The award winning London show, The Phantom of the Opera is
running with packed houses at the magnificent Her Majesty’s Theatre! The new
star cast of The Phantom of the Opera is joined by Ben Lewis from 4 September portraying
the role of ‘The Phantom’. Other cast members of the London show are Kelly
Mathieson as ‘Christine Daaé’ and Jeremey Taylor as ‘Raoul’, whereas Amy
Manford as the alternate ‘Christine Daaé’,
In the original Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s,
“Love Never Dies”, Ben Lewis portrayed the role of‘The Phantom’. Some of the
recent works of Ben are the role of Frank Butler in the Crucible’s production
of “Annie Get Your Gun”. He also acted in the original UK cast of “Love Me
Tender”, whereas starred in “Forbidden Broadway” and “Candide” at the Menier
Chocolate Factory.
In the spectacular production of London Westend, Kelly
Mathieson has made her West End debut. She is trained at the Scottish Ballet
Company and the Royal College of Music. Some of her major works are “Le Nozze de
Figaro”, “Agrippina”, “Orpheus and the Underworld”, “Die Zauberflöte” and
“Carmen”.
Jeremy Taylor is renowned for previous theatre credits are
London westend’s ‘Fiyero’ in “Wicked” and ‘Galileo’ in “We Will Rock You”. He
also performed in the UK tours of “Evita” and “The Sound of Music”. He is also
working hard in the Palladium production. Amy Manford is an international soloist
with the London Handel, London Cello and the Perth Symphony Orchestra’s. She graduated
with a Masters of Performance in Vocal Performance from The Royal College of
Music and made her West End debut with The Phantom of the Opera.
Other cast members are Lara Martins as ‘Carlotta
Giudicelli’, Siôn Lloyd as ‘Monsieur Firmin’, Mark Oxtoby as ‘Monsieur Andre’,
Jacinta Mulcahy as ‘Madame Giry’, Paul Ettore Tabone as ‘Ubaldo Piangi’,
Georgia Ware as ‘Meg Giry’ and Scott Davies as the standby ‘Phantom’. Some new
members are Matt Bateman, Jade Davies, Hannah Grace, Andrei Teodor Iliescu,
Jordan Simon Pollard, Una Reynolds, Emily Smith, Rachel Spurrell and John
Stacey.