Beauty and the Beast

The two lead roles for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast have simply been introduced and Box Hill resident Brendan Xavier will star alongside Shubshri Kandiah within the iconic production which will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre subsequent year.
Brendan, a former pupil at Marian College Kenthurst, is presently performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is best identified for her position as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is currently enjoying the title role in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

It’s the first main function for Brendan who stated: “I came upon that I won the function on my method to work and I needed to just stop walking. My agent just said you may have booked the Beast …. It was in all probability one of the best 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 results.

After college 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 part in Jack in Into the Woods directed by Tyran Parke.

Beauty And The Beast Brendan Xavier And Shubshri Kandiah Beauty And The BeastHis earlier theatre credits embody The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and in the 60th Anniversary live performance of the Australian musical Lola Montez.

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the past two years and is at present in Perth.

Disney’s https://hillstohawkesbury.com.au/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 characteristic an all-star group that features unique composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, e-book author Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The team collectively obtained 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.

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

Some of Australia’s most outstanding musical theatre performers and thrilling fresh faces have also been assembled and shall 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 third November 2022) through 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 occasions agency Destination NSW.

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Pub: 06 Jul 2023 13:24 UTC
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