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Celebrating the understudies & swings in ALL London West End Shows as well as UK's Touring Productions. Follow for daily cover updates!
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From one leading lady to another, @42ndsttouruk’s Ruthie Henshall looks back at a pivotal moment in her career as an understudy. ⭐✨
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) in the role of HEATHER DUKE at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #debut #notacover. Hannah isn’t a cover for the role and only has 4 hours notice to prepare! .Hannah is also the first person to perform ALL 3 Heathers!.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Beatrice Penny-Toure (@BeatricePennyT2) in the role of MARY POPPINS at @MaryPoppins! #2ndcover #debut . Beatrice is the first black woman to play the role! 🌂
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This afternoon Toby Marlow (@TheTobyMarlow), Composer and Co-Writer of @sixthemusical will be stepping into the role of CATHERINE PARR 💜.
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Today at @PriscillaTourUK history is being made! Allie Daniel (@alliedaniel_) will be the first trans woman to play a Diva WORLDWIDE! At this time it's never been more important to support our trans and non-binary friends ❤🏳️⚧️.
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This afternoon will be the DEBUT of Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) in the role of JENNA at @WaitressLondon! #debut
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Congratulations to Dujonna Gift (@dujonna_) who made her DEBUT as ANGELICA SCHUYLER at @HamiltonWestEnd tonight with 20 minutes notice! #standby
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We are currently exploring options to keep the show of ‘The UK Government’ running for the foreseeable future in the absence of a lead. This includes seeking past performers or understudies as well as people who previously auditioned for the role.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Mitchell Zhangazha (@MitchZhangazha) in the role of EVAN HANSEN at @DEHWestEnd! #standby #debut
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Tonight at @lesmisofficial Bradley Jaden (@BradleyJaden) will SWITCH ROLES to play ENJOLRAS instead of his USUAL role of Javert! #roleswitch #principlecast #emergencycover
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Ever groan when you find out an understudy's on for your fave performer? Yeah. Don't do that.
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Today will be the DEBUT of Eloise Davies (@eloisemaydavies) in the role of SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS at @SpongebobStage! #debut #2ndcover . Eloise is the first ever female Spongebob! 🧽
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Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) will be RETURNING to @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace to play the role of Heather Chandler tonight! #Return.
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Well done to Hana Stewart (@HanaStewart95) who switched from playing Jane Seymour to Catherine Parr MIDSHOW at @sixthemusical tonight! 👑 #alternate.
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For the first time in HERSTORY - “WE’RE SIX”.This afternoon will be the first performance where ALL SIX Queens @sixthemusical will be played our stunning alternate Queens. All 4 London #Alternates joined by 2 Universal swings! 👑
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Wishing the cast and crew of @ALWCinderella a great final day in Belleville! 🌸 . After over 110 cut shows, today is their first ever performance with a full company!.
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Felt safer in the theatre than on the streets and in shops this past week 💔.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Grace Mouat (@gracemouat) in the role of JULIET at @julietmusical! #1stcover #debut.
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The role of Heather Duke at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace will be played by Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) tonight! #notacover . 📸: @yowesterburg
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Charlotte Coggin (@charlotte_cog)- Front of house at @DominionTheatre has stepped in to save the day at @DDOnStage!. Charlotte has had 2 days rehearsals and is performing today! #WestEndDebut
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Today will be the DEBUT of Nicola Espallardo (@NicEspallardo) in the role of ELPHABA at @WickedUK! #2ndcover #debut
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The role of Veronica Sawyer at @HeathersMusical will be played by Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) for both shows today! #1stcover
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TONIGHTS HERO: Jennifer Caldwell (@Jennifer_cald) working Front of House at @ArtsTheatreLDN stepped in to play EMILY at @KnightsOfRoseUK avioding cancellation of the show tonight! CONGRATS AND WELL DONE!! ⭐️ 👏🏼.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) in the role of VERONICA SAWYER at @HeathersMusical! #debut #1stcover.
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Vicki Manser (@vicki_manser) will be RETURNING to @sixthemusical to play the role of Katherine Howard today! 👑 #Return.
