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James Gillan
West End Star |
James was nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award for best supporting performance in a musical for The Who's Tommy at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London.
Other Theatre credits include: Colin in The Secret Garden (West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Birmingham Rep); Peter in Peter Pan (the Royal Festival Hall, opposite Richard Wilson and at the West Yorkshire Playhouse); the original London cast of Wicked playing Boq with Idina Menzel (Apollo Victoria Theatre); Hinkley in Assassins (Sheffield Crucible, TMA nomination); Rusty in Starlight Express (Apollo Victoria and Original UK Tour); Marilyn in Taboo (UK tour); Nick in Fame (Sweden Arena tour); Lucius in Julius Caesar and Iras in Antony and Cleopatra at Shakespeare's Globe, under the direction of Mark Rylance; Lamar in Godspell (Chichester Festival Theatre); Golem (New End, Hampstead); Pippin in Pippin (Bridewell Theatre); Benjamin and cover for Phillip Schofield in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour); and the title role in James and the Giant Peach (UK tour).
Concert highlights include: Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday and Stephen Sondeim's 80th Birthday celebrations at the magnificent Royal Albert Hall.
On TV, James has appeared in: Orrible; Doctors; Casualty; The Seven Industrial Wonders of the World (all for the BBC); A Tale of Two Cities (NBC); and most recently, The Inbetweeners (Channel 4).
James has always loved performing in Cabaret throughout his career, most recently at the stunningly refurbished and world famous Savoy Hotel in London.
Recordings include: Peter Pan; A Tale of Two Cities; and the soundtrack to the film Easy Virtue.
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