Samantha Barks
Elsa
Samantha Barks
Elsa
Place of Birth:Clydebank, Scotland
Theatre: Chess (Umeda Arts Theater Main Hall / Tokyo International Forum Hall); Pretty Woman: The Musical (Chicago/Broadway); The Last Five Years (St James Theatre); Amelie (Berkeley Rep); City Of Angels (Donmar Warehouse); Chicago (Hollywood Bowl); 24 Hour Plays (Los Angeles); Oliver! (UK Tour); Les Misérables (Queens Theatre); Cabaret (Birmingham Rep Theatre).
Television: I’d Do Anything (BBC1); The Final Quest (ITV1).
Film: For Love Or Money; Bitter Harvest; Interlude in Prague; The Devil’s Harvest; The Christmas Candle; Jack and The Cuckoo-Clock Heart; Les Misérables.
Other: Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer (Les Misérables).
Social Media: @samanthabarks
Laura Dawkes
Anna
Laura Dawkes
Anna
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales.
Training: Emil Dale Academy.
Theatre: Cinderella (Evolution Pantomimes, Grove Theatre).
Other: Kin the Musical in concert (The Other Palace).
Frozen marks Laura’s West End debut
Jammy Kasongo
Kristoff
Jammy Kasongo
Kristoff
Place of Birth: Alaska, USA
Training: Central School for Speech and Drama
Theatre: Brief Encounter (New Wolsey Theatre); Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (The Aldwych Theatre); Hair (Waterloo Vaults); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Aldwych Theatre), The Grand Hotel (Southwark Playhouse); Superior Donuts (Capitol Stage Sacramento CA).
Film: Cassette (Parkhouse Pictures).
Television: The Diplomat (Netflix).
Other: The Newcomers (BBC Radio Berkshire); The Grand Truth About Anna (BBC Radio 4).
Craig Gallivan
Olaf
Craig Gallivan
Olaf
Place of Birth: Swansea, Wales.
Training: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).
Theatre: School Of Rock (New London/Gillian Lynne Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace); Crime And Punishment (National Theatre); Days Of Significance (RSC at Tricycle Theatre); The Long And The Short And The Tall (Sheffield Lyceum); Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK tour); Oliver! (London Palladium).
Television: Stella (SKY One); Torchwood II (BBC One); Footballers’ Wives (ITV); Footballers’ Wives: Extra Time (ITV2); Care (BBC One).
Film: The Edge Of Love.
Oliver Ormson
Hans
Oliver Ormson
Hans
Place of Birth: Warrington, England.
Training: Liverpool Theatre School.
Theatre: Back To The Future: The Musical (Manchester Opera House); High Fidelity (Turbine Theatre); Cats (Kilworth House); Nerds and The Protagonists (The Other Palace); The Addams Family (National and International tour); The Book Of Mormon (Prince of Wales Theatre); Hairspray (Aberystwyth Arts Centre).
Television: West Side Story (BBC Two).
Richard Frame
Duke of Weselton
Richard Frame
Duke of Weselton
Place of Birth: Shrewsbury, England.
Training: Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Theatre: Wilderness (Hampstead Theatre); The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre); Blue Remembered Hills (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Comedy Of Errors, Richard III, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Merchant of Venice (Propeller International tour); London Assurance (National Theatre); I Love You Because (Landor Theatre); Absolute Beginners (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith); Me And My Girl (UK tour); Promises Promises (Sheffield Crucible); The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Our House (Cambridge Theatre); The Beggar’s Opera, A Chorus Of Disapproval and Sea Life (Bristol Old Vic Theatre); Love’s Labour’s Lost, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Where’s Charley? (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre).
Television: The Beast Must Die (BritBox); Rhyme Time Town (Netflix); Silent Witness (BBC One); EastEnders (BBC One); Outnumbered (BBC One); The Hollow Crown (BBC Two); Holby City (BBC One); MI High (CBBC); Kingdom(ITV); Family Affairs (Channel 5); Our House (BBC Three); Wire In The Blood (ITV); Hearts And Bones(BBC One); The Bill (BBC One); Hope And Glory (BBC One); The Brit Awards (ITV).
Film: London Road
Ashley Birchall
Fight and Movement Captain
Ashley Birchall
Sven / Fight Captain
Place of Birth: Bolton, England.
Training: Phil Winston’s Theatreworks.
