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 will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre subsequent year.

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

It’s the first main position for Brendan who mentioned: “I came upon that I received the position on my method to work and I had to simply cease strolling. My agent simply mentioned you could have booked the Beast …. It was in all probability one of the best 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 outcomes.

After faculty he studied a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Musical Theatre on the Australian Institute of Music. During his time there Brendan appeared in quite a few musicals, most notably playing Jack in Into the Woods directed by Tyran Parke.

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

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the previous 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 present will function an all-star team that includes original composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, book writer Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The group collectively received 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 pleasure we felt in the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri carried out for us was electric. These two extraordinary young performers convey contemporary life to these iconic roles, and we are thrilled that an entire new era of Australian audiences may have the pleasure of witnessing their interpretation on this new manufacturing.”

Some of Australia’s most excellent musical theatre performers and thrilling contemporary faces have also been assembled and will be introduced 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 company Destination NSW.