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 in the iconic manufacturing which will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre next 12 months.

Brendan, a former scholar at Marian College Kenthurst, is presently performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is best identified for her role as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is at present playing the title function in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

It’s the primary leading position for Brendan who mentioned: “I discovered that I gained the role on my approach to work and I had to just cease walking. My agent just mentioned you could have booked the Beast …. It was probably top-of-the-line 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 taking part in Jack in Into the Woods directed by Tyran Parke.

Beauty And The Beast Brendan Xavier And Shubshri Kandiah Beauty And The BeastHis previous theatre credit embrace The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and in the 60th Anniversary live performance of the Australian musical Lola Montez.

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the past two years and is at present 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 at the Capitol Theatre in June 2023.

Directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominee Matt West, the reimagined stage show will characteristic an all-star team that features original composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, guide author Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The staff 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 ago.

Director and choreographer Matt West said: “The excitement we felt in the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri carried out for us was electric. These two extraordinary younger performers convey recent life to those iconic roles, and we’re thrilled that a whole new era of Australian audiences may have the pleasure of witnessing their interpretation in this new manufacturing.”

Some of Australia’s most excellent musical theatre performers and exciting fresh faces have additionally been assembled and will 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) via http://www.beautyandthebeastmusical.com.au.

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