The Phantom and Christine in the new Australian production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies are being played Ben Lewis and Anna O’Byrne.
Ben’s previous stage credits include the original Australian cast of Priscilla Queen of the Desert - The Musical, Sir Galahad in the original Australian cast of Monty Python’s Spamalot, two-seasons as Count Carl-Magnus in Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Urinetown with Sydney Theatre Company and Polites in The Odyssey for Black Swan and the Malthouse.
Anna O’Byrne has already played Christine to great acclaim in an Australian tour of The Phantom of the Opera. She is an award-winning classically trained singer, and has performed as Polly Peachum in The Threepenny Opera and appeared in works by Mozart, Puccini and Ibert for The Victorian Opera, Victorian College of the Arts and Victorian Youth Opera.
Performances will begin May 29th at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne.
The London production of Love Never Dies starring Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess has just extended its booking period at the Adelphi Theatre to January 2012.
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