Theatre: Wicked (Apollo Victoria); PetShop Boys: Inner Sanctum (Royal Opera House); Tommy (Greenwich Theatre / Winter Gardens Blackpool); Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany); We Will Rock You (Germany); Oklahoma! and Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House).
Television: X Factor (ITV).
Film: Mary Poppins Returns.
Mikayla Jade
Sven
Mikayla Jade
Sven
Place of Birth: Brisbane, Australia.
Training: Conroy Performing Arts College.
Film: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil; Wonder Woman 1984; The Old Guard.
Other: Mikayla is the first female performer to play the role of Sven and has previously performed across Australia and the UK as an equestrian based stunt performer. Mikayla was the youngest member of the Australian Outback Spectacular theatrical stunt show which she joined aged 15. Mikayla later toured internationally with equine circus Cavalia and in 2017 starred in her own solo touring show.
FROZEN marks Mikayla’s West End debut.
Sanna Kurihara
Young Anna
Sanna Kurihara
Young Anna
PLACE OF BIRTH: Nara, Japan
TRAINING: MV Academy of Performing Arts, MT Associates, CTA Performing Arts
THEATRE EXPERIENCE: The King and I (UK Tour and West End)
OTHER: Ready Eddie Go! (Sky Kids); and Little Baby Bum (Moonbug Entertainmment)
Elizabeth Lyons
Young Elsa
Elizabeth Lyons
Young Elsa
PLACE OF BIRTH: Harold Wood Havering
TRAINING: Sylvia Young Theatre School
THEATRE EXPERIENCE: Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
India Moon
Young Anna
India Moon
Young Anna
PLACE OF BIRTH: Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
FROZEN marks India’s West End debut.
Emilia Shefford
Young Anna
Emilia Shefford
Young Anna
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brighton
FROZEN marks Emilia’s West End debut.
Sienna Sibley
Young Elsa
Sienna Sibley
Young Elsa
PLACE OF BIRTH: London
TRAINING: KA Arts and GEO Choreography
THEATRE EXPERIENCE: The Witches (National); and Les Miserables (Sondheim)
OTHER: Nurofen Commercial
Phoebe Penfold
Young Elsa
Phoebe Penfold
Young Elsa
PLACE OF BIRTH: Surrey
TRAINING: London Performance Prep, LJ Wrey Performing Arts, Terri-Jayne’s School of Dance
THEATRE EXPERIENCE: Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
Poppy-Mei Soon
Young Elsa
Poppy-Mei Soon
Young Elsa
PLACE OF BIRTH: London
TRAINING: Lamont School of Speech and Drama
THEATRE EXPERIENCE : The Witches (National); The King and I (UK and International Tour); and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK and International Tour)
TELEVISION EXPERIENCE: Sainsburys and World Environment Day Adverts
OTHER: Modelling for Burberry and Amazon Fashion
Martha Bailey Vine
Young Anna
Martha Bailey Vine
Young Anna
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brighton
FROZEN marks Emilia’s West End debut.
Rhianne Alleyne
Ensemble
Rhianne Alleyne
Ensemble
Place of Birth: London, England.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre: Back to the Future The Musical (Adelphi Theatre/Manchester Opera House); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre); Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Oklahoma! (Grange Park Opera); Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Thursford Collection Theatre); Funny Girl (UK Tour); Cinderella (London Palladium); Peter Pan (Orchard Theatre Dartford/Nottingham Theatre Royal); Dick Whittington (Southampton Mayflower).
Television: Sunday Night at the Palladium (ITV); Britain's Got Talent (ITV) Comic Relief (BBC); Sport Relief (BBC); This Morning (ITV); Oliviers (ITV); BBC Proms (BBC).
Film: Beauty & the Beast (Disney).
Other: Whats OnStage Awards (Prince of Wales Theatre).
Marianne Bardgett
Swing
Marianne Bardgett
Swing
Place of Birth: Lancaster, England.
Training: The Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Sunderland Empire); Children of Eden: Concert (Cadogan Hall).
FROZEN marks Marianne’s West End debut.
Social Media: @Marianne_rb (1.5 million followers).
Rebecca Botterill
Ensemble
Rebecca Botterill
Ensemble / Understudy Anna
Training: Urdang Academy and the BRIT School.
Theatre: Wicked (Apollo Victoria); Godiva Rocks (Belgrade Theatre); Swing in Priscilla Queen of the Desert (UK Tour).
Television: Strictly Come Dancing (BBC); Britain's Got Talent (ITV).
Other: Soloist on Friday Night Is Music Night (BBC Radio 2).
