Louisa Shaw

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Born in Preston, Lancashire, Louisa made her West End debut as Jennyanydots and Cats (New London Theatre) following a highly successful original tour of the show, playing the role of Grizabella on many occasions. Since then she as played a factory girl and Fantine in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre, Manchester), Nicky in Shakers (Library theatre, Manchester), and numerous parts in the original cast of Martin Guerre including Hortense, Madame de Rols and Celestine. This was followed by Emma Fairfax in Doctor Dolittle (London Apollo Theatre), and a tour of South Africa in a four-hander musical revue show entitled Music of the Night. She was a member of the original cast of Napoleon (Shaftesbury Theatre) and most recently was a member of the company of The Witches of Eastwick, in which she also played the role of Alex on many occasions. Other Credits - include The Royal Variety Performance, Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert (Royal Albert Hall), the grand final of New Faces, Children’s Bible stories for Cable TV as presenter, The Music Forum (Border TV) as a guest soloist and numerous summer seasons and pantomimes including two consecutive years as a hobnail-booted Tinkerbell in Peter Pan. Louisa is very happy to be back at Cats and looks forward to the challenge of her new role. This one’s for Wynne.

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