Introduction:
Rosemary Ashe trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the London Opera Centre.
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About Rosie...
Rosemary Ashe trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the London Opera Centre.
She recently appeared as Mrs. Fraser in STEPPING OUT at Derby Playhouse and as the Begger Woman in SWEENEY TODD at The Royal Festival Hall with Bryn Terfel. In 2007 she played Ruth in THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE for the Carl Rosa Opera Company on a national tour of America and Canada.
Other work includes:
'Fairy Godmother' in CINDERELLA with Julian Clary at the Birmingham Hippodrome 'Madame Thenardier' in LES MISERABLES at the Palace Theatre (twice) 'Felicia Gabriel' in THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK at the Prince Of Wales Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, for which she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical.
She was later to reprise that role at The Princess Theatre, Melbourne.
Other West End credits include: 'Carlotta' in the original cast of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Her Majesty's), 'Miss Andrew' in MARY POPPINS (Prince Edward), 'Yum Yum' in THE METROPOLITAN MIKADO (South Bank), 'Hortense' in THE BOYFRIEND (Albery), 'Manon' in BITTER SWEET (Sadler's Wells), FORBIDDEN BROADWAY (Fortune), 'Cunegonde' in CANDIDE (The Old Vic), 'Ellen' in WHAT ABOUT LUV? (Holland Park) and 'Widow Corney' in OLIVER! (London Palladium).
Other credits include: SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM (Manchester Library Theatre), NICKLEBY AND ME (Chichester), DEAR IVOR (Welsh National Opera), 'Janet' in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, 'Maria' in WEST SIDE STORY & 'Gianetta' in THE GONDOLIERS (all at the Nottingham Playhouse) 'Julie Laverne' in SHOWBOAT, (RSC/Opera North) 'The Witch' in INTO THE WOODS, 'Annie' in ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, 'Lottie Grady' in WHEN WE ARE MARRIED and 'Orinthia' in THE APPLECART (All at the Wolsey, Ipswich). 'Hermia' IN A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Barbados Festival), 'The Old Bag' in THE GINGERBREAD MAN (Birmingham Hippodrome),'Asphynxia' & 'Timothy's Mother' in the National tour of SALAD DAYS, 'Mrs Darling' in PETER PAN (Theatre Royal, Nottingham), 'Madame Spritzer' in 13 RUE DE L'AMOUR (Theatre Royal, Northampton) and 'Sister Mary Amnesia' in NUNSENSE (Redgave Theatre, Farnham.) 'Viv Nicholson' in the original production of SPEND, SPEND, SPEND at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, 'Lady Holyrood' in FLORADORA (Finborough), 'Mrs Higgins' in MY FAIR LADY (Larnaca Festival, Cyprus), 'Dottie Otley' in NOISES OFF (Salisbury Playhouse) and appeared in TOGETHER WITH MUSIC at The Red Pear Theatre, Antibes.
Recordings include: original cast albums of MARY POPPINS, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE BOYFRIEND, THE BOYFRIEND, BITTER SWEET, OLIVER, THE STUDENT PRINCE, KISMET, THE 10th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT OF LES MISERABLES, THE KILLER SOPRANO & SERIOUS CABARET.
When the opportunity presents itself Rosie also performs a delightfully witty one-woman show entitled THE KILLER SOPRANO. She has also appeared at the Algonquin Hotel, New York in cabaret with Sheridan Morley, MAD ABOUT THE BOY.