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I
was in the Original London Cast of the enduring musical phenomenon Les
Miserables, first as a member of the ensemble, and eventually as Grantaire
and Thenardier. Recently the show became the worlds' longest
running musical and I was on stage singing in the grand finale for
the celebrations at the Queens Theatre. It was also was voted the nations
favoutire musical in a poll this year. |
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I created the role of John in the original London cast of "Miss Saigon" . One of the highlights of the show is the moving song, "Bui Doi," which I performed on the cast recording. You can download audio clips below.
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I
played the Phantom in Sir Andrew Lloyd Webbers'"Phantom
Of The Opera". This is a really camp link to one of the myriad
sites! On the left is a photo of me in full Phantom costume.
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I also sang the theme song for the BBC2 television series "LOVE HURTS," which was also released as a single. Listen to an audio clip of "Love Hurts" in Real media below.
Love
Hurts (792KB) Amongst
the demo recordings I have done was a work by Michael Brand and Ian
Chippendale. It can be found at the following location and is called, "In
The Red". Completed
with the Williams Fairey Band brass band, this work tells the story
of Trade Unionist activist Will Easton and is inspired by characters
and events in "The Ragged Philanthropist" by Robert Tressel. It was given
a world premiere at Her Majesties Theatre in aid of The British Epilepsy
Society and which was hosted by Kiki Dee.
Listen
to Song
Of Socialism in mp3 |
Listen
to Killer
On The Run in Realmedia (.97MB) |
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have also been working on and off in Cyprus, for Stavros Sideras who
is well known there as a composer, writer, broadcaster and I am proud
to say friend of mine. We did a musical together called Pygmalion
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then went on to do Metropolis Kabarett at The Nationals' Terrace cafe directed
by Henry
Goodman
followed by THE SONG OF HIAWATHA for Radio 4's Classic Serial series,
transmitted on Saturday 21st May 2001. I
was in the last cast of CATS which closed last year. 
During Dec/Jan 1999/2000 I was at Sadlers Wells in Gillian Lynnes DICK WHITTINGTON playing Bologna (right) alongside Nicolas Grace as Grimaldi.
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I
played the Childcatcher in CHITTY
CHITTY BANG BANG and you can see the BBCTV interview I gave before
appearing at the London Palladium here.
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I played the role of Ali Hakim alongside Maureen Lipman (Aunt Eller), Hugh Jackman (Curly), Josefina Gabrielle (Laurey), Jimmy Johnston (Will), Vicki Simon (Ado Annie), Shuler Hensley (Jud Fry) and the great character actor Sid Livingstone in The Royal National Theatre's production of OKLAHOMA! which was a huge success. Listen to It's A Scandal in Realmedia (882KB) It transferred to The Lyceum Theatre and won four Olivier awards. Shuler Hensley got best supporting actor in a musical; Susan Stroman, best choreographer; Anthony Ward, best design and David Hersey, best lighting design. A movie was also made of the production and that won an Emmy. The show eventually went to Broadway with Josefina Gabrielle and Shuler Hensley from the original cast. |
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I played Neville Craven in THE SECRET GARDEN at The Aldwych theatre after its transfer to the West End for the RSC. I played opposite the fabulously talented Philip Quarst as Archie Craven. |
I
played Louis B Mayer (below centre) in a new movie called De-Lovely
starring Kevin Kline (below right) about the life of Cole Porter. Click
the link below for more details. |
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Last Summer I created the role of Daniel Washowsky in the world premiere of Imagine This at The Theatre Royal Plymouth. I have now accepted the offer to play Daniel in The West End transfer of this exciting new musical. Watch this space...
With Gina Back in Imagine This |