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Today is the start of a very sad weekend in theatreland… 🥺🎭 . Today we bid farewell to .🌎 @ComeFromAwayUK .🎄 @elfmusicalLDN .🍸 @ImmersiveGatsby .⭐️ @Dreamgirls_UK.& tomorrow we will say goodbye to.🇯🇲 @GetUpStandUpLDN .🌂 @MaryPoppins .🌹 @BeautyMusical.🦁 @LionWitchStage.
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Maiya Quansah-Breed (@mayjqb) will be RETURNING to @sixthemusical tonight to play the role of Catherine Parr on tour! 👑.
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This afternoon will be the DEBUT of Char Burnett (@charburnett) in the role of ANNA at @frozenlondon! ❄️ #1stcover #debut
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) in the role of CATHERINE PARR at @sixthemusical! 👑 #alternate #debut.
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Congratulations to Scott Hunter (@shhscotthunter) who is making their cover DEBUT in the role of EUGENIA BANKS at @magicgoeswrong today! #debut 💫✨🪄 . Scott is the first non-binary actor to play a female presenting role in a @mischiefcomedy show!
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Danielle Fiamanya (@Fia_Dan) in the role of ELSA at @frozenlondon! ❄️ #1stcover #debut.
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This afternoon will be the DEBUT of Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) in the role of KATHERINE HOWARD at @sixthemusical! 👑 #alternate #debut.
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Maiya Quansah-Breed (@mayjqb) will be RETURNING to @sixthemusical tonight to play the role of Catherine Parr on the West End! 👑.
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MASSIVE congratulations to Shaun McCourt (@shaunmc1986) who saved the show at #BloodBrothers @BKL_Productions tour this afternoon by volunteering to play MICKEY mid-show - a role he doesn’t cover! You should be very proud! ⭐️
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Today will be the DEBUT of Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) in the role of DAWN at @WaitressLondon! #debut.
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This afternoon will be the tour DEBUT of Vicki Manser (@vicki_manser) in the role of CAROLE KING at @BeautifulUKTour! 🎹🎤 #debut #alternate.
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What a LEGEND. Steph Parry (@ThatStephParry) running NEXT DOOR from @42ndStreetLDN to @MammaMiaMusical to take over as Donna Sheridan mid-show tonight! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼.
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John Owen-Jones (@johnowenjones) will be returning to @lesmisofficial tonight to play Jean Valjean! #Return.
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Today will be the DEBUT of Beatrice Penny-Toure (@BeatricePennyT2) in the role of CHRISTINE DAAÉ at @PhantomOpera! #2ndcover #debut
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This week at @WaitressLondon the role of JENNA will be played by Desi Oakley (@desioakley) - Original Jenna on US Tour @WaitressMusical. #uscast
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74 tweets today (much of them exclusives that make headlines) and there were so many more swings/covers on! This really is us both having another full time job 🤓.I wonder how many tickets we helped sell today 😅🎟 .Busiest week day in a while, thank you ALL for your support ❤️.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Sarah O'Connor (@Scoconnor) in the role of ANNA at @frozenlondon! #1stcover #debut
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Tonight @HairsprayLondon reopens after 2 weeks with 12 new off site company members and a team of 2nd covers throughout the cast to prevent any further closure. This on top of their 8 resident swings! .Best wishes to them and the 2nd covers for their rehearsals ⭐️
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📣 Now this is how you advertise your covers AND swings…. The SWINGS performing are just as important. Swings are so rarely advertised and are often uncredited in the UK. Hats off to the @WaitressUK tour team 🙌👏.TAKE NOTE ALL
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Today will be the DEBUT of Caleb Lagayan (@caleblagayan) in the role of MARIUS at @lesmisofficial tour! #1stcover #debut . Caleb will be the first Asian person to play this role in the UK!
