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Keith Jack (born 2 March 1988) is a British actor and singer. He was the runner-up on the

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reality talent show '' Any Dream Will Do'', which offered the chance to be the next West End Joseph for the hit musical ''

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' (often colloquially known as ''Joseph'') is a sung-through musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the character of Joseph from the Bible's Book of Genesis. Thi ...

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and

Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English lyricist and author. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote, among other shows, ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', ' ...

. He lost out to

Lee Mead Lee Stephen Mead (born 14 July 1981) is an English musical theatre, television actor and occasional singer, best known for winning the title role in the 2007 West End revival of '' Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' through the BBC T ...

in the final on 9 June 2007.

Early life

Before his appearances on ''Any Dream Will Do'', Jack he was studying performance skills in

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and a HNC in Musical Theatre at Telford College, also in

. Since winning the 2006 ''Chicago Rock Café Rock Idol'' contest, held in the English

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, he has been a student of celebrity vocal coach

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. Jack attended St. David's High School in

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, where he performed in various Christmas concerts and other events.

''Any Dream Will Do''

Since the start of ''Any Dream Will Do'', Jack was noted as a strong contender; his vocals in particular were praised very highly. The main criticisms directed at him were his diction and his physical appearance: some judges thought he looked 'too young' to play Joseph. However, by the end of the series, Jack was widely regarded as the strongest singer on the programme.

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and vocal coach Zoe Tyler in particular were full of praise. Barrowman said: "That was brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, son! You have a voice of gold." Tyler commented: "When I hear you sing now, you knock me for six." Denise van Outen described Keith as a "Young John Barrowman", while

Bill Kenwright William Kenwright, CBE (born 4 September 1945) is an English West End theatre producer and film producer. He has also been the chairman of Everton Football Club since 2004. Kenwright was born in Liverpool and attended Booker Avenue County Prima ...

called Keith's talents "frightening". The panel was particularly impressed with his performances of "

Love Is All Around "Love Is All Around" is a song recorded by English rock band the Troggs, featuring a string quartet and a 'tick tock' sound on percussion, in D-major. Released as a single in October 1967, it was a top-ten hit in both the UK and US. "Love I ...

", " Always on My Mind," "

Could It Be Magic "Could It Be Magic" is a song with lyrics by Adrienne Anderson and music by Barry Manilow, inspired by Frédéric Chopin's Prelude in C minor, Opus 28, Number 20. The song was initially released in 1971 by Featherbed (a group of session musi ...

" and "

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Performances on ''Any Dream Will Do''

* Show One – "

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* Show Two – "

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Will Young William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor who came to prominence after winning the 2002 Pop Idol (series 1), inaugural series of the ITV (TV network), ITV talent contest ''Pop Idol'', making him the f ...

* Show Three – "

Crocodile Rock "Crocodile Rock" is a song written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin, and recorded in summer 1972 at the Château d'Hérouville studio in France (it was listed as "Strawberry Studios" in the album's credits), where John and his team had previou ...

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* Show Four – "

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* Show Five – " Always on My Mind" by

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* Show Six – "

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as well as " That's Life" by

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(group number; performed with Ben Ellis and Lewis Bradley) * Show Seven – " Let Me Entertain You" by

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* Semi-final – "

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Barry Manilow Barry Manilow (born Barry Alan Pincus; June 17, 1943) is an American singer and songwriter with a career that spans seven decades. His hit recordings include "Could It Be Magic", " Somewhere Down the Road", " Mandy", "I Write the Songs", " Can ...

and " Only You" from the musical ''

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" by Van Morrison and " Always on My Mind" (encore).

Later career

Jack performed at the ''Picnic in the Parliament'' concert outside the

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on 30 June 2007. "As my first performance since the final, I am proud it will be not only in Scotland but on a day celebrating Scottish talent," he said. On 28 June 2007, ''

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'' reported thst Jack was into entering a record deal with

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, the fruition of which was to be an album of pop, classical and theatrical music. This did not materialise, and Jack asked Adam Quest, his mentor and vocal coach, to try to broker a new recording deal on his behalf. Within a week, Jack was signed to John Mclaughlin's record label X-Phonics in Glasgow. From October 2007, Keith was in

's national touring production of ''Joseph'', starring as the Narrator, alongside fellow ''Any Dream Will Do'' contestants Craig Chalmers (as Joseph) and Chris Barton (as Benjamin). A second tour followed in late summer 2009. When Mead's contract expired, Jack was asked if he wanted to take over. He rejected the offer, and continued to tour with Chalmers and Barton. Jack recorded his debut album early in 2008. A charity single, "

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" was released via download on 10 December 2007. "If an Angel falls from Heaven" was available to download from 8 December 2008. In August 2008, Jack performed in the premiere of the musical '' Only the Brave'' at the Edinburgh Festival. In June 2008, he performed in the ''Choices for Life'' tour, for children in Primary 7 across Scotland. The same month, Jack performed at Bo'ness Children's Fair Day. His debut album was released on 22 September that year, entitled ''This Time''. Jack toured England and Scotland in September and October 2008 to promote the album. He also sang "

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" with

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and

Ben James-Ellis Benjamin James Ellis (born 22 December 1988 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire) is an English stage and script actor who starred in the role of Link Larkin in the West End production of the musical ''Hairspray'' from its opening in October 2007 ...

's album ''

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''. December 2008 through to January 2009 saw Jack in pantomime, playing the title role in ''Peter Pan'', alongside Alan Fletcher (aka Dr. Karl Kennedy from ''

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'') at His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen. On 31 December 2008, Jack performed at the Aberdeen Hogmanay Street Party, alongside

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and

Amy Macdonald Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, ''This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album), This Is the Life'', which respectively produced the singles "Mr. Rock & Roll ...

. Jack performed as part of '' Showstopppers!'' at Musical Theatre @ George Square as part of the

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on 17 August 2009. That year, appeared in pantomime at the

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. In Croydon, on 17 July 2010, Jack took over the coloured coat from Chalmers and began his debut performance as Joseph. From 2 December 2010 to 8 January 2011, Jack played the Prince in the Glasgow Kings Theatre production of ''Sleeping Beauty''. In 2012, Jack played Joseph in the UK tour, opposite Jennifer Potts as the narrator. From 18 December 2012 to 6 January 2013, Jack played Prince Charming in ''Cinderella'' at the

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. Jack finished in ''Joseph'' in May 2013, after six years in the musical (on and off), passing the role on to

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(of Steps). The following month, it was announced that Jack would be returning to the stage as the lead in a brand new musical, ''Sincerely, Mr Toad'' (about the life of author

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), with Sell A Door Theatre Company. Jack played The Prince at Ipswich Regent's pantomime production of ''Sleeping Beauty'', which ran from 17 December 2016 until 2 January 2017. He joined Magic Beans in their 2017/18 production of ''

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'' at the Stag Theatre in

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Theatre credits

References

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