Rachael Wooding
Rachael Wooding | |
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Born | 1979 |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Singer, Dancer |
Website | http://www.rachaelwooding.com/ |
Rachael Wooding is a Yorkshire born musical theatre performer, best known for her performances in We Will Rock You, playing Meat and Scaramouche. She began her career in musicals in Germany - such as Cats and Starlight Express. After West End Success in Saturday Night Fever and Fame, she went on to play Amber in the original London cast of Hairspray the Musical. Wooding left Hairspray in October 2008. She then performed the title role in Evita the Musical on the UK tour.[1] From March 2011, she featured as Mary Delgado in the West End production of Jersey Boys, before leaving the cast after a year to concentrate on other projects; sometimes as a singer in function band Bloomfield Avenue. In October 2012 she returned to We Will Rock You to play principal Scaramouche alongside Oliver Tompsett as Galileo.
Wooding is a 5' 4" Mezzo-soprano. [2]
Career
Wooding trained at the Bird College of performing arts,[3] and has been in musicals from a young age.
Her roles include:[2]
Production | Role | Location |
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Spirit of the Dance | Spirit | U.S. Tour |
Cats | Demeter/Bombalurina/Rumpleteazer | Hamburg |
Starlight Express | Pearl the Observation Car | Germany |
Fame | Serena | West End |
Footloose | Ariel | UK Tour |
Loveshack | AJ | UK Tour |
Saturday Night Fever | Annette | West End |
We Will Rock You | Meat | West End |
Hairspray | Amber Von Tussle | West End |
Evita | Eva Perón | UK tour |
Bright Lights, Big City | Amanda | London |
Jersey Boys | Mary Delgado | West End |
We Will Rock You | Scaramouche, Meat | West End |
References
- ^ "Evita Tour information". Southampton Mayflower website. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ a b "Agent Representation". Creative Artists Management. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
- ^ "College Graduates". Doreen Bird Website. Retrieved 2008-12-08.