Ruthie Henshall - Mrs. Wilkinson

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Birthday Show: 9 years BETM in London!

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Birthday show on Monday May 12th 2014:

http://billyelliotthemusical.com/news/w ... ly-elliot/



West End star Ruthie Henshall joins the cast of Billy Elliot

Olivier award-winning actor Ruthie Henshall will be joining the London cast of Billy Elliot the Musical to play Billy’s straight talking dance teacher, Mrs Wilkinson. Her first performance will be 12th May 2014, which is also the same day the show will be celebrating nine years at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

Ruthie Henshall has performed in many iconic roles in musicals both in the West End and on Broadway including Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart in Chicago, Marion Halcome in The Woman in White, the title roles in Peggy Sue Got Married and Marguerite, Fantine in Les Misérables, Nancy in Oliver, Polly Baker in Crazy For You, Jemima in Cats and Ellen in Miss Saigon as well as Amalia in She Loves Me for which she won the Best Actress in a Musical Olivier award. She was last on stage in Thea Sharrock’s production of Blithe Spirit at the Apollo Theatre. As a recording artist, she has featured on numerous cast recordings, compilation albums and solo albums including Pilgrim, The Ruthie Henshall Album, Love is Here to Stay and I’ve Loved These Days. Her television credits include The Case, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Sound of Musicals, Law and Order, The Mysteries of 71st Street. Henshall was a judge on ITV’s Dancing on Ice.
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New Mrs Wilkinson

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Just posted on Twitter by Simon Pollard
Well, here's some big exciting news. Our new Mrs W atBillyElliotUK is... atRuthieHenshall

http://www.westendframe.com/2014/02/rut ... ot-as.html

Also a new Tony and Barnabys back :D
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Ruthie Henshall - Mrs. Wilkinson

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Olivier award-winning actor Ruthie Henshall will be joining the London cast of Billy Elliot the Musical to play Billy’s straight talking dance teacher, Mrs Wilkinson. Her first performance will be 12th May 2014, which is also the same day the show will be celebrating nine years at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

http://www.westendframe.com/2014/02/rut ... ot-as.html
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Re: Birthday Show: 9 years BETM in London!

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Wow, tickets are going away very fast on the VPT homepage... :shock:
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Fantastic news!! I think she will be amazing! Now if only I can find a way to be there that weekend....
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Re: Ruthie Henshall - Mrs. Wilkinson

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Wow, so much exciting news! Some of us were wondering if there would be anything special for the 9th anniversary. May 12 should be quite a special show with all of these new cast members joining. :D
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I am very impressed :D Ruthie Henshall is an A list theater star in the west end.

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Olivier-award-winning Ruthie Henshall brings her acclaimed one-woman show home to Epsom
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news ... nce_Edward_/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN42aJTFC4I

Theater is a small world. Interesting how long AJ Casey and Ruthie have known each other ;)
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Ruthie will be performing her one-woman show in Epsom on April 15:

http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news ... nce_Edward_/
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