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Beauty and the Beast

The two lead roles for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast have simply been announced and Box Hill resident Brendan Xavier will star alongside Shubshri Kandiah within the iconic manufacturing which may have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre next yr.
Brendan, a former pupil at Marian College Kenthurst, is at present performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is best identified for her role as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is currently taking half in the title position in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

It’s the first main function for Brendan who said: “I discovered that I gained the function on my approach to work and I had to simply stop strolling. My agent just mentioned you could have booked the Beast …. It was most likely probably the greatest moments of my life.”

Brendan graduated from Marian College in 2014 and was on the Board of Studies NSW Distinguished Achievers List due to his music outcomes.

After college he studied a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Musical Theatre at the Australian Institute of Music. During his time there Brendan appeared in numerous musicals, most notably enjoying Jack in Into the Woods directed by Tyran Parke.


Beauty And The Beast Brendan Xavier And Shubshri Kandiah Beauty And The BeastHis earlier theatre credits include The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and within the 60th Anniversary live performance of the Australian musical Lola Montez.

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the previous two years and is presently in Perth.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is being staged by the producers of Frozen, Aladdin, The Lion King and Mary Poppins and makes its Australian premiere on the Capitol Theatre in June 2023.

Directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominee Matt West, the reimagined stage present will function an all-star team that includes original composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, book writer Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The team collectively acquired five Tony® nominations and a win for Hould-Ward’s costume design, when Disney first debuted Beauty and the Beast on Broadway 28 years in the past.

Director and choreographer Matt West said: “The pleasure we felt in the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri performed for us was electric. These two extraordinary younger performers deliver fresh life to those iconic roles, and we are thrilled that an entire new technology of Australian audiences will have the pleasure of witnessing their interpretation on this new production.”

Some of Australia’s most outstanding musical theatre performers and exciting recent faces have additionally been assembled and shall be introduced at a later date including the roles of Lumiere, Gaston, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts, Le Fou, Maurice, Babette and Madame.

General public tickets went on sale this week (Thursday 3rd November 2022) by way of www.beautyandthebeastmusical.com.au.

The Australian premiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is supported by the NSW Government via its tourism and major occasions agency Destination NSW.



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