Sarah Payne is a British actress and singer. She has worked extensively in London's West End, and has played various roles in theatre, comedy, musical theatre, and opera. Payne initially trained as a musician, and studied music at Durham University. She was offered a part in a musical, and within two years she received a Best Actress of the Year in a Musical

Olivier Award The Laurence Olivier Awards, or simply the Olivier Awards, are presented annually by the Society of London Theatre to recognise excellence in professional theatre in London at an annual ceremony in the capital. The awards were originally known a ...

nomination for creating the role of Lina Lamont in '' Singin' in the Rain'' (1983) at London's Palladium Theatre."Oliviers:Olivier Winners 1983"
officiallondontheatre.co.uk. 24 April 2008. Her major theatre credits also include such shows as ''

The Rocky Horror Show ''The Rocky Horror Show'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien. A humorous tribute to the Science fiction film, science fiction and Horror film, horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s, the ...

'' (1979), ''

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'' (1981), ''

Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

'' (1986), ''

The Mystery of Edwin Drood ''The Mystery of Edwin Drood'' is the final novel by Charles Dickens, originally published in 1870. Though the novel is named after the character Edwin Drood, it focuses more on Drood's uncle, John Jasper, a precentor, choirmaster and opium ...

'' (1987), ''Risky Kisses'' (1990), '' The Marriage of Figaro'' (1991), ''

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'' (1998, then titled ''The Best of Times''), '' High Spirits'' (2001), and ''

Follies ''Follies'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman. The plot takes place in a crumbling Broadway theater, now scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the ''Ziegfeld Fol ...

'' (2006). She also appeared in the 1985 Royal Variety Performance. Payne sings on the 1986 studio cast recording of the concept musical ''Josephine'', and on the 1992 London concert album of ''

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''. She sang Donna Elvira in '' Don Giovanni'' at the

Greenwich Theatre Greenwich Theatre is a local theatre located in Croom's Hill close to the centre of Greenwich in south-east London. Theatre first came to Greenwich at the beginning of the 19th century during the famous Eastertide Greenwich Fair at which the Ric ...

in 1990.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Sarah Year of birth missing (living people) Living people British stage actresses British musical theatre actresses British television actresses English operatic sopranos 20th-century British women opera singers 21st-century British women opera singers 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Alumni of Durham University