- brothers. From an early age, James worked under the mentorship of Maurice Marshal MBE at the Northcott Theatre, working in the technical department for visiting and in house productions Yeoburn is a graduate of Exeter College, Oxford, Exeter College, Leeds Conservatoire and the London School of Musical Theatre. Producer In 2012 Yeoburn along with long-term friend, composer and producer Stuart Matthew Price, found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exeter
Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. Exeter became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglicanism, Anglican in the 16th-century English Reformation. Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism in Devon and Cornwall. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham Campus, Streatham and St Luke's Campus, St Luke's. The administrative area of Exeter has the status of a non-metropolitan district under the administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Barks
Samantha Jane Barks (born 2 October 1990) is a British actress and singer who rose to fame after placing third in the BBC talent show-themed television series '' I'd Do Anything'' in 2008. She has released three studio albums: ''Looking in Your Eyes'' (2007), ''Samantha Barks'' (2016), and ''Into the Unknown'' (2021). Barks made her film debut as Éponine in the Tom Hooper-directed '' Les Misérables'' in 2012. Her performance in the film won her the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer and a shared National Board of Review Award with the film's cast. She starred opposite Jonathan Bailey in the Disney Channel musical-comedy '' Groove High'' (2012–2013) and again, in the London revival of the musical '' The Last Five Years'' in 2016. In 2018, she originated the role of Vivian Ward in '' Pretty Woman: The Musical'' on Broadway. From 2021 to 2024, she has starred as Elsa in the West End production of '' Frozen.'' Early life Barks was born and raised in Laxey on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Polycarpou
Peter Polycarpou (born 31 March 1957) is an English-Cypriot actor, playwright and singer, known for playing the roles of Chris Theodopolopodous in the television comedy series '' Birds of a Feather'' from 1990 to 1994 and Louis Charalambos in the 2014 biographical drama '' The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies''. Early life Peter Polycarpou was born in Brighton in 1957 as son of a family of Greek Cypriots.Sarah Barrell: Travel: The Place that Changed Me – Peter Polycarpou'. independent.co.uk, 23 October 2011. Together with his sister Eve Polycarpou he spent his first years in the St. Angela's Children's Home in Brighton. When he was six years old, he and his sister could return to live with their family. Career Polycarpou's work in movies includes '' Evita'' (alongside Madonna) in 1996, ''Oklahoma!'' in 1999, and '' De-Lovely'' in 2004. On stage, he was the first actor to play the role of John Thomas in the musical ''Miss Saigon'' on the West End in London. He was an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lara Pulver
Lara Pulver (born 1 September 1980) is an English actress, best known for playing Erin Watts in the BBC spy drama '' Spooks'' and Irene Adler on BBC's TV adaptation '' Sherlock''. She won the 2016 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical in the West End's revival of '' Gypsy''. Early life and education Pulver was born in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England on 1 September 1980 and grew up in the village of Longfield in Kent. Her father is from a Jewish family; her mother converted to Judaism when they married. She has a sister, Erika, who is four years older and works as a teacher. Pulver attended the National Youth Music Theatre between 1994 and 1998, as well as The Liz Burville Dance Centre, Bexley. In 1997, she began studying at the Doreen Bird College of Performing Arts, and graduated in 2000. Career Pulver was nominated for the 2008 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the role of Lucille Frank in the first West End production of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn North
Robyn North (born 16 September 1983) is an English soprano and musical theatre actress. She trained at the Sandy Gray School of Dancing, and the London Studio Centre on full scholarship. Robyn is married to Neil Franklin. Career North received a 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Award nomination for Best Takeover in a Role, for her portrayal of Christine Daaé in '' The Phantom of the Opera''. Her long association with the show began for her at the age of 19, when she understudied and played the role on numerous occasions. She later took over as Alternate Christine, and in 2007 she finally returned to the show to take over the role in her own right. Her other theatre credits include Miss Dorothy in '' Thoroughly Modern Millie'' in the first national tour in which she also understudied the title role of Millie, opposite Lesley Joseph and the national tour of '' Scrooge'' in the lead role of Isabel/Helen opposite Shane Richie for Bill Kenwright Ltd. More recently she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramin Karimloo
Ramin Karimloo (; ; born ) is a Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter known for his work on the West End theatre, West End and Broadway theatre, Broadway theatre. He has played the leading roles in both of the West End's longest running musicals: Erik (The Phantom of the Opera), The Phantom and Viscount Raoul de Chagny, Raoul de Chagny in ''The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), The Phantom of the Opera'', as Jean Valjean, Enjolras, and Marius Pontmercy in ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables''. He also originated the roles of Gleb Vaganov in ''Anastasia (musical), Anastasia'', a stage adaptation of the Anastasia (1997 film), 1997 film, Nick Arnstein in the Broadway revival of ''Funny Girl (musical), Funny Girl'', and The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's ''Love Never Dies (musical), Love Never Dies'', which continues the story of ''Phantom''. He is also known for his many portrayals of Anatoly Sergievsky in the musical ''Chess (musical), Chess''. He first played the ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene is an American actress and singer. She has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actress and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films and television series. Her best-known roles are as Audrey in the original stage play and film adaptation of '' Little Shop of Horrors'', and as Vivian Charles in the ABC series '' Pushing Daisies''. Personal life Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was a guidance counselor, and her father was a dentist. She attended W. Tresper Clarke High School in Westbury, New York. She spent summers at Cejwin Camps in Port Jervis, New York, where she performed in musical theatre productions, including the role of Tzeitel in a 1966 production of ''Fiddler on the Roof''. She had a relationship with puppeteer Martin P. Robinson. