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Tania Newton

Tania was born and bred in Brighton and won the Dame Judi Dench Scholarship to train as an actor at Mountview Theatre School in London.

Theatre credits: Tania has most recently played Mrs Potts in the successful international tour of Disney's Beauty & The Beast. Prior to that she played Jennyanydots & Grizabella in the national tour of 'Cats'. Other roles include: understudied and played Fantine and Madame Thenardier in Les Misérables (Palace Theatre, London); Bridget in Ragtime (Piccadilly Theatre, London); Miss Dilber and Mary in Scrooge (UK Tour); Mrs Potts and Madame de la Grande Bouche in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (national tour 2001/2); Rosita in Murderous Instincts (Savoy Theatre, London);Servant in the premiere workshop of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White (Sydmonton Festival); Jane Thornhill in Hogarth (Bridewell Theatre, London); The Good Fairy in Sleeping Beauty (Middlesborough Little Theatre); Princess in Aladdin (Lighthouse Theatre, Poole). Tania also had the honour of performing in Les Misérables at Windsor Castle for HRH Queen Elizabeth II and President Jacques Shirac.

Opera credits: Madame Butterfly, Il Trovatore, La Bohème and The Mikado, all for English Festival Opera. Recordings include: Singin' in the Rain, 42nd Street, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Rocky Horror Show (TER Records at Abbey Road Studio) and as guest singer on Barry James' album, Centre Stage.

Concerts: Les Misérables at the Odyssey Belfast, Bournemouth International Centre, Powderham Castle and Broadlands, Romsey. Masters of the Musicals, Songs From the West End at the Gulf Hotel, Bahrain and Swing to the West End, Brighton. Tania has extensive cabaret experience with First Night and Westenders.

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