Beauty and the Beast

The two lead roles for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast have just been introduced and Box Hill resident Brendan Xavier will star alongside Shubshri Kandiah in the iconic manufacturing which could have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre next year.
Brendan, a former scholar at Marian College Kenthurst, is currently performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is finest known for her position as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is currently taking half in the title function in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

It’s the primary main role for Brendan who stated: “I found out that I won the role on my way to work and I had to simply stop walking. My agent just said 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 because of his music results.

After faculty he studied a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Musical Theatre on the Australian Institute of Music. During his time there Brendan appeared in quite a few musicals, most notably playing 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 include The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and within the sixtieth Anniversary live performance of the Australian musical Lola Montez.

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the previous two years and is presently 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 on 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 unique composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, book writer Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The team collectively acquired 5 Tony® nominations and a win for Hould-Ward’s costume design, when Disney first debuted https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/beauty-and-the-beast/ on Broadway 28 years in the past.

Director and choreographer Matt West stated: “The pleasure we felt within the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri performed for us was electric. These two extraordinary younger performers convey recent life to those iconic roles, and we are thrilled that a whole new technology of Australian audiences could have the pleasure of witnessing their interpretation on this new manufacturing.”

Some of Australia’s most outstanding musical theatre performers and thrilling recent faces have additionally been assembled and might be announced 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.

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The Australian premiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is supported by the NSW Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW.

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Pub: 06 Jul 2023 13:31 UTC
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