Oliver Brenin
Swing
Oliver Brenin
Swing / Understudy Olaf and Weselton
Place of Birth: St. Asaph, North Wales
Training: Arts Educational, London
Theatre: Pretty Woman (The Savoy/Piccadilly Theatre); Les Misérables All Star Concert (Gielgud Theatre); Les Misérables (Queens Theatre); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); The Wizard of Oz (Louder than Words, Cyprus); 42nd Street (Chichester Festival Theatre); The Full Monty (English Theatre of Frankfurt); Hello Dolly! (Regent’s Park Open Air); Imagine This (New London Theatre); South Pacific (UK tour); Follies (London Palladium). Oliver was also Resident Director at Pretty Woman (The Savoy).
Film: Les Misérables Concert; The King (Netflix)
Other: Workshop credits include Much, the Miller’s Son in Twang; Simon in Some Sunny Day; and RiZen.
Recordings include: Les Misérables Concert; Imagine This; Spitting Distance (Original Cast Recordings).
Gabrielle Cocca
Ensemble
Gabrielle Cocca
Ensemble
Place of Birth: Suffolk, England.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre: Roman Holiday (Theatre Royal Bath); White Christmas (UK Tour); Anything Goes (Barbican & UK Tour); Come What May (UK Tour); Cats (London Palladium, UK Tour, International Tour, Asia Tour); 42nd Street (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Peter Pan (Southend Cliff Pavilion/Nottingham Theatre Royal).
Television: Sunday Night at the Palladium (ITV); Comic Relief (BBC).
Film: 42nd Street – The Musical; Anything Goes.
Other: Whats OnStage Awards (Prince of Wales Theatre); Dancer for Joe McElderry’s Music Video.
Ashley J Daniels
King Agnarr / Ensemble
Ashley J Daniels
King Agnarr / Ensemble
Place of Birth: Suffolk, England
Training: The Urdang Academy
Theatre: Hamilton (Victoria Palace); Wonderful Town (Opera Holland Park); Motown: The Musical (Shaftesbury Theatre); Porgy and Bess (Grange Park Opera); Bring It On (Southwark Playhouse); Into the Woods (The Cockpit); The Producers (Selladoor/International Tour); Midnight and Annie Get Your Gun (Union); Ghost: The Musical (Asia Tour).
Television: The ABBA Christmas Special.
Laura Emmitt
Swing
Laura Emmitt
Swing / Understudy Elsa
Place of Birth: Wakefield, England.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre: Cats (South Korea); Wicked (Apollo Victoria); The Sound Of Music (Cyprus); Evita (UK tour); Dance Those Magical Musicals (UK tour); Save The Last Dance For Me (UK tour); Glee (UK tour).
Television: Hollyoaks (Channel 4).
Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly
Bulda / Ensemble
Lizzy-Rose Esin-Kelly
Bulda / Ensemble
Place of Birth: London, England
Theatre: A Chorus Line (Curve Theatre); Grease (Dominion Theatre).
Jemal Felix
Ensemble
Jemal Felix
Ensemble / Understudy Kristoff and King Agnarr
Place of Birth: London, England.
Training: Millennium Performing Arts.
Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); The Book of Mormon (UK & International Tour); Kinky Boots (Adelphi Theatre); Hairspray (Asia/Ireland); A Dream Across The Ocean (Hackney Empire & Ashcroft Theatre); Church Of Now 23 (Edinburgh Fringe Festival & Wilton’s Music Hall); Cinderella (Hackney Empire); Whistle Down The Wind (Aldwych Theatre).
Television: Show Choir Pilot (ITV); Witness in Murder Investigation Team (ITV); Joe in Justice (Channel 4).
Film: Kinky Boots The Musical (Broadway HD).
Jordan Fox
Ensemble
Jordan Fox
Ensemble / Understudy Olaf and Weselton
Place of Birth: Leeds, England.
Training: Bretton Hall School of Acting.
Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour); Jack and the Beanstalk (Theatre@41Monkgate); Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (UK Tour); Friendsical (UK Tour); Title of Show (Above the Stag Theatre, London); Kinky Boots (Adelphi); Kinky Boots (Adelphi); Loserville (Union); Peter Pan (The Playhouse); Hairspray and Grease (both Cork Opera House); Antigone (Michael Cacoyannis Theatre, Athens); Glee: Live (Gaiety Theatre); Hairspray, Saturday Night Fever and In the Air (RCCL); Rock Nativity! (Mitchell Arts Centre); You'll Never Walk Alone charity gala (Queen's).
