Rachel Barrell
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Rachel Barrell is a British
stage performer and singer known best for playing Christine in the West End
production of The Phantom of the Opera
from September 2004 until October 2006. She played the role for some time opposite London's longest running Phantom, John Owen-Jones
, and was the Christine in his last performance, she also performed for the show's 18th and 20th anniversaries.
In February 2007 she played young Sally in a special charity performance of Follies
. Rachel has also previously performed in the musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie
and Beauty and the Beast
. She also runs a dance school in Hertfordshire.
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stage performer and singer known best for playing Christine in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
production of The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
from September 2004 until October 2006. She played the role for some time opposite London's longest running Phantom, John Owen-Jones
John Owen-Jones
John Owen-Jones is a British musical theatre actor, best known for his portrayals of Jean Valjean in Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Misérables and of The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. He most recently appeared as Valjean on the 25th Anniversary Tour of...
, and was the Christine in his last performance, she also performed for the show's 18th and 20th anniversaries.
In February 2007 she played young Sally in a special charity performance of Follies
Follies
Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the "Weismann's Follies," a musical revue , that played in that theatre between the World Wars...
. Rachel has also previously performed in the musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for...
and Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast (musical)
Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...
. She also runs a dance school in Hertfordshire.