Sunday 16th February 2025
Location: Watergate Theatre, Parliament Street, Kilkenny. R95 D320
The highlight of The Sondheim Festival 2025 – Broadway and West End star, Rachel Tucker in concert.
Rachel is an Olivier Nominated Actress who is currently starring in Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre in London, following her performance in Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre, playing the lead role of Norma Desmond alongside Nicole Scherzinger. Prior to that, she starred in Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on Broadway, playing the role of Annette/Beverley Bass, the role she originated in London. Rachel received an Olivier Nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical at the 2019 Olivier Awards and she won Best Supporting Actress in a Musical at the 2020 WhatsOnStage Awards for her performance of this role.
Rachel became best known for her interpretation of Elphaba in London’s West End production of Wicked at the Apollo Theatre. After playing the role for three years and over one thousand performances she became the show’s longest running consecutive ‘Green Witch’ and, as a consequence was invited to play Elphaba in Wicked on Broadway. In 2017 Rachel was invited back to Apollo Theatre to portray Elphaba as part of Wicked’s 10th Anniversary celebrations in London. Rachel’s own iconic version of Defying Gravity can be found on her first studio album The Reason, which was released in 2013.
In 2014 Rachel continued her relationship with Wicked’s director, Joe Mantello, by making her Broadway debut in Sting’s original musical The Last Ship in which she originated the role of Meg Dawson. Rachel can be heard on the original cast recording of The Last Ship performing with Sting.
Rachel is also an experienced screen actress – she can be seen playing the role of Siobhan O’Hare in Longstory’s new Northern Irish television series, Hope Street; available on BBC iPlayer and BritBox; Sharon in Neal Street Production’s highly acclaimed Informer, with Paddy Considine (BBC1) and BBC’s Holby City.
Rachel’s latest album You’re Already Home was released in November 2023.
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