Sarah Earnshaw is a British actress known for her work in

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Early life

Born in Leeds in 1983, Earnshaw moved to London in 2000 to train at Mountview Academy of Arts in London, graduating in 2003 with a first class BA in Musical Theatre.

Theatre credits and career

Earnshaw made her West End debut in the Original

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Cast of ''

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, as a Glinda / Nessarose understudy. The show officially opened on 27 September 2006, after previews from 7 September. She later became the Glinda standby in 2007. She left the company on 8 January 2011, with

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as Elphaba and

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as Glinda. In 2013, Earnshaw played Lady of the Lake in ''

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'' at The Playhouse Theatre in the West End and Audrey in ''Little Shop of Horrors'' at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. She created the role of Sam in ''Payback'' (at the Riverside Studios) in June 2013, opposite Matthew White, and Christmas 2013 saw Earnshaw appear as Fairy in ''

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'' at Sheffield Lyceum. In 2011, she took the role of Emma Carew in ''

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'' on the 2nd U.K. Tour opposite Marti Pellow as Jekyll/Hyde. In 2012, she played 'The Ghost of Christmas Past' in ''Scrooge'' at the

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, reprising the role she had previously played on the UK Tour of the musical opposite Tommy Steele.

Other notable credits

Other works she has appeared in include; '' Alice In Wonderland'' (West Yorkshire Playhouse), ''After The Turn'' (Courtyard Theatre) and ''The Royal Variety Performance'' (London Coliseum). She has appeared in workshops for ''

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, ''Dusty'' as young

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at the Duchess Theatre, London and ''Only The Brave'' at the Arts Theatre, London, Travels With My Aunt for Chichester and as Bella Spellgrove in Sherlock Holmes. In 2014 Sarah appeared in the original cast of '' The A-Z of Mrs P'' at

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produced by Michael Peavoy and The Booking Office and directed by

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. She then followed this with a guest lead in

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playing the role of Maggie. and appeared in an advert for Go Compare In 2015 she appears again as ''Lady of the Lake' in

on UK Tour, the tour opened in Manchester on 19 January 2015. She appeared in ''Travels With My Aunt'' (Minerva, Chichester) and as Kate in the one woman show ''Heart Of Winter''. In May 2017. she was cast as Jennifer Lore (main lead) in ''

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'' at

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. She played Betty Spencer in the 2018 stage adaptation of '' Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em'' on UK Tour, followed by playing Connie in ''The Nightingales'' for Theatre Royal Bath and on UK tour, Jane in ''The Argument'' again at Theatre Royal Bath and Claire Sutton in ''Yes Prime Minister'' at Theatre Clywd.

Recordings

Sarah is featured on the following musical theatre albums: Unwritten Songs (Spekulation Entertainment), Acoustic Overtures (Sim G Records) and The Music Box (Escape Records).

Concert work

Earnshaw has appeared in concerts for The Mercury Music 20th Anniversary Gala at the Novello Theatre where she sang "Portrait of a Princess" written by Michael Bruce. She sang "Again" in the Divas Sing Scott Alan concert at the Arts Theatre, A Little Less Ordinary (Apollo), 80th Birthday Gala (Apollo Victoria) and West End Stars In Concert (Ireland). In November 2013 she appeared in concert with

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in Stars on Parade at Glasgow Concert Hall

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Earnshaw, Sarah 1983 births Living people Actresses from Leeds English musical theatre actresses