S11 Ep19: Eleanor Worthington-Cox, star of Please Please Me, Next To Normal, Matilda & Mary Page Marlowe
About this episode
Eleanor Worthington-Cox discusses her role in the world premiere of Please Please Me and her extensive theatre career.
Olivier winner Eleanor Worthington-Cox is starring as Cilla Black and Cynthia Powell, John Lennon’s first wife, in the world premiere of Tom Wright’s play Please Please Me at the Kiln Theatre. Directed by Amit Sharma, the play tells the story of Brian Epstein, the influential manager often described as the “fifth Beatle”. Eleanor won an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical when she was one of the original Matilda Wormwoods in the West End production of Matilda The Musical. As a child, her credits also include: Chorus in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Liverpool Empire), Jean Louise “Scout” Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Blousey Brown in Bugsy Malone (Lyric Hammersmith) and Jess in Tomcat (Southwark Playhouse). More recently her theatre credits have included: Phaedra Cox in Jerusalem (Apollo Theatre), Lily in The Secret Life of Bees (Almeida Theatre), Alexandra Giddens in The Little Foxes (Young Vic), Hero in Much Ado About Nothing (Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company) and Mary Page Marlowe in Mary Page…
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- S11 Ep20: Akmed Junior Khemalai, star of Hamilton, Ain’t Too Proud & Mandela
- S11 Ep18: Amelia Kinu Muus, Christmas Eve in Avenue Q
- S11 Ep17: Robyn Rose-Li, Terpsichore in Hercules
- S11 Ep16: Terique Jarrett, Pharus in Choir Boy
- S11 Ep15: Adam Filipe, star of Joseph, We Will Rock You, Tick Tick Boom & Prince of Egypt
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