Molly Francis
Ensemble
Molly Francis
Ensemble
Place of birth: Slough, England.
Training: Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance Associates and The Urdang Academy.
Theatre: Thriller Live (UK/international tour).
Film: Ear for Eye and All New Adventures of Peter Pan.
Matt Gillett
Swing / Assistant Dance Captain
Matt Gillett
Swing / Assistant Dance Captain / Understudy Oaken and King Agnarr
Place of Birth: Sussex, England.
Training: Arts Educational.
Theatre: Matilda (UK tour); 42nd Street (Theatre Du Chatelet); Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour); Jersey Boys (UK tour); Hairspray, Gypsy and Hello Dolly! (Curve Theatre); Top Hat (Aldwych Theatre); West Side Story (Sage Gateshead); White Christmas (UK tour / Edinburgh); Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai); Dames At Sea (Union Theatre); Sleeping Beauty (Wyvern Theatre Swindon); Broadway To West End (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Television: BBC Proms – The Broadway Sound.
Other: 2011 Olivier Awards (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
Isabella Glanznig Santos
Ensemble
Isabella Glanznig Santos
Ensemble / Understudy Bulda and Queen Iduna
Place of Birth: Manila, Philippines.
Training: The Urdang Academy.
FROZEN marks Isabella’s West End and Professional debut.
Dominic Adam Griffin
Ensemble
Dominic Adam Griffin
Ensemble
Place of Birth: Wolverhampton, England.
Training: Arts Educational.
Theatre:From Here to Eternity (Charing Cross); Identical (Based on The Parent Trap); Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Evita (West End & UK/European Tour); Jackie (UK Tour); Cinderella (Pantomime, Lichfield Garrick); Jack & The Beanstalk (Pantomime, Lichfield Garrick); Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai); Aladdin (Pantomime, Newbury Corn Exchange).
Television: Crimewatch (BBC), Inside Out (BBC).
Other: Dominic is also a Writer, Composer and Lyricist and is currently developing his first musical ‘Chicken Coop’. The two workshops took place in December 2020 & January 2023. There are plans for further development and showings in the coming year.
Dominic also has a second musical, ‘Fairy Boys’, (based on the teen book by Daniel Tawse) in development. He showcased some of his work at a concert titled ‘Your Words Become Your World’ at The Other Palace Theatre in October 2022.
Social media: @domgriff93
George Hinson
Ensemble
George Hinson
Ensemble
Place of birth: Hampshire, England.
Training: Performance Preparation Academy (PPA).
Theatre: Beauty and the Beast (The London Palladium/UK tour); Cats (International tour); Aladdin (Cheltenham Everyman Theatre); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre); Hairspray (UK tour); Strictly Ballroom (Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto). 42nd
Ben Irish
Pabbie / Ensemble
Ben Irish
Pabbie / Ensemble / Understudy Hans
Place of Birth: Portsmouth, England.
Training: Arts Educational.
Theatre: 9to5 The Musical (Savoy Theatre, London); Guys and Dolls (The Mill at Sonning); The Toxic Avenger (Arts Theatre, London); GHOST The Musical (Asia tour); Sasha Regan’s All Male HMS Pinafore (UK tour); Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai Culture Square); Sasha Regan’s All Male Pirates of Penzance (UK Tour); Cinderella (Stag Theatre); Great British Musicals (St James Theatre); Dick Whittington (Grove Theatre); West End Heroes (Dominion Theatre); 42nd Street Gala (London Palladium); Three Composers, Three Countries (Landor Theatre); Cinderella (Wakefield Theatre Royal); London the Summer Musical (Sunway Amphitheater, Malaysia); Snow White (Grand Theatre Blackpool); Broadway to Westend (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Jack and the Beanstalk (Malvern Theatre).
Justin-Lee Jones
Swing
Justin-Lee Jones
Swing / Understudy Sven, Oaken, Pabbie
Place of Birth: Leicestershire, England.
Theatre: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (UK tour); On The Town (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre, Tokyo); West Side Story (Royal Exchange Theatre); Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly Theatre); An American In Paris (Dominion Theatre); Chicago (UK tour); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (UK tour); Disney’s Tarzan (Hamburg / Stuttgart).
Television: Helene Fischer Show (Berlin); The Royal Variety Performance (ITV).
Upcoming Film: Disenchanted.
Aoife Kenny
Ensemble
Aoife Kenny
Ensemble
Place of birth: Birmingham, England.
