Joanna Sawyer
Training: Guildford School of Acting, winning the graduate Musical Theatre Prize. Theatre includes: ‘Hero’ in Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre in the Forest); ‘Rusty’ in Footloose (UK tour); ‘Cecily Cardew’ in The Importance of Being Earnest (The English Theatre of Hamburg and The Avenue Theatre, Ipswich); ‘Snow White’ in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Sheffield Lyceum); ‘Veronica’ in Love Birds (Edinburgh Festival); understudy ‘Liesl’ in The Sound of Music (Beirut and Cairo tour) and ‘Anita’ in West Side Story (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry).
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BIO
Training: Guildford School of Acting, winning the graduate Musical Theatre Prize.
Theatre includes: ‘Hero’ in Much Ado About Nothing (Theatre in the Forest); ‘Rusty’ in Footloose (UK tour); ‘Cecily Cardew’ in The Importance of Being Earnest (The English Theatre of Hamburg and The Avenue Theatre, Ipswich); ‘Snow White’ in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Sheffield Lyceum); ‘Veronica’ in Love Birds (Edinburgh Festival); understudy ‘Liesl’ in The Sound of Music (Beirut and Cairo tour) and ‘Anita’ in West Side Story (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry).
Television includes: Our Girl (BBC).
Other work includes: Jo is co-founder and choreographer of the vocal harmony trio, The Femmes.
Jo is thrilled to be joining the company of Wicked and would like to thank her husband and family for their continued support.
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by Stephi Wild - Apr 28, 2022
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced the release of 500,000 new tickets, with public booking now extended at London's Apollo Victoria Theatre until Sunday 28 May 2023.
by Stephi Wild - Jan 24, 2022
Wicked has released the first production images of new cast members Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible) and Gary Wilmot (The Wizard).
by Stephi Wild - Nov 17, 2021
Wicked has announced that Lucie Jones (Elphaba), Ryan Reid (Fiyero), Sophie-Louise Dann (Madame Morrible) and Gary Wilmot (The Wizard) will lead the new London cast at the Apollo Victoria Theatre from Tuesday 1 February 2022. Meet the cast.
by Stephi Wild - Oct 25, 2021
Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced that an additional 500,000 new tickets are now on sale, with booking extended to Sunday 27 November 2022.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 28, 2021
Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, tonight (28 September 2021) celebrates 15 years at London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre.
by Marianka Swain - Sep 2, 2021
Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, is pleased to confirm the returning cast that will lead the award-winning production back into London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre where it resumes performances on Wednesday 15 September 2021.
by Stephi Wild - Jul 11, 2019
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical sensation that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has released the first pictures of the new London cast headed by Nikki Bentley (Elphaba), Helen Woolf (Glinda), Alistair Brammer (Fiyero), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Andy Hockley (The Wizard), Simeon Truby (Doctor Dillamond), Natasha Ferguson* (Nessarose) and Idriss Kargbo (Boq).
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2019
WICKED, the West End and Broadway musical sensation that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, has announced that Nikki Bentley and Helen Woolf will lead the new London cast as Elphaba and Glinda respectively, alongside the previously announced Alistair Brammer as Fiyero, from Monday 22 July 2019.
by BWW News Desk - Apr 19, 2016
911 and The Big Reunion star Lee Brennan will make his musical theatre debut when he joins the cast of Footloose: The Musical, playing the role of Willard from tonight 19 April to Saturday 18 June 2016.
by Christina Mancuso - Feb 12, 2016
911 and The Big Reunion star Lee Brennan will make his musical theatre debut when he joins the cast of Footloose: The Musical, playing the role of Willard from Tuesday 19 April to Saturday 18 June 2016. Lee will join the UK tour for dates in Oxford, Weston Super Mare, Wimbledon, Liverpool, Belfast, Derry, Torquay and Glasgow.
by Tyler Peterson - Nov 20, 2015
New cast announcement for worldwide smash hit musical Footloose: The Musical, which bursts back onto the stage in 2016, playing at the King's Theatre Glasgow from Monday 13 to Saturday 18 June 2016 as part of a major new UK Tour.
by Christina Mancuso - Nov 20, 2015
Full casting is announced today for worldwide smash hit musical Footloose: The Musical, which will burst back onto the stage in 2016, touring the UK from January. Full tour schedule attached.
by Jenny Antill - Aug 11, 2015
Currently playing at the Pleasance Theatre at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival and enjoying five-star reviews, SimG Records is releasing the Original Cast Recording of Love Birds - A New Musical by Robert J. Sherman next week.
by BWW News Desk - Aug 5, 2015
The world premiere of Robert J. Sherman's brand new musical LOVE BIRDS comes to this year's Edinburgh Fringe, today 5 - 31 August 2015, presented by KPS Productions and MusicWorld (UK) Ltd. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!
by BWW News Desk - Jul 24, 2015
The world premiere of Robert J. Sherman's brand new musical LOVE BIRDS comes to this year's Edinburgh Fringe, 5 - 31 August 2015, presented by KPS Productions and MusicWorld (UK) Ltd. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Joanna Sawyer has not appeared on Broadway.
Joanna Sawyer has appeared on London's West End in 2 shows.
Joanna Sawyer's first West End show was Wicked West End which opened in 2021
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