Beauty and the Beast
The two lead roles for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast have simply been announced and Box Hill resident Brendan Xavier will star alongside Shubshri Kandiah within the iconic manufacturing which will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre next year.
Brendan, a former student at Marian College Kenthurst, is at present performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is finest identified for her function as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is currently playing the title role in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.
It’s the primary leading function for Brendan who said: “I came upon that I received the function on my method to work and I needed to just cease walking. My agent simply mentioned you've booked the Beast …. It was in all probability top-of-the-line moments of my life.”
Brendan graduated from Marian College in 2014 and was on the Board of Studies NSW Distinguished Achievers List due to his music outcomes.
After faculty he studied a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Musical Theatre at the Australian Institute of Music. During his time there Brendan appeared in quite a few musicals, most notably taking half in Jack in Into the Woods directed by Tyran Parke.
Beauty And The Beast Brendan Xavier And Shubshri Kandiah Beauty And The BeastHis previous theatre credits embrace The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and within the sixtieth Anniversary concert of the Australian musical Lola Montez.
He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the past two years and is currently in Perth.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is being staged by the producers of Frozen, Aladdin, The Lion King and Mary Poppins and makes its Australian premiere at the Capitol Theatre in June 2023.
Directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominee Matt West, the reimagined stage show will function an all-star group that includes original composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, guide author Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The group collectively acquired 5 Tony® nominations and a win for Hould-Ward’s costume design, when Disney first debuted Beauty and the Beast on Broadway 28 years in the past.
Director and choreographer Matt West said: “The excitement we felt in the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri performed for us was electric. These two extraordinary young performers deliver recent life to those iconic roles, and we are thrilled that a complete new generation of Australian audiences could have the pleasure of witnessing their interpretation on this new production.”
Some of Australia’s most excellent musical theatre performers and thrilling recent faces have additionally been assembled and might be introduced at a later date together with the roles of Lumiere, Gaston, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts, Le Fou, Maurice, Babette and Madame.
General public tickets went on sale this week (Thursday 3rd November 2022) by way of www.beautyandthebeastmusical.com.au.
The Australian premiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is supported by the NSW Government by way of its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW.