Training: Laine Theatre Arts (BA Hons).
Theatre: White Christmas (UK tour); Carousel (Kilworth House); Chess (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Sunset Boulevard (Alexandra Palace); Up Next Gala (NT); Sleeping Beauty (Mayflower Theatre, Southampton); Peter Pan (Swansea Grand Theatre); Cinderella (SEC Armadillo, Glasgow); A Little Night Music and Beauty and the Beast (Laine Theatre Arts). Workshops: Funny Girl.
Television: Songs of Praise, The Chart (pilot), Children in Need and The X Factor.
Other: Josh Groban’s Stages (UK tour); Russell Watson (UK tour); Turn Up London (Cadogan Hall); Drive in London (concert); Love Never Dies in concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); and I Put a Spell On You (Theatre Cafe).
Frozen marks Aoife’s West End debut.
Jordan Livesey
Swing
Jordan Livesey
Swing
Place of Birth: Jersey, Channel Islands.
Training: Jersey Academy of Dancing & Guildford School of Acting.
Theatre: Mary Poppins (Prince Edward Theatre, London); Royal Variety Performance (London Palladium); Mary Poppins (Hamburg); Kiss Me, Kate (London Coliseum); Cabaret (UK Tour); La Cage Aux Folles (UK Tour); Kiss Me, Kate (UK Tour); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (UK Tour).
Television: Britain’s Got Talent (ITV); The Royal Variety Performance (ITV); Pride and Prejudice: Having a Ball (BBC).
Jonathan Milton
Ensemble
Jonathan Milton
Ensemble
Place of Birth: Aberdeen, Scotland
Training: The Dance School of Scotland, Glasgow & English National Ballet School, London.
Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's Theatre); Snow White (Festival Theatre, Edinburgh); Chicago (Dom Platz Openair, Germany); Little Shop of Horrors (Theater Magdeburg, Germany); Jesus Christ Superstar (Dom Platz Openair, Germany).
Other: Jonathan has performed across the UK and Europe with ballet companies including Theatre Magdeburg, Germany, Teatrul de Balet Sibiu, Romania and English National Ballet, London at both soloist and corps de ballet level. He has performed roles such as; Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, The Wizard in Petrushka, Alexi Karenin in Anna Karenina, and The Mouse King in The Nutcracker, to name a few.
Jemma Revell
Ensemble
Jemma Revell
Place of birth: Reading, England
Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Theatre: Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Back to the Future (Manchester Opera House); Shrek the Musical (UK tour); and Mamma Mia! (Novello)
Other: A Christmas Carol (LMTO); and workshop for Cinderella
Harriet Samuels
Swing
Harriet Samuels
Swing / Understudy Bulda
Place of Birth: Buckinghamshire, England.
Training: The Urdang Academy.
Theatre: Tina - The Rock Legend (German Tour); West End Musical Celebration (The Palace Theatre); Mother Goose (Marlowe Theatre).
Television: The Courtship (NBC/USA Network).
FROZEN marks Harriet’s West End debut.
Jacqui Sanchez
Queen Iduna / Ensemble
Jacqui Sanchez
Queen Iduna / Ensemble
Place of Birth: London, England.
Training: London Studio Centre.
Theatre: Priscilla Queen Of The Desert (UK tour); Aladdin (Hackney Empire / Mayflower Southampton); The King And I (Tokyu Orb Theatre, Japan / UK tour / London Palladium); Shrek The Musical (UK and Ireland tour / Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Babe The Sheep Pig (Polka Children’s Theatre / UK tour); 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Broadway Studio Theatre, Catford); Avenue Q (Korean tour / Wyndham’s Theatre/Noel Coward Theatre); Hair (English Theatre, Frankfurt); Miss Saigon (UK tour and Tam tour); Grease (Scandinavian tour).
Film: The King And I.
Other: Jacqui was the Associate Choreographer for the Shrek the Musical UK and Ireland tour and Australian production; the Movement Director for The Sun, The Moon and Stars at Live Drafts at the Yard Theatre, and the Director for You’ll Never Walk Alone at the Queen’s Theatre.
Jak Skelly
Oaken / Bishop / Ensemble
Jak Skelly
Oaken / Bishop / Ensemble
Place of Birth: Leicester, England.
Training: Arts Educational.
Theatre: The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum); Oklahoma! and Me and My Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre); Cats (International tour); West Side Story (Buxton Opera House and Kilworth House); The Addams Family (UK tour / Ireland / Singapore); Annie Get Your Gun (Sheffield Crucible); Thoroughly Modern Millie (Kilworth House).
