The West End Frame Show: Theatre News, Reviews & Chat

Bryony Duncan (Super Swing in Six) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew & Bryony discuss Beautiful (Curve/UK Tour), Jersey Boys (UK Tour), The Addams Family (UK Tour) and Mimma (Cadogan Hall) as well as the latest news about Joel Harper-Jackson, Crazy For You, Rob Madge, Cabaret and lots more!

Having trained at Mechanic Performing Arts, Bryony went on to play Geraldine in Doctor TV & The Zombies at the Leeds Playhouse before setting sail as a lead vocalist for TUI Cruise Line. She then joined the original Bliss cast of Six The Musical for Norwegian Cruise Line. Bryony was originally a swing for Boleyn, Seymour and Howard but took over as Katherine Howard during the contract.

After the lockdowns, Bryony returned to Six as a Universal Swing for West End and tour, regularly performing with both productions. She stayed with the West End company as a Super Swing when Six transferred to the Vaudeville Theatre and completed her run in November last year. 

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Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky (Alline Bullock & 1st cover Tina Turner in Tina) co-hosts The West End Frame Show! 

Andrew & Rhianne discuss Gypsy (Alexandra Palace Theatre), Steve (Seven Dials Playhouse), Proud (King's Head Theatre) and The WhatsOnStage Awards as well as the latest news about Aida, The Cher Show, My Fair Lady, Newsies and lots more. 

Having trained at Arts Ed, Rhianne made her West End debut in The Book of Mormon (Prince Of Wales) as a swing and 2nd cover Nabalungi. She went on to cover Zahara in Bat Out Of Hell (Dominion) before starring as Rizzo in the 2019 UK and Ireland tour of Grease. 

Rhianne is currently back in the West End playing Alline Bullock and understudying Tina Turner in Tina The Musical (Aldwych).  

Follow Rhianne on Instagram: @rhiannelou 

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We're back to catchup about the shows that have opened so far this year!

Andrew & Lisa discuss Moulin Rouge (Piccadilly Theatre) and Dreamgirls (UK Tour) as well as Operation Mincemeat(Southwark Playhouse), the new cast of Wicked (Apollo Victoria), Hex (National Theatre), Heathers (The Other Palace), Dirty Dancing (Dominion), The Wiz (Hope Mill) and Get Up Stand Up (Lyric).

They also discuss the latest news about Anything Goes starring Kerry Ellis and The Color Purple movie.

Having spent many years at The Stage - including five years as Deputy Editor - Lisa is the Founding Editor of one of the UK's top theatre websites, Musical Theatre Review.

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Theatre Journalist, Caz Cronin & West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins share their Top 5 Shows of 2021!

Caz reviews for Broadway World UK. Caz previously appeared on S1 Ep15, S3 Ep1, S4 Ep8, The Outtakes Episode and S5 Ep15.

Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2021. We're taking a little break now, but will be back to celebrate West End Frame's 10th anniversary in February 2022!

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Actor Mark Dugdale (Come From Away) joins West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins, to round up his Top 5 Performances of 2021!

Thank you for listening to The West End Frame Show in 2021. We're back tomorrow to round up our top shows of the year.

Mark is starring as Kevin T in the West End production of Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre. He was formerly part of the original cast as a standby.

Mark’s West End credits include: Jersey Boys (Piccadilly), The Commitments (Palace), We Will Rock You (Dominion), Les Misérables (Sondeim) and Chicago (Cambridge).

He has also appeared in Jesus Christ Superstar (Regent’s Park Open Air), Jest End (Leicester Square), Have a Nice Life (Union), Alice: The Musical, Beauty and the Beast and Merry Christmas Betty Ford (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), The Threepenny Opera (Opera Northern Ireland) plus the UK tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Boy Friend (UK Tour).

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For the final episode of season five, social media manager Ksenya Gray returns to co-host The West End Frame Show!

Andrew and Ksenya discuss all the latest from theatreland, including covid enforced show closures. They also discuss Bring It On (Southbank Centre), Spring Awakening (Almedia Theatre) and Wicked starring Bex Botterill as Elphaba (Apollo Victoria Theatre) as well as the latest news about Les Misérables: The All-Star Staged Concert, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical and Roles We’ll Never Play.

Ksenya runs the social media company Storytellers UK, most recently she has worked on Rumi at the London Coliseum and The Theatre Support Fund. Visit www.storytellersuk.net for more info and follow Ksenya on Instagram: @ksenya.gray.

