Ep19: Nicola Dawn Brook, West End and Canadian leading actress.

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Nicola grew up in Manchester, England. She became a professional actor at 14 when she performed in The Little Matchgirl with Roger Daltrey (the Who). She started touring with musical theatre companies at 17, performing in Chess, The Sound of Music and Lloyd Webber’s production of Aspects of Love. Nicola’s big break came at 21 when she was picked to play the role of Lola in the West End production of Barry Manilow’s Copacabana. It changed her life. She moved to London and never looked back.

She first visited Canada in 1996 when she was asked to join Cirque du Soleil’s production of Saltimbanco. After the tour, she returned to the UK to continue her stage career, performing roles in musicals such as Fame, Taboo and the Leader of the Pack. She was a finalist in series 3 of The X Factor with the group The Unconventionals. Shortly after she was asked to to re-create her role in Saltimbanco on a world Arena tour in 2007. This time she met her future husband and they toured with the show for another 5 years together!

In 2012 Nicola immigrated to Quebec, Canada and was soon cast as Trish in Kinky Boots playing at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto. Since then she’s been cultivating her career in her new country, performing at the famous Charlottetown Festival for 3 seasons, The Segal Centre – Montreal, St Lawrence Centre – Toronto and Theatre Calgary in productions such as Bend it Like Beckham, Mamma Mia!, Les Belles Soeurs, Bittergirls and Anne of Green Gables as well as returning to work for Cirque on their resident show, Joyà, in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

Nicola is looking forward to getting back to rehearsals after the pandemic. She was about to perform the role of Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot at the Neptune Theatre, Halifax. A bucket list role for her!

“Here’s to the light at the end of the tunnel. Sending all my love to everyone globally during this crazy time”