Television: Tonight At The London Palladium (ITV).
Other: Guys And Dolls In Concert (Royal Albert Hall); Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (BBC Two).
FROZEN marks Jak’s West End debut.
Caitlin Tipping
Ensemble
Caitlin Tipping
Ensemble / Understudy Elsa and Queen Iduna
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland.
Training: The MGA Academy of Performing Arts.
Theatre: SIX The Musical (UK Tour); SIX The Musical (Norwegian Cruise Lines); Best Of Musical Startnights (European Tour); The Last Five Years (Edinburgh Fringe Festival).
FROZEN marks Caitlin’s West End debut.
Rodney Vubya
Ensemble
Rodney Vubya
Ensemble / Understudy Hans
Place of Birth: Mulago, Uganda.
Training: Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts.
Theatre: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cinderella (The Gillian Lynne Theatre); Street Scene (UK Tour); Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (The Aldwych Theatre); The Book Of Mormon (The Prince of Wales Theatre); A Clockwork Orange (Norway Tour); Oresteia: Eumenides (Camden People’s Theatre).
Television: Rock School: Season 1 (Channel 4).
Ed Wade
Swing
Ed Wade
Swing / Understudy Pabbie
Place of Birth: Fife, Scotland
Training: Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts.
Theatre: Cats (International Tour); Fiddler on the Roof (Playhouse Theatre); Reputation (The Other Palace); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep); Dick Whittington (London Palladium); Legally Blonde (Opera Monte Carlo); Cinderella (London Palladium); wonder.land (Theatre du Chatelet); wonder.land (National Theatre); Barnum (National Tour)
Film: The Flash (DC Entertainment/Warner Bros.); Batgirl (DC Entertainment/HBO Max)
Other: Paying Respects (Short film)
Workshop: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (Disney); Scourge of All Nations (NT Studio); The Ignatius Trail (NT Studio); The Midwich Cuckoos (NT Studios); The Threepenny Opera (NT Studio)
Anna Woodside
Swing/ Resident Dance Supervisor
Anna Woodside
Swing/ Resident Dance Supervisor
Place of Birth: Wakefield, England.
Training: London Studio Centre.
Theatre: White Christmas and We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre); Man Of La Mancha, Sunset Boulevard, Carousel and The Wizard Of Oz (London Coliseum); Dick Whittington (London Palladium); The Last Tango (Phoenix Theatre); Cats (London Palladium / Wintergarden, Blackpool); Dance ‘Til Dawn (Aldwych Theatre / UK tour); My Fair Lady (Sheffield Crucible); Candide (Osaka / Tokyo); Shall We Dance (Sadler’s Wells); Guys And Dolls (Piccadilly Theatre); Never Forget (UK tour); Peter Pan (Birmingham Hippodrome); Saturday Night Fever (Victoria Apollo, UK tour / Germany); Fame! (Edinburgh Playhouse / Larnaca, Cyprus); Starlight Express (Victoria Apollo).
Television: The Royal Variety Performance (ITV); Parkinson (ITV); Blue Peter (BBC).
Film: Artemis Fowl; The Goodbye Girl.
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Broadway: Co-creator/writer of In Transit (Broadway’s first a cappella musical).
Regional: Frozen (Denver Center), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse) and Finding Nemo: The Musical (Disney World, running since 2006).
Film: Pixar’s Coco (Oscar© Best Original Song win for ‘Remember Me’), Frozen 2 (Oscar nomination for ‘Into the Unknown’), Frozen (Oscar and Grammy Award© wins for ‘Let It Go’) and Winnie the Pooh.
Television: Songs for WandaVision, We The People, The 87th Academy Awards© (Emmy© nomination), The Comedians and The Wonder Pets.
2014 recipient, and now proud board member, of the Lilly Awards. Williams College grad, BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild council. She lives in Brooklyn with Robert and their two daughters.
Robert Lopez
MUSIC AND LYRICS
Robert Lopez
Broadway: Co-creator/writer of The Book of Mormon (nine Tony Awards© including Best Book, Best Original Score and Best Musical), co-creator/songwriter of Avenue Q (three Tony Awards including Best Original Score and Best Musical).
Regional: Frozen (Denver Center), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse) and 1001 Nights (Atlantic Theater).
