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Daisy Maywood has been in some of the most high profile productions of the last decade such as the Les Mis 25th anniversary concert at the o2, The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary performance at the Royal Albert Hall, and the 2013 revival of A Chrous Line at the London Palladium.

She was most recently seen as Susan and the Priest in Marianne Elliot’s West End revival of Company at the Gielgud theatre.

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This week’s guest lifted the Strictly Come Dancing glitterball alongside the Olympic Gymnast Louis Smith back in 2012.

Over the last eight years Flavia has co-created, co-choreographed and starred in four theatre productions with her professional dance partner, Vincent Simone. They've clocked up six tours, two West End transfers, and two Olivier award nominations for family entertainment.

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Stephen has worked in casting for over 20 years.

During that time he’s been the casting director for Mamma Mia! London and UK Tour productions, and has been casting consultant on productions in Germany, Holland, Norway, Italy, Spain and Russia.

His many other shows include Jerry Springer – The Opera, Chicago, Hairspray, and Mrs Henderson Presents.

He works alongside David Grindrod who used to be Andrew Lloyd Webber’s in-house casting director, and who went on to set up David Grindrod Associates casting agency.

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Two-time Olivier award nominee Sophie-Louise Dann is best known for originating roles in West End musicals such as Lend Me a Tenor, Bend it Like Beckham, The Girls (the Calendar Girls musical) and Made in Dagenham.

She’s also been in the musical pastiche productions of Forbidden Broadway and Spamilton.

You can see her this coming Saturday live in person, or on a livestream, as she returns to the stage at Crazy Coqs, in London, with her solo show May I have a Moment?. Buy tickets here or at BrasserieZedel.com 

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Harry Francis is an actor, singer and dancer, and a huge theatre fan. 

He's done five shows at the London Palladium and been in musicals such as A Chorus Line, Cats, The Book of Mormon, Hairspray and Wicked.

He’s currently in rehearsals to play Lewis/Theo in Pippin at The Garden Theatre, at The Eagle, in South London, from Tuesday 8th September to Sunday 11th October.

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Louise Dearman is only person in the world to have been cast as Elphaba and Glinda in Wicked.

So far in her career she’s starred in shows including Evita, Side Show, Guys and Dolls, Jekyll and Hyde, Grease and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

You can watch her Umbrella Rooms live concert here or head to @UmbrellaRooms on Twitter.

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In the second part of our Phantom of the Opera special, Mikey speaks to Josh Piterman who was playing the Phantom when the West End went dark.

He joined the London cast last autumn and is hoping to return to the when the show reopens at Her Majesty's Theatre with a brand new physical production of the brilliant original.

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150 days after the chandelier fell, we're talking about what the future holds for The Phantom of the Opera after the announcement the original production will not reopen after lockdown. 

A new physical production of the original will reopen at some point in the future, after major renovation work at Her Majesty's Theatre.

In this two-part special, Mikey speaks to the most recent actors to play the Phantom and Christine in the West End production.

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Jenna Boyd is an original cast member of the Olivier award-winning musical Come From Away.

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Andrew Lippa is a Drama Desk award-winning composer, lyricist, writer, actor and teacher.

His vast body of work includes the off-broadway productions of John and Jen and The Wild Party; new songs for the Broadway version of You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, the show for which Kristin Chenoweth won her Tony award; the music and lyrics for stage adaptations of The Addams Family and Big Fish; and the oratorio, I Am Harvey Milk, which he was commissioned to write for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus.

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