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Gaumond
Alex Gaumond (born 9 April 1978) is a Canadian actor, singer, songwriter and filmmaker best known for his involvement in West End theatre. He plays series regular gendarme Caron, the chief of police in Sainte Victoire, in the Channel 5 television series ''The Madame Blanc Mysteries'', starring Sally Lindsay. On stage, Gaumond is best known for playing the leading roles of Galileo in the Queen musical ''We Will Rock You'', Emmett in the original London production of '' Legally Blonde'' and Miss Trunchbull in the RSC's '' Matilda''. Early life Gaumond was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to French speaking parents. He moved to the UK in 1997 to study at Guildford School of Acting where he graduated with a 1st class BA (Hons) in 2000. Stage career 2000–01 (''Miss Saigon'') After completing his degree at GSA in 2000, Gaumond made his professional debut that very same year in the ensemble of ''Miss Saigon'' in the Philippines. Gaumond also understudied the leading role of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Criswell
Kim Criswell (born July 19, 1957) is an American musical entertainer and actress. Life and career Criswell was born in Hampton, Virginia, United States, and grew up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After she graduated from Hixson High School in suburban Chattanooga, she studied musical theatre at the University of Cincinnati's College Conservatory of Music. She then moved to New York City where she landed a role in the touring company of '' Annie''. She made her Broadway debut in '' The First'' in 1981. She has been in numerous musicals and has appeared with some of America's leading symphony orchestras as the featured soloist. She won the Helen Hayes Award in 1989 for her 1988 performance in '' Side By Side By Sondheim'' at the Olney Theatre in Washington. In September 1991, she presented her one-woman show ''Doin What Comes Naturally'', at the Shaw Theatre in London. She has lived in London since 1992, when she was invited to play Annie Oakley in Irving Berlin's musical '' Anni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertie Carvel
Robert Hugh Carvel (born 6 September 1977) is a British film and theatre actor. He has twice won a Laurence Olivier Award: for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his role as Miss Trunchbull in '' Matilda the Musical'', and for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance as Rupert Murdoch in '' Ink''. For the latter role, he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Play. On television, Carvel is known for playing Jonathan Strange in '' Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'', Simon Foster in '' Doctor Foster'', Adam Dalgliesh in '' Dalgliesh'', and Tony Blair in ''The Crown''. He also starred in ITV drama ''The Sister'' in 2020. Early life and education Carvel was born in Marylebone, London, the son of a psychologist mother and John Carvel, a journalist. Carvel was educated at University College School, Hampstead. He gained a first class honours degree in English at the University of Sussex, going on to win a place at the Royal Academy of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Caine
Rebecca Caine (born 25 November 1959) is a Canadian light lyric soprano, and musical theatre performer. Life and career Caine was born in Toronto, Ontario and studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. She is the daughter of Australian statistician Geoffrey Watson and the granddaughter of British constitutional law scholar Sir William Ivor Jennings. Caine currently resides in London. Caine's career has been divided between opera and musical theatre. She made her West End debut at the age of 19 in the role of Laurey in ''Oklahoma!''. She then sang the role of Eliza in ''My Fair Lady'' on a national tour. While making her debut at Glyndebourne as Amor in ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'', she was asked to join the Royal Shakespeare Company where she created the role of Cosette in ''Les Misérables''. After a successful West End run, she joined the original cast of '' The Phantom of the Opera'' to play Christine opposite Michael Crawford as alternate (perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Boys
Daniel Boys (born 26 March 1979) is an English actor. He starred in the West End productions of the musicals ''Rent'' and ''Grease'' before being a 2007 contestant on the BBC talent series '' Any Dream Will Do''. Boys went on to star in many more musicals including '' Avenue Q'', '' Spamalot'', '' Falsettos'' and ''Hamilton''. Early life and education Boys was born at Yateley, Hampshire, the son of a chartered surveyor and a phlebotomist. He won a Cameron Mackintosh scholarship to study at the Guildford School of Acting, where he graduated with a BA (Honours) in 2001.The Cast, '' Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds'' tour programme, 2006 Career Boys was selected to perform in the first UK tour of Jonathan Larson's '' Rent'', which meant leaving college early. He understudied the characters of Mark (played by Adam Rickitt) and Angel, eventually taking over the role of Mark, performing on alternate nights at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London's West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