Film: Pixar’s Coco (Oscar© Best Original Song win for ‘Remember Me’), Frozen 2 (Oscar nomination for ‘Into the Unknown’) and Frozen (Oscar Best Original Song win for ‘Let It Go’).
Television: Songs for WandaVision, We The People, The 87th Academy Awards©, The Simpsons, South Park, Scrubs and The Wonder Pets.
One of 12 artists to win Emmy©, Grammy©, Oscar and Tony Awards (EGOT). Yale University grad, BMI Workshop, Dramatists Guild council. A New York City native, he lives in Brooklyn with Kristen and their two daughters.
Jennifer Lee
BOOK
Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee is the Academy Award®-winning writer of Walt Disney Animation Studio’s Frozen, which she also directed with Chris Buck. It became the #1 animated film of all time, worldwide. For her work on Frozen, Lee received numerous awards including a Golden Globe®, a Critics Choice Award®, a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award. Since 2018, Lee has been the Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios, overseeing all films, series and projects from the Studio. She is a 2019 Tony Award® nominee for Best Book of a Musical for the Broadway production of Frozen. Lee also directed (with Buck) and wrote the #1 animated feature of all time, Frozen 2, in 2019.
Michael Grandage
DIRECTOR
Michael Grandage
Michael Grandage is the recipient of Tony®, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, British Critics’ Circle and South Bank Awards. His Olivier Award-winning musicals include Merrily We Roll Along, Grand Hotel and Guys & Dolls. Grandage received a Tony Award for Best Direction for Red and Tony nominations for Frost/Nixon and The Cripple of Inishmaan. Grandage served as Artistic Director of London’s Donmar Warehouse for 10 acclaimed seasons before establishing the Michael Grandage Company (MGC) in 2012. As Artistic Director of MGC, his work includes The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Photograph 51, Henry V and the feature films Genius and My Policeman. MichaelGrandageCompany.com
Rob Ashford
CHOREOGRAPHER
Rob Ashford
Rob Ashford is a Tony®, Olivier, Emmy©, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award®-winning director/choreographer.
NYC: Macbeth (Park Ave Armory), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Evita (Tony nomination), How to Succeed… (Tony nominations for direction and choreography), Promises, Promises (Tony nomination), Cry-Baby (Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Astaire Award, Tony nomination), Curtains (Tony nomination), The Wedding Singer (Tony nomination) and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award for Best Choreography).
London: Kenneth Branagh Theatre Company – The Winter’s Tale (Olivier nomination for direction), Romeo and Juliet and The Entertainer. Donmar – Anna Christie (Olivier Award), A Streetcar Named Desire (Olivier nomination), Parade (Olivier nominations for direction and choreography), Evita (Olivier nomination), Guys & Dolls (Olivier nomination), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (NT) and Shrek.
Television: The Sound of Music Live! (DGA, Emmy nominations) and Peter Pan Live! (DGA nomination).
Stephen Oremus
MUSIC SUPERVISION AND ARRANGEMENTS
Stephen Oremus
Broadway: Kinky Boots (2013 Tony Award® for Best Orchestrations and 2013 Grammy Award®) and The Book of Mormon (2011 Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Orchestrations and 2012 Grammy Award). Music supervisor, arranger, and/or orchestrator of Broadway productions of Wicked, Avenue Q, All Shook Up and 9 to 5.
Other credits: tick, tick…BOOM!, music director of The 87th Academy Awards, The Wiz Live! on NBC and Conductor/Vocal Arranger for the films Frozen and Frozen 2.
Christopher Oram
SCENIC AND COSTUME DESIGN
Christopher Oram
Christoper Oram is the recipient of Tony®, Olivier, Drama Desk, Evening Standard, Critics Circle, Garland, Ovation and Falstaff awards for his work both here and in the United States.
Recent work includes: The Mirror and the Light (RSC), The Turn of the Screw (Garsington Opera) and Geisha (Northern Ballet).
Previous work includes: Red (Donmar, West End and Broadway), Photograph 51 (MGC), Macbeth (MIF and the Park Avenue Armory), Billy Budd (Glyndebourne, BAM and San Francisco Opera), Casanova (Northern Ballet), Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies (RSC, West End and Broadway), Hughie (MGC on Broadway), the Donmar Wyndham’s season, the MGC Noël Coward season and the Kenneth Branagh season at the Garrick.