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Courtney Bowman (@courtneyebowman) will be RETURNING to @sixthemusical to play the role of Anne Boleyn today! 7pm! 👑#Return.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Courtney Stapleton (@CourtneyJStapes) in the role of ZOE MURPHY at @DEHWestEnd! #debut.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Laura Emmitt (@lauraemmitt) in the role of ELSA at @frozenlondon! #debut #2ndcover
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) in the role of HEATHER MCNAMARA at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #1stcover #debut.
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Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) will be playing the role of Jenna at @WaitressLondon tonight!.
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For both shows today at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) will be playing the role of Heather Chandler! #1stcover
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Today will be the DEBUT of Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) in the role of HEATHER CHANDLER at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #1stcover #debut.
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Emma Kingston (@emkingston) will be RETURNING to @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace today to play the role of Heather Chandler! #Return.
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Well done to Grace Mouat (@gracemouat) who went on mid show as Juliet at @julietmusical tonight! #1stcover.
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Today Jenna Innes (@JennaInnes) will be at the West End production of @lesmisofficial to make her DEBUT in the role of FANTINE! #debut #TourCast #NotaCover. Jenna is #1stcover for Eponine on the UK Tour and isn’t a cover for Fantine!.
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Today will be the DEBUT of Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) in the role of HEATHER MCNAMARA at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #1stcover #debut.
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Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) will be RETURNING to @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace to play the role of Heather McNamara tonight! #Return.
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Today will be the DEBUT of Georgina Onuorah (@GeorginaOnuorah) in the role of CINDERELLA at @ALWCinderella! 💫⭐️ #alternate #debut
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Tonight is the DEBUT of Sally Cheng (@SallyACheng) in the role of DENISE at @playgoeswrong! #debut #3rdcover #maletrack #Dennis . Sally is the first woman EVER to play this role! @mischiefcomedy continue to push the boundaries with their understudies 🤩📢
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Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) will be playing the role of Heather Chandler tonight at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #1stcover.
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This afternoon will be the DEBUT of Marcus Harman (@HarmanMarcus) in the role of EVAN HANSEN at @DEHWestEnd! ⭐️👕.#debut #alternate
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Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) will be playing the role of Jenna at @WaitressLondon tonight!.
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This afternoon will be the DEBUT of Lauren Byrne (@laurenbyrne95) in the role of CINDERELLA at @ALWCinderella! #1stcover #debut.
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*EXCLUSIVE*.Tonight will be the DEBUT of Payal Mistry (@payalmistry_) in the role of PI at @LifeOfPiWestEnd! #debut . Payal makes history by becoming the first woman to play the leading role!
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Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) will be playing the role of Heather Duke tonight at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #emergencycover.
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Well done to Desi Oakley (@desioakley) who played Jenna for Act 2 at @WaitressLondon last night! 🥧.
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Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) will be playing the role of Jenna at @WaitressLondon for the rest of this week! 🥧.
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Shocking management and organisation from start to finish. thinking of the incredible cast (to join and current), & crew 💔.
Finding out on Twitter, yes TWITTER before I could tell my clients (one being their West End Debut) that @ALWCinderella was cancelled… was NOT how I wanted to spend my Bank Holiday Sunday, yes SUNDAY! And that’s not even all of it!. Enough is ENOUGH!.
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Tonight at @sixthemusical all 7 #alternates are performing! 👑 . Collette Guitart has gone up to #Salford to play Catherine of Aragon with tour cast!. Zara MackIntosh is playing Catherine of Aragon in London. Hana…
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Today Billy Mitchell (@BilllyMitchell) has made a RETURN to @WickedUK after 5 years and will stay with the show as a temporary swing!.Billy is currently on a break as Associate Choreographer on @ALWCinderella! @AccessLtd
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Following a show stop at @WickedUK Laura Harrison (@Laura_Harrison0) who was playing the role of Nessarose is now being painted GREEN to take over the role of Elphaba! 💚#1stcover.
For both shows today at @WickedUK Laura Harrison (@Laura_Harrison0) will be playing the role of Nessarose! #2ndcover.
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Well done to Collette Guitart (@ColletteGuitart) who made her DEBUT as Anna of Cleves at @sixthemusical tonight - completing all 6 Queens! 👑 #alternate #debut.
