{"id":8910,"date":"2020-11-19T20:38:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T20:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/?p=8910"},"modified":"2020-12-30T22:35:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T22:35:49","slug":"annalene-beechey-interview-part-1-for-performers-stuff-pro-series-becoming-a-west-end-musical-theater-actress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performerstuff.com\/mgs\/annalene-beechey-interview-part-1-for-performers-stuff-pro-series-becoming-a-west-end-musical-theater-actress\/","title":{"rendered":"Annalene Beechey Interview Part 1 for Performers Stuff Pro Series: Becoming a West End Musical Theater Actress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Annalene Beechey Interview Part 1: Becoming a West End Musical Theater Actress<\/strong><\/h3>\n \"\"<\/a><\/span>

Written by:\u00a0Mark Pawsey<\/p>\n

November 18, 2020<\/p>\n<\/font>

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Performer Stuff Pro Series host, Mark Pawsey catches up with West End star and musical theater leading lady, Annalene Beechey, who met Mark while they were both working on the London production of the Phantom of the Opera. Annalene shares her passion and dreams for musical theatre and what it means to be a West End musical theatre actress.<\/p>\n

Meet one of the UK\u2019s Premiere West End Musical Theater Actresses Annalene Beechey<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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ANNALENE BEECHEY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Annalene is an actress and singer with over 20 years of experience in theatre. She spent her early years growing up in Ireland and trained at The Bull Alley Theatre Company in Dublin. Annalene started her professional career at the age of 18 understudying the role of Cosette in the first national UK touring company of\u00a0Les Mis\u00e9rables<\/strong>\u00a0in Dublin\/Edinburgh, and later went on to play Cosette at the Palace Theatre in London for two years.
\nHer West End theatre credits include Anna in the acclaimed Broadway production of\u00a0The King & I\u00a0<\/strong>(UK\/International Tour), Annette opposite Ruthie Henshall in the world premiere of\u00a0Marguerite<\/strong>\u00a0by Boublil, Schonberg & Legrand (Theatre Royal Haymarket), standby Glinda in the original London company of\u00a0Wicked<\/strong>\u00a0(Apollo Victoria), Belle in Disney\u2019s Beauty and the Beast<\/strong>\u00a0(Dominion Theatre) opposite John Barrowman and Gemma Craven, alternate Christine Daa\u00e9 in\u00a0The Phantom of the Opera<\/strong>\u00a0(Her Majesty\u2019s Theatre) and Sadie Sears\/understudy Julie Jordan in Royal National Theatre\u2019s\u00a0Carousel<\/strong>\u00a0(Shaftesbury Theatre).<\/p>\n

Annalene has become a much sort after concert singer of musical theatre, and has sung as a soloist with some of the most celebrated orchestras in the UK and Ireland including Northern Sinfonia, Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, RTE Concert Orchestra, the London Philharmonia Orchestra and the John Wilson Orchestra. Annalene made her\u00a0BBC Radio 2, Friday Night Is Music Night<\/strong>\u00a0debut back in 2007. This special evening celebrated the shared birthdays of Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Stephen Sondheim. She has subsequently appeared in numerous\u00a0Friday Night Is Music Night<\/strong>\u00a0broadcasts since.
\nIn 2011 she starred in her first\u00a0BBC Prom\u00a0at the Royal Albert Hall, singing as a soloist in\u00a0Hooray for Hollywood<\/strong>, which was broadcast live on BBC 2. In 2012 Annalene was invited to return to the Royal Albert Hall as Eliza Doolittle in the\u00a0My Fair Lady BBC Prom<\/strong>\u00a0opposite Anthony Andrews, Alun Armstrong and Sian Phillips, the BBC Proms first ever fully staged production of a musical.<\/p>\n

Other notable concert appearances include Johanna in the anniversary concert of Sondheim\u2019s\u00a0Sweeney Todd<\/strong>\u00a0at the Royal Festival Hall, London opposite Len Cariou, Kathy Selden in\u00a0Singin In The Rain<\/strong>\u00a0also at the Royal Festival Hall and later in Dublin, Susie Dean in the BBC Radio 3 broadcast of the Andre Previn musical The\u00a0Good Companions<\/strong> and\u00a0The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber <\/strong>in Taiwan.<\/p>\n

Original Cast Recordings include\u00a0Marguerite<\/strong>,\u00a0Moon Landing,<\/strong>\u00a0The Ha\u2019penny Bridge<\/strong>. Annalene\u2019s long awaited debut album\u00a0Close Your Eyes<\/strong>\u00a0is available now (from SimG Records).<\/p>\n

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WATCH: <\/span><\/strong>Annalene Beechey Interview: Becoming a West End Musical Theater Actress<\/strong><\/h3>\n