TTA Poll: Best Vocalist

Always full of talent, the Cambridge theatre scene has churned out some pretty impressive singers this year! Congratulations to those nominated.

Please vote for your best-but-not-actually-the-best-more-a-subjective-view-of-a-number-of-respondents vocalist.

Joe Pitts

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Big-name-on-stage (BNOS??) Joe has 12 credits from this year. He most recently performed as Peter in BARE, the performance for which he was nominated, and also performed in RENT, CUMTS Gala Night, The Witches of Eastwick and Spring Awakening

Lucy Dickson

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Lucy has so far performed with CUMTS in their Gala Night, The Witches of Eastwick and in BARE. She is currently preparing to go to Edinburgh with the cast of Pippin.

Rozzi Peters 

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Rozzi’s title role this year was her performances as Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity. She was also a lyricist for the CUMTS 24-Hour Musical and performed in their Gala Night. She’s also very funny. Check out her parody of Ellie Goulding’s ‘ Love Me Like You Do’- (entitled Stalk Me Like You Do) which was also picked up on Buzzfeed.

Jonah Hauer-King

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Jonah won our hearts when he took the part of Alan Strang in Equus; you may also recognise him from After Miss Julie, Road and RENT.  It was his performance in RENT that won him the nomination.

Georgina Skinner

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This year Georgina has performed in The Witches of Eastwick, CUMTS Gala Night and as a soloist in Disney In Trinity 3: Be Our Guest. She regularly performs with the Gilbert and Sullivan society. Georgina received nominations from people in Cambridge as well as her mother. We agree – she is a very good singer!

Megan Thorpe

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Megan was a part of the ensemble in Sweet Charity. She won this nomination for her performance as Mimi in RENT which ran at the end of the Lent term.

Yasmin Freeman 

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Yasmin played Marcy Park in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee back in October and also performed in the CUADC/Footlights Pantomine 2014: The Emperor’s New Clothes. She is also preparing to go to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with the cast of Pippin. 

Gary Rushton

Gary was nominated for his performance in The Francis Bacon Opera. He has also performed in the chorus of Candide. Gary is currently Musical Director for Patience on Punts which opens on Friday.

We are still welcoming nominations for the other categories. Keep them coming to [email protected]