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Lizzy Connolly (Indecent Proposal/On The Town) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew & Lizzy discuss Cabaret (Kit Kat Club), A Chorus Line (Leicester Curve) and Pantoland (London Palladium) as well as the latest news about Moulin Rouge, Brittney Johnson, Giles Terera, The Prince of Egypt + more!

Lizzy starred as Jolene in the original West End production of  Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Savoy Theatre) and hasn't stopped working since! A few of her other credits include: Mrs Henderson Presents (West End), Vanaties The Musical (Trafalgar Studios), Once In A Lifetime (Young Vic), Sweet Charity (Donmar) and On The Town (Regent’s Park).

Lizzy recently wrapped on new BBC show The Canterville Ghost in which she plays series regular ‘Moppy’. Her other screen work includes Call The Midwife, Plebs and playing Ellie Goulding in The Windsors.

Lizzy has workshopped countless brand new shows and recently starred as Rebecca in the world premiere of the musical adaptation of Indecent Proposal at the Southwark Playhouse.

Follow Lizzy on Instagram: @lizzy.connolly

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Mitchell Zhangazha (understudy Evan & Jared in Dear Evan Hansen) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew & Mitchell discuss Sunset Boulevard starring Mazz Murray (Royal Albert Hall), Jack and the Beanstalk (Hackney Empire) and Hamilton (Victoria Palace Theatre) as well as the latest news about Wicked's casting search for Nessarose, Audra McDonald's new project and Matt Terry's latest theatre role plus lots more.

Mitchell recently joined the West End production of Dear Evan Hansen at the Noel Coward Theatre as an understudy for the roles of Evan and Jared. Prior to the pandemic he was understudying Goldie Wilson in the world premiere of Back To The Future at the Manchester Opera House.

Mitchell worked extensively as a child, with his credits include: the original West End cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium), Young Simba in The Lion King (West End), Caroline Or Change (National Theatre), Porgy and Bess (West End), Oliver (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) and he played Young Michael Jackson in Thriller Live on tour across the UK, Europe and in the West End.

He kept going and never stopped working, with his further credits including Our Lady of Kibeho (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Stevie Wonder & understudy Berry Gordy in Motown The Musical (West End), Little Moe in Five Guys Named Moe (Edinburgh Fringe) and Curly in Peter Pan (West End).

Dear Evan Hansen runs at the Noel Coward Theatre.
Follow Mitchell on Instagram: @mitchzhangazha

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Rochelle Sherona (Joseph / Hackney Empire Panto) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew & Rochelle discuss Love Story (Cadogan Hall), The Drifters Girl (Garrick Theatre) and The Comedy Of Errors (Barbican Theatre) as well as the latest news about The Black British Theatre Awards, But I'm A Cheerleader and Dirty Dancing. They also discuss the passing of legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim who has died aged 91.

Rochelle trained at Urdang where she starred as Deloris in Sister Act. She made her professional debut in the German production of Starlight Express as part of the 30th anniversary cast.

Rochelle made her West End debut as understudy Ali in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre). Most recently she understudied Alexandra Burke and Linzi Hateley as The Narrator in the West End revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium).

Rochelle is currently starring as Jack Trot in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire!

Jack and the Beanstalk runs at the Hackney Empire until Sunday 2nd January 2022. Visit www.hackneyempire.co.uk for info and tickets.

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Simbi Akande (The Prince of Egypt) co-hosts The West End Frame Show!

Andrew & Simbi discuss Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre), Little Women (Park Theatre) and the new cast of Six (Vaudeville Theatre) as well as the latest news about My Fair Lady, Wicked, Russell Watson and lots more.

Simbi is currently understudying Nefertari and Miriam in the West End production of The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre).

Her theatre credits also include: Aphra in Children Of Eden (Cadogan Hall), A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre), The Light in the Piazza (Royal Festival Hall/LA Opera), Lula in Violet (Charing Cross Theatre), Woman 2 in Putting It Together (Hope Mill Theatre), Marta in Company (Aberdeen Arts Centre), Tzeitel in Fiddler On The Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), Clara in Ghost (UK Tour) and swing in Show Boat (New London Theatre).

The Prince of Egypt runs at the Dominion Theatre until Saturday 8th January 2022.

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