Louisa

The Cast

NICHOLAS PARSONS

Nicholas has worked in every branch of showbusiness. He became household name in Britain when he teamed up with comedian Arthur Haynes in the 1960's and their programmes were the top rated comedy shows on Independent Television for 10 years including a successful season at the London Palladium. After his work with Arthur Haynes, Nicholas worked with Benny Hill for three years.

He has hosted BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute for over 40 years and is still going strong. The show received three awards over the years and Nicholas has been voted Radio Personality of the year.

He hosted the amazingly successful Sale of the Century which ran for 14 years.

He has starred in a number of West End comedies and farces, including 15 months in Boeing-Boewing. In more recent years he was in Charlie Girl, Stephen Sondheims's Into The Woods and in the 90's two seasons and three national tours in the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show.

Nicholas works hard for a number of charities including the Lord's Taverners of which he was president for two years. In 2004 he was awarded an OBE for services to drama and broadcasting.

JAYNE O'MAHONY

Jayne is a well established performer in the West End having started her career at the tender age of nine where she created the role of Young Cosette in the original production of Les Miserables at The Barbican. She later returned to the cast at The Palace Theatre, London to perform the role of Adult Cosette becoming the first artist to ever have played both roles, holding the accolade to this day!

Jayne has travelled extensively, performing concerts in Moscow, Taiwan, Dubai, Oslo and Bahrain. Closer to home Jayne has performed at The Royal Albert Hall and she is also privileged to have performed for Princess Diana.

Jayne is a founder member of The Masters of the House and still appears regularly in our touring show.

JOHN LANGLEY

John has sung regularly with the BBC Concert Orchestra, has been a frequent guest on Friday Night is Music Night for Radio Two and has performed in concert at the Royal Festival Hall. John has also been a regular soloist with the English Pops Orchestra and has sung on many occasions with the All Souls, Royal Philharmonic Concert, and British Police Symphony Orchestras and has sung solo at The Royal Albert, Birmingham Symphony and Glasgow Royal Concert Halls.

Just 18 months after turning professional John made his West end debut in Phantom of the Opera playing the principal roles of Monsieur Andre & Monsieur Lefevre. He went on in 1999 to join the cast of Whistle down the Wind at The Aldwych Theatre for two years where he played the roles of Boon & Edward.

Most recently John played the role of Harry in the debut international cast of Mamma Mia which took him from Brussels, Lisbon, Edinburgh, Dublin, Tallinn & Paris to Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg.

MICHAEL ROBINSON

Michael trained as a concert pianist and singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Since then he has gained international recognition as a theatre, stage, concert and recording artist. He made his international debut with acapella group The Swingle Singers, appearing with them worldwide including performances at Lincoln Centre (New York) Orchard Hall (Tokyo) and La Scalla (Milan) to name but a few.

He debuted in the West end at the Savoy Theatre in The Pirates of Penzance with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and has subsequently appeared in numerous other West End productions and national tours including the National Theatre’s production of Bernstein's Candide, the British premiere of Tony Award winning musical Ragtime and he was involved in the conceptual stages and the world press launch of Billy Elliot The Musical.

Michael has also appeared regularly as a soloist with the BBC Concert Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales as well as broadcasting for Radio 2 and Radio 3. He was recently invited to perform as a soloist for Sondheim's 75th birthday gala in London.

Michael is now a regular member of The Masters of the House and you can currently see him performing in our touring show.

LOUSIA PARRY

Louisa studied singing at the Royal Northern College of Music. After graduating, she joined the company of Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre, Manchester thereafter touring with the show to Dublin and Edinburgh. Louisa was fortunate to be invited to appear at the Royal Albert Hall for the Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert in 1995. She also performed at the closing ceremony of the Euro 96 football competition at Wembley stadium, televised throughout Europe and worldwide.

Louisa’s other West End credits include Phantom of the Opera (London), Grease (UK tour) Annie (Portsmouth Guildhall) and Evita in Oslo, Norway. Louisa performed with Carl Rosa Opera in their productions of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado (Pitti-Sing) and in The Pirates of Penzance (Kate) touring with the productions to Australia, New Zealand as well as throughout the UK. She appeared alongside Michael Robinson in Candide for The Opera Group and toured to Kenya to perform the role of Mercedes for Garden Opera's production of Carmen.

Currently based in Manchester, Louisa splits her time between tutoring in vocal studies at The University of Manchester and performing in The Masters of The House.