Sophie-Louise Dann

Sophie-Louise trained at Arts Educational Schools London and her career has encompassed the worlds of opera, musical theatre, radio and film. Most recently she originated the role of ‘Barbara Castle’ in the world premiere of the musical Made in Dagenham at the Adelphi Theatre.

 

West End credits include: Celia in The Girls (Phoenix Theatre; 2017 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical)Paula Paxton in Bend it Like Beckham (Phoenix Theatre); Barbara Castle in Made in Dagenham (Adelphi Theatre); Diana Divane in Lend Me a Tenor (Gielgud Theatre; 2012 Olivier Award nomination for Best Supporting Role in a musical), title role in Iolanthe, Pitti-Sing in The Mikado, Edith in Pirates Of Penzance (Carl Rosa Opera/ Gielgud), 42nd St (Dominion), Jolson (Victoria Palace), Forbidden Broadway! (Albery) and numerous leading roles for D’Oyly Carte Opera (Savoy).

 

Other theatre credits include: Forbidden Broadway! (Menier Chocolate Factory); Closer Than Ever (Jermyn St Theatre); Velma von Tussle in Hairspray (Leicester Curve); Dot in Sunday in the Park with George (Chatelet du Paris); Gay Daventry in Ivor Novello’s Gay’s The Word (Jermyn St. Theatre), Mrs Beaver in The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (Kensington Gardens, directed by Rupert Goold & Michael Fentiman), Kath in The Kitchen Sink (Hull Truck), Gay Daventry in Gay’s the Word (Finborough), Mo in Lucy Gannon’s Broken Hearted (Derby Theatre), And The World Goes Round (Castle Theatre, Wellingborough), Lady Raeburn in Salad Days (Riverside Studios), Vera in Stepping Out (Derby Playhouse), Liz Imbrie in High Society (UK Tour), Hannah in A Chorus of Disapproval (Theatr Clwyd), Alma Hix in The Music Man, Smitty in How To Succeed…, Marya Artonova in The Government Inspector, Venus in Out Of This World, (Chichester Festival Theatre), Dot Robinson in the world premiere of The Original Chinese Conjuror (Almeida Opera/Aldeburgh Festival), Hortense in The Boyfriend (UK Tour), Marta in Dick Barton – Special Agent and Dick Barton and the Curse of the Pharaohs’ Tomb (Croydon Warehouse), Cherry buck in Thark (Watermill), Louise Hamilton in Why Not Stay For Breakfast? (Mill at Sonning), As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, (New Shakespeare Co.) Polly Peachum in The Beggar’s Opera (Holland Park), Scarlett O’Hara in Frankly Scarlett...(Kings Head), Young Viv in Spend, Spend, Spend (TMA Award Winner; West Yorkshire Playhouse).

 

Sophie’s extensive concert career has seen her headline at the Royal Albert Hall with pianist Jonathan Cohen as part of Raymond Gubbay’s Christmas Festival. She is a regular guest artiste on Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night and has appeared with the BBC Concert Orchestra in Patience, Sondheim at 80 (BBC PROMS) ‘More Of Loesser’ (BBC Radio 3), Pal Joey & On Your Toes (Brighton Dome) and as Carrie in Carousel (RFH, St.David’s Hall). Her one-woman show “From Classic to Coward to Current” has been performed in London, New York and LA.

 

TV, radio and film credits include Doctors (BBC), Granny McFitch in BAFTA winning Trapped! – Ever After (CBBC), Mr. Bean (ITV1), Goodnight Sweetheart (BBC1), My Summer with Des (BBC1), The Phantom of the Opera (Warner Bros) and Sunday in the Park with George (Mezzo TV).