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Laura Evans
Born27 August 1986
Aberdare, Wales, United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Actress and Singer Songwriter

Laura Evans is a British actress and singer/songwriter from Aberdare, Wales, best known for her role as Madison in the popular BBC television children's show The Basil Brush Show [1] and more currently known as successful country blues singer / songwriter.

Early training

Laura Evans was born on 27 August to Marilyn and Norman Evans in Aberdare, South Wales. At the age of 14, Evans won a scholarship[citation needed] to the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School in London.[2] and trained with her classmates, who included Billie Piper and Amy Winehouse

As a child, Evans performed the lead role at the Edinburgh Festival with the acclaimed National Youth Music Theatre in their production of Annie,[citation needed] before going on to play Blousey Brown one of the lead females in the BBC’s radio production of Bugsy Malone.[citation needed]

Acting career

Evans was one of the lead roles in BBC 's The Basil Brush Show, playing an American girl called Madison—which she based on Reese Witherspoon's performance in Legally Blonde, and on Phoebe from TV’s Friends.[citation needed] Evans appeared as a regular on the show from 2004 until 2007,[3] and her role as Basil's next door neighbour earned her a place in television folklore as a member of Basil's gang. The episode 'Basils Angels' from the third series was nominated for a children's BAFTA Award in 2006. Bafta nominated

Evans has had several leading roles in pantomimes. She played the lead role in Cinderella at the Bristol Hippodrome in 2004 and 2005, reprised the role at the Liverpool Empire Theater a year later, and played Cinderella a third time at the Theatre Royal in 2008 and 2009.[citation needed] She has also appeared in Dick Whittington and His Cat in Northampton opposite Julian Clary in 2006 and 2007,[4] and again at the Capitol Theatre in London opposite Todd Carty in 2007 and 2008.[5] In the Summer 2013 Evans appeared in the comedy feature film 'Inappropriate Comedy' alongside Lindsay Lohan and Adrien Brody. Inappropriate Comedy In September 2014 she joined other well known Welsh and American actors to celebrated the 100th birthday of Dylan Thomas, appearing in a staged radio play of Under Milk Wood with LA Theater works LA Theatre works alongside Mathew Rhys and Kate Burton directed by Sara Sugarman playing several roles and singing the famous folk song as character Polly Garter. She has most recently played Belle in the Newcastle pantomime, Beauty and the Beast, at the Newcastle Theatre Royal from November 2019 to January 2020.She has also played Tinker Bell, Goldilocks and Cinderella at the Theatre Royal Newcastle in Peter Pan, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Cinderella

Music career

In April 2014 Evans released a country EP called Remember When the song 'More of Me' co-written with Ben Spivak from the band MAGIC! MAGIC was featured on the season 2 finale of FULL EPISODE on CMT CMT Party Down South on the CMT channel In 2015 'What's Left of Me' co-written with country singer/songwriter Brett Detar and Nashville Producer Jeff Zacharski was featured on the second season of the Party Down South on CMT. In May 2020 Laura released a single ‘Running Back To You’ co-written with Ben Spivak. The single topped the U.K. iTunes blues chart and reached 43 on US blues chart. Her follow up single ‘Drag Me Back In’ co-written with Desi Valentine was released June 2020 and reached number 2 on the U.K. blues chart. It made the Bbc Radio Wales Alist as well as receiving airplay on Planet Rock Radio.

Filmography

  • Dreams of Gold (1994)[6]
  • No Sweat (1998)[7]
  • The Basil Brush Show (2002 to 2007)[3]
  • Black Tower Temptation (2009)[8]
  • Schizofredric (2010)[9]
  • Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self (2011)[10]
  • Underground Comedy (2011)[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "IMDB Laura Evans". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Mandy.com Laura Evans profile". Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b "IMDB Laura Evans The Basil Brush Show episodes". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Northhapton Chronicle: Three cheers for panto season!". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Sussex Express Former EastEnder in panto". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  6. ^ "IMDB Dreams of Gold". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  7. ^ "IMDB No Sweat Moon Boy episode". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  8. ^ "IMDB Black Tower Temptation". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  9. ^ "IMDB Schizofredric". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  10. ^ "IMDB Capture Anthologies: The Dimensions of Self". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  11. ^ "IMDB Underground Comedy". Retrieved 5 May 2011.
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