The two lead roles for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast have just been announced and Box Hill resident Brendan Xavier will star alongside Shubshri Kandiah in the iconic manufacturing which may have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre subsequent yr.

Brendan, a former pupil at Marian College Kenthurst, is presently performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is greatest recognized for her function as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is currently enjoying the title function in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

It’s the primary leading position for Brendan who stated: “I found out that I won the function on my way to work and I had to simply stop strolling. My agent simply stated you may 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 because of his music results.

After college he studied a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Musical Theatre on the Australian Institute of Music. During his time there Brendan appeared in numerous musicals, most notably taking half in 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 embrace The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and in the sixtieth Anniversary concert of the Australian musical Lola Montez.

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the past 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 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 includes unique composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, e-book writer Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The staff collectively received 5 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 mentioned: “The excitement we felt within the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri carried out for us was electric. These two extraordinary young performers bring contemporary life to those iconic roles, and we are thrilled that a whole 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 contemporary faces have also been assembled and shall be announced at a later date together with the roles of Lumiere, Gaston, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts, Le Fou, Maurice, Babette and Madame.

General public tickets went on sale this week (Thursday third November 2022) by way of http://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 events agency Destination NSW.