Sabrina Aloueche is an English musical theatre actress.
She trained at
Sylvia Young Theatre School and furthered her training at
Mountview academy
She is best known for her role as Scaramouche in the musical ''
We Will Rock You'' which she played for 4 years. She also played Young
Cosette and later returned to play
Éponine in the London productions of ''
Les Misérables
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'' for its 21st anniversary year.
She has premiered two shows from America:
Faith in
Brooklyn the musical which had its European premier in 2019
and
Pippi in American Trailer Park the Musical at the Waterloo East Theatre in 2016
She has also performed as cover Florence in the
English National Operas production of
Chess
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at The
London Coliseum.
Starred as Belle in
Starlight Express at
The Other Palace under the direction of
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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and
Arlene Phillips
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For many years, she was most noted as the c ...
smaller productions include:
The Politician in
NHS the Musical
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at the
Theatre Royal Plymouth.
Maureen in
Rent
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at
The Cockpit Theatre
Jenna in Sleeping Arrangements
Theatre
Sabrina Aloueche grew up listening to movie musicals, especially ''
Annie
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''.
Inspired by the singing and dancing, she attended
Sylvia Young Theatre School.
When she was seven years old, she was cast as Young Cosette at the
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Australia
*Palace Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria
*Palace Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales
Canada
*Palace Theatre, housed in the Robillard Block, Mo ...
's production of ''Les Misérables.''
As a teenager, she made many TV appearances and especially enjoyed acting in drama shows.
Aloueche later played the part of Éponine in ''Les Misérables'' at the
Queen's Theatre where she was also cast to play the same part in the 21st anniversary show that was recorded for a BBC radio broadcast. On 2008, Aloueche began her run as Scaramouche in Ben Elton and Brian May’s ''We Will Rock You'', the role she is best known for.
She also originated the role of Belle in the workshop of ''
Starlight Express'' under the direction of
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948), is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, ...
.
References
External links
London Theatre Interview with Sabrina Aloueche
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Living people
English musical theatre actresses
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the Sylvia Young Theatre School