Casting Announced for MY FAIR LADIES at The Crazy Coqs
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 03, 2017
Reliving these iconic songs are three of London's own best young divas: Lisa-Anne Wood (LES MISERABLES, Phantom of the Opera), Laura-Jane Matthewson (Dogfight, winner of Evening Standard Emerging Talent award) and Maeve Byrne (Ghost - the musical, Godspell).
In fresh new arrangements by musical director Niall Bailey, My Fair Ladies is inspired by the lives, loves and careers of the most iconic divas, including Ethel Merman, Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Bernadette Peters and others. And the evening promises to take you on a journey familiar to all leading ladies: from the dream to make it on Broadway, to falling in love; through unrequited love to finding the strength to look adversity in the eye and carry on regardless.
Producer Chris Wheeler comments: "The legacy of these Broadway divas lives on and their influence we can see in all our theatres today. They were celebrities and stars when those words meant something a little different. My Fair Ladies celebrates their talent and the wonderful songs they brought to life during their remarkable careers. Of course, their personal lives were often filled with more drama, sadness and, sometimes, loneliness. Our own special ladies, Lisa-Anne, Laura-Jane and Maeve, sound glorious in their own interpretations of these songs and will give you just a glimpse of what it might have been like to be in the presence of a truly great Diva. Or three."
LAURA-JANE MATTHEWSON:
Laura Jane trained at The Royal Academy of Music, where she received the Ian Fleming Award.
Her theatre credits include The World Goes Round (Stephen Joseph Theatre), Beyond The Fence (Arts Theatre), Dogfight (Southwark Playhouse) for which she was awarded the 2014 Evening Standard Award for Best Emerging Talent, Daisy Pulls It Off (Hever Festival) and Superordinary (Soho Theatre).
Laura Jane has appeared on ITV's Dark Angel and Beyond The Fence (Sky Arts).
Training: Lisa-Anne grew up in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She moved to London at 17 with the hope of forging a career as a professional actress. A year later she was lucky enough to earn a place at the Guildford School of Acting, from where she graduated with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.
Theatre: Before graduating, Lisa-Anne was Cosette in the Olivier Award-winning cast of LES MISERABLES; this marked her West End debut. Other credits include The Wind in the Willows (workshop), Mrs Anderssen in A Little Night Music in Concert (Yvonne Arnaud), Rebecca in My Land's Shore (Drill Hall), Princess Apricot in Jack and the Beanstalk (SECC Clyde Auditorium), Precious McGuire in Steel Pier (Union), Amy March in Little Women in Concert (Playhouse), Cosette in 'One Day More' (Classic Brit Awards, Royal Albert Hall and ITV2), Claire Clairmont in Lord Byron's Mistress (Jermyn Street) and, most recently, returning to star opposite John Barrowman in Dick McWhittington (SECC Clyde Auditorium).
Recordings: 'Johanna (Reprise)' in Songs from Sweeney Todd.
MAEVE BYRNE:
Training: Maeve trained at the Guildford School of Acting where she graduated with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.
Theatre credits include Morgan in Godspell (UK Tour), Mrs Santiago in Ghost (UK tour) and soloist in Rent for Paul Taylor Mills. Workshops include Jenni in Douze Points with Tim Luscombe and Miss Banks in The Last Maharajah for Mark Goucher. Credits while training include playing Cunegonde in Candide.
About Scala Theatre Limited:
Scala Theatre Ltd is a theatre Production Company formed by independent producers Chris Wheeler and Niall Bailey. Their first production was a new musical revue inspired by the life and lyrics of Lorenz Hart at Guildford's Yvonne Arnaud Theatre starring the Olivier award winning Paul Clarkson and Gay Soper. This is now in development as a full length play. Scala Theatre recently produced a run of Richard O'Brien's musical The Stripper at St James Theatre.
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