Instagram: @christopheroram
Neil Austin
LIGHTING DESIGN
Neil Austin
Neil Austin is the recipient of three Tony©, two Olivier and two Drama Desk awards. Recent West End includes: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Leopoldstadt, Company, The Night of the Iguana, Rosmersholm, Shakespeare in Love, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Red, Ink, The Goat, Photograph 51 and Bend It Like Beckham.
Broadway includes: Company, Ink, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Travesties, Hughie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Evita, Red, Hamlet, The Seafarer and Frost/Nixon.
Peter Hylenski
SOUND DESIGN
Peter Hylenski
Grammy©, Olivier, eight-time Tony©-nominated.
Selected designs include: Moulin Rouge!, Frozen, Anastasia, Beetlejuice, Once on This Island, Something Rotten!, King Kong, Rock of Ages, After Midnight, Motown, The Scottsboro Boys, Side Show, Rocky, Bullets Over Broadway, Shrek the Musical, On a Clear Day, Lend Me a Tenor and Elf.
Other credits include: Le Rêve and Lake of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas, international tours of Walking with Dinosaurs and How to Train Your Dragon.
Finn Ross
VIDEO DESIGN
Finn Ross
Finn Ross has won two Olivier Awards, a Tony® and three Drama Desks Awards.
Recent work: Back to the Future (West End), Les Misérables (West End), Mean Girls (Broadway), Jagged Little Pill (ART), Bat Out of Hell (West End), The Tempest (RSC), Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Broadway/ West End), American Psycho (Broadway/ Almeida), Betrayal (Broadway), The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House), Chimerica (Almeida/West End), Death of Klinghoffer, The Damnation of Faust and Magic Flute (ENO), The Master and Margarita (Complicite) and A Dog’s Heart (DNO).
Michael Curry
PUPPET DESIGN
Michael Curry
Michael’s approach is unique, as he chooses to design and fabricate with a long-term team in his Oregon studio. The scenic designs, puppetry and performance effects from Michael Curry Design have been the cornerstone of shows for the past 30 years. Michael is best known for his work with The Lion King on Broadway, the Olympic Opening Ceremonies, Met Opera, Cirque du Soleil and other worldwide spectacles.
David Brian Brown
HAIR DESIGN
David Brian Brown
Broadway highlights: Mrs Doubtfire, Moulin Rouge!, Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, War Paint (Drama Desk Award), She Loves Me, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Gigi, Bridges of Madison County, If/Then, Macbeth, Death of a Salesman, Follies, Sister Act, A Steady Rain, Shrek the Musical, The Little Mermaid, Legally Blonde, Spamalot, Tarzan®, Nine, Gypsy, Sweet Smell of Success, The Invention of Love, Aida, The Iceman Cometh, Chicago, Side Show and Steel Pier.
Television/film credits: Peter Pan Live! (NBC), The Sound of Music Live! (NBC), It’s Complicated, Angels in America (Emmy®- nominated) and Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar.
Anne Ford-Coates
MAKEUP DESIGN
Anne Ford-Coates
Anne Ford-Coates has designed hundreds of theatre, opera and broadcast productions worldwide and was resident hair and make-up designer for Washington National Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival for a decade – highlights include The Music Man (Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman), Wagner’s Ring Cycle (Kennedy Center) and The Wolves (Lincoln Center).
Recent Broadway hair and make-up designs include: Oklahoma!, The Nap and make-up design for A Bronx Tale, On Your Feet!, Disaster!, On the Twentieth Century and It Shoulda Been You.
Jeremy Chernick
SPECIAL EFFECTS DESIGN
Jeremy Chernick
Jeremy has worked with Disney Theatrical Group creating effects for Frozen, Aladdin, Hunchback of Notre Dame and Tarzan. Jeremy has worked on over 50 Broadway productions, most recently West Side Story, Beetlejuice, Hadestown and Oklahoma! In London’s West End, Jeremy designed Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Let the Right One In. Jeremy’s work has been featured in prominent performing and visual arts institutions across the globe. In 2018, Jeremy was an Emmy Award© honoree for his work on NBC’s Jesus Christ Superstar Live. Jeremy serves as Head Designer for J&M Special Effects in Brooklyn.jmfx.net.
Dave Metzger
ORCHESTRATIONS
Dave Metzger
Dave Metzger was nominated for Tony® and Drama Desk Awards for orchestrating the Broadway production of The Lion King. Perhaps best known for his work in film, he has arranged and orchestrated over 75 movies, including Frozen, Frozen II, WandaVision, Moana, Tarzan®, The Avengers, How to Train Your Dragon (1 and 2) and August Rush. davemetzgermusic.com