Obioma Ugoala is currently playing the Narrator in the musical adaptation of
The Book Thief which is based on the best-selling novel of the same name. The show opens at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre before heading to Leicester Curve.
Obioma has had an incredible and varied career; in the world on musical theatre he was Kristoff in the original West End cast of
Frozen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), George Washington in the original West End cast of
Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) and Smokey Robinson in the West End production of
Motown (Shaftesbury Theatre).
Obioma's credits for the RSC include Rugby / Robert in
The Merry Wives Of Windsor, Rat/Shrew in
The Mouse And His Child, Keeper in
Richard II, Bullcalf / Fang in
Henry IV Part Two, Vintner / Ostler in
Henry IV Part One, Gower/Grey in
Henry V and Bartholomew in
Hamnet.
His credits also include Shorty in
The Lost Love Speakeasy (The Lost Estate), Don Pedro in
Much Ado About Nothing (New English Shakespeare Company), Troubadour in
Holy Warriors & Mardian/Scarus in
Antony And Cleopatra (Shakespeare's Globe), Baloo in
The Jungle Book Theatre & Razumikhin in
Crime And Punishment (Glasgow Citizens Theatre) and Fantam Murillo in
The Physicists (Donmar Warehouse).
Alongside all of that, Obiama has worked on screen and has written a booked called
The Problem with My Normal Penis which was later renamed
The Making Of A Man (and why we're so afraid to talk about it) for its paperback release. The book is all about the myths of race, sex and masculinity.
The Book Thief runs at the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry 11th - 16th September and at Leicester Curve 29th September - 14th October 2023. Visit www.thebookthiefmusical.com for info and tickets.
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