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For the rest of this week Lucie Jones (@luciejones1) will be playing the role of JENNA at @WaitressLondon! 🥧#debut.
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Last night Liberty Buckland (@BucklandLiberty) made her #debut as #MissHoney at @MatildaMusical - the first person of colour to play the role! ⭐️🎭
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Well done to Lewis Easter (#LewisEaster) who swung on mid show at the reopening of @WickedUK tonight while sitting in the audience with fellow swings! .Absolutely incredible 💚 #swing.
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Today will be the DEBUT of Collette Guitart (@ColletteGuitart) in the role of ANNE HATHAWAY at @julietmusical! #debut #1stcover.
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Best of luck to the current cast of @sixthemusical who have their final performances today! 👑.
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Tonight Charlotte Jaconelli (@char_jaconelli) will RETURN to @HeathersMusical to play the role of MS FLEMING! .Charlotte last played the role on her debut 1st November 2018! .#return #westendcast
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Lauren Drew (@LaurenDrew2) in the role of HEATHER CHANDLER at @HeathersMusical! #debut #1stcover.
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Well done to Aisha Jawando (@aisha_jawando) who is currently playing Angelica Schuyler in #Hamilton UK Tour (Manchester) and RETURNED to the West End today to play TINA @TinaTheMusical! #return.Not only was Tina Turners birthday but Aisha had already completed 8 shows this week!
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Bradley Jaden (@BradleyJaden) will be RETURNING to @lesmisofficial to play the role of Javert today! #Return.
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Tonight Natasha Ferguson (@TashaFerguson92) will RETURN to @WickedUK to make her DEBUT in the role of GLINDA! .Natasha will be the only person to have played Elphaba, Glinda AND Nessarose! #debut #return
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An astonishing 13 covers & swings on today at @bookofmormonuk tour featuring 2 West End cast members! Well done to everyone for keeping the show going! 🙌🏾👏🏽🐸
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Today will be the DEBUT of George Crawford (@georgescg97) in the role of JACK KELLY at @newsies_uk! #1stcover #debut
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Hannah Lowther (@HannahLowther97) will be playing the role of Heather Chandler today at @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace! #1stcover.
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Laura Pick (@laurapick91) will be RETURNING to @WickedUK to play the role of Elphaba today! #Return.
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Well done to Lauren Stroud (@laurenstroudx) who covered 5 of the 9 female ensemble tracks today at @ALWCinderella! Definition of a super swing keeping the show going! 🌟 .#swing #splittrack.
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Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) will be playing the role of Jenna at @WaitressLondon for the rest of this week! 🥧.
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Lizzy Parker (@parker_lizzy) will be RETURNING to @HeathersMusical @TheOtherPalace to play the role of Heather McNamara tonight! #return #tourcast
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Vicki Manser (@vicki_manser) in the role of CATHERINE OF ARAGON at @sixthemusical 8:30PM! 👑 #alternate #debut.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Christine Allado (@ChristineAllado) in the role of ELIZA HAMILTON at @HamiltonWestEnd! 💛⭐️👏🏼 #debut #3rdcover
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Today will be the last scheduled performances of Danielle Fiamanya (@Fia_Dan) in the role of Elsa at @frozenlondon! ❄️ #1stcover
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of John Lumsden (#JohnLumsden) in the role of JD at @HeathersMusical! #debut #1stcover
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The role Jenna at @WaitressLondon will be played by Olivia Moore (@oliviamooree) tonight and for both shows tomorrow! 🥧.
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This afternoon will be the DEBUT of Jennifer Caldwell (@Jennifer_cald) in the role of CATHERINE OF ARAGON at @sixthemusical! 4pm! .Jen will now be completing all 6 queens ✅! 👑 #alternate #debut #6outof6.
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Witch switch pending 🔜 💚.
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Tonight will be the DEBUT of Courtney Stapleton (@CourtneyJStapes) in the role of ALANA BECK at @DEHWestEnd! #standby #debut.
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