Sarah Earnshaw
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Biography
Sarah Earnshaw is a British actress.
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 London Cast of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre on 7 September 2006understudying Nessarose and Glinda. She later became Stand-By GlindaShe was interviewed by Broadway World UKin which she revealed that she and Elphaba standby Ashleigh Gray ran the Wicked Twitter account and that her dream role would be Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
In 2013 Earnshaw played Lady of the Lake in Spamalot at The Playhouse Theatre., Audrey in Little Shop of Horrors (Aberyswyth Arts Centre) which played from 26 July - 31 August 2013. She created the role of Sam in Payback (Riverside Studios)in June 2013 opposite Matthew White and Christmas 2013 saw Earnshaw appear as Fairy in Jack and the Beanstalk at Sheffield Lyceum In 2012 she played The Ghost Of Christmas Past in Scrooge at the London Palladium reprising the role she had previously played on the UK Tour. Prior to this she took the role of Emma Carew in Jekyll and Hyde on UK Tour opposite Marti Pellow. Other credits include Alice In Wonderland (West Yorkshire Playhouse), After The Turn (Courtyard Theatre), Dan Leno (Lion and Unicorn), The Royal Variety Performance (London Coliseum). She has appeared in workshops for 'The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾' written by Jake Brunger and Pippa Cleary, 'Dusty' as Young Dusty Springfield at the Duchess Theatre, London and Only The Brave at the Arts Theatre, London.
In 2014 Sarah appeared in the original cast of The A-Z of Mrs P at Southwark Playhouse produced by Michael Peavoy and The Booking Office and directed by Sam Buntrock. She then followed this with a guest lead in Casualty playing the role of Maggie http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6934514/ and appeared in an advert for Go Compare insurance.
In 2015 she appears again as Lady of the Lake in Spamalot on UK Tour, the tour opened in Manchester on 19 January 2015
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 John Owen-Jones in Stars on Parade at Glasgow Concert Hall