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John Barr
West End Star |
John trained at The Sylvia Young Theatre School. John made his West End Debut at the age of 12 in Oliver at the Albery Theatre. Since then he has had a varied career appearing on Stage, TV, Cabaret, Concerts and Recordings.
Theatre - Charles Guiteau in Sondheim's Assassins - The Union Theatre (2010) - Nominated for an Offie Best Male Performance - Offie Awards 2010. Greta in Martin Sherman's Bent - The Landor Theatre (2010). Dr. Thomas Parker in Batboy The Musical - The Shaftesbury Theatre. Ragtime - The Piccadilly Theatre. Hey, Mr Producer - Lyceum Theatre. Original London Cast Member in Aspects Of Love. Feuilly in Les Miserables - The Palace Theatre. Amos Hart in Chicago - The Plenary Hall, Kuala Lumpur. Shimbleshanks in Cats - Larnaca Municipal Amphitheatre, Cyprus. David in Company - The Derby Playhouse. Peter Pan (Play Version) - Perth Theatre. Tobias Ragg in Sondheim's Sweeny Todd - The Watermill Theatre, Newbury.
TV - The Bill, The Purple People Eater, Pebble Mill At One, The 1987 Royal Variety Show & Wednesday At Eight.
Solo Recordings - John has recorded 5 Solo CD's - A Small Affair, In Whatever Time We Have, A Different Corner, Anything Can Happen & All I Am - all on the Dress Circle/LML Labels & iTunes.
Cast Recordings - Batboy The Musical, Matador, Godspell, Oscar, Scrapbook, Dracula & Listen Up.
Radio - Principal cast member for the BBC Radio 2's Musical Series - Simon in Jesus Christ Superstar, with Roger Daltry, Bill Calhoun in Kiss Me, Kate, with Julia Mignes, Motel in Fiddler On The Roof, with Anthony Newly, Paul in A Chorus Line. with Donna McKechnie & David Soul. A regular Guest on Songs From The Shows & Friday Night Is Music Night.
Cabaret - He has performed his Cabaret show's in some of the most prestigious cabaret rooms all over the world - London, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Washington D.C, Chicago, Sydney, Venice, Switzerland, Denmark and on the QE2.
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