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Alex Gaumond Biography

Alex Gaumond is a Canadian actor, singer, and songwriter. He is famous for his involvement in West End theatre. Gaumond is best known for playing the leading roles of Galileo in the Queen musical We Will Rock You.

Alex Gaumond Age

Alex Gaumond was born on 9 April 1978 in, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gaumond was born to French-speaking parents. The singer celebrates his birthday on April 9th every year.

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Alex is an actor, singer, and songwriter. He studied in the UK in 1997 at Guildford School of Acting where he graduated with a 1st class BA (Hons) in 2000. After completing his degree at GSA in 2000, he made his professional acting debut that very same year in the ensemble of Miss Saigon in the Philippines.

He also understudied the leading role of Chris in that production and went on to perform in the same musical in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2001.2002 saw Gaumond make his professional West End debut at the Prince Of Wales Theatre where he understudied the roles of Malcolm, Jerry, and Ethan in The Full Monty.

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He then played the role of Malcolm in the 2004 UK touring production. Between 2002 and 2009 Gaumond made a number of appearances in a variety of UK national tours.

And London shows, including Guys And Dolls Donmar Warehouse production desperately Seeking Susan and Sunday In The Park With George (5 times Olivier Award-winning production).

He also played the role of Tom Jenkins in Scrooge at the London Palladium. During this show, he recorded a cast album with the show’s star, British icon Tommy Steele.

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Gaumond headlined his first solo show on 22 May 2011 at the Leicester Square Theatre, where he performed a mix of covers and original material, as well as some duets with special guests including Ramin Karimloo.On 24 June 2012, Gaumond released his first single “‘Here I Am”, a new version of the song co-written and originally performed by Bryan Adams.

He launched the release of his single with a performance at West End Live in Trafalgar Square in front of 20,000 people, as one of three recording artists invited to perform their solo material amongst all the West End shows featured in the program

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♦We Will Rock You

We Will Rock You often abbreviated as WWRY is a rock musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton.

The musical tells the story of a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought, fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the same.

Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown. In 2009 Gaumond was cast by Ben Elton, Brian May and Roger Taylor to play the lead role of Galileo Figaro.

In the first UK tour of their co-written musical We Will Rock, You based on hit songs by the rock band Queen. During the 7-month tour.

Gaumond played at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, the Sunderland Empire, the Birmingham Hippodrome and the Bristol Hippodrome.

♦ Alex Gaumond Legally blonde

In 2009, Gaumond was cast to play the male lead (Emmett) in the original UK production of Legally Blonde alongside Sheridan Smith as Elle Woods at the Savoy Theatre in London on January 2010.

Legally Blonde is a musical with music and lyrics by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin and book by Heather Hach. The story is based on the novel Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown and the 2001 film of the same name.

He starred in the multi-award-winning production for 20 months and his portrayal of the role earned him nominations for ‘Best Actor in a Musical’ in both the WhatsOnStage Awards 2011 and the Olivier Awards 2011.

An album of the Original London Cast featuring Gaumond, Sheridan Smith, and Duncan James was recorded live during performances on 12, 13 and 14 June 2010. It was released on 16 August 2010 under the theatre label First Night Reco

It tells the story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others.

And successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the show, no one has faith in Elle Woods, but she manages to surprise them when she defies expectations while staying true to herself.

♦We Will Rock You (musical)

In August 2011, Gaumond reprised his role as Galileo Figaro in We Will Rock You, but this time in the Dominion Theatre production.

He performed in this role until 18 February 2012 and his performance earned him a nomination for ‘Best Takeover in a Role’ in the WhatsOnStage Awards 2012.

We Will Rock You (often abbreviated as WWRY) is a rock musical based on the songs of British rock band Queen with a book by Ben Elton.

The musical tells the story of a group of Bohemians who struggle to restore the free exchange of thought, fashion, and live music in a distant future where everyone dresses, thinks and acts the same.

Musical instruments and composers are forbidden, and rock music is all but unknown.

♦ Top Hat

In early 2013 it was announced that Gaumond would return to the West End starring as Alberto Beddini in Top Hat at the Aldwych Theatre, alongside Broadway actors Gavin Lee and Kristen Beth Williams.

Gaumond performed in the show from February to August 2013. While in the show, Gaumond and his fellow cast members attended the Olivier Awards 2013 which saw Top Hat win 3 major awards including Best New Musical.

The show was also heavily featured in a four-part documentary on Channel 4 following West End musicals, entitled The Sound of Musicals, which aired in November and December 2013.

Top Hat is a 1935 American screwball musical comedy film in which Fred Astaire plays an American dancer named Jerry Travers, who comes to London to star in a show produced by Horace Hardwick (Edward Everett Horton).

He meets and attempts to impress Dale Tremont to win her affection. The film also features Eric Blore as Hardwick’s valet Bates, Erik Rhodes as Alberto Beddini, a  rival for Dale’s affections, and Helen Broderick as Hardwick’s long-suffering wife Madge

♦ The Taming of the Shrew

2017 marked Gaumond’s debut in a Shakespeare play at the world-renowned Globe Theatre. He played Petruchio in The Taming Of The Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe from 28 February to 25 March 2017.

The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction.

in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken tinker named Christopher Sly into believing he is actually a nobleman himself. The nobleman then has the play performed for Sly’s diversion.

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2017 marked Gaumond’s debut in a Shakespeare play at the world-renowned Globe Theatre. He played Petruchio in The Taming Of The Shrew at Shakespeare’s Globe from 28 February to 25 March 2017.

During his run at the Globe, it was announced that Gaumond would next appear as Stuart Gellman in Caroline, or Change at Chichester Festival Theatre.

The new production of the Olivier Award-winning musical was the first musical in the inaugural season of CFT’s new Artistic Director, Daniel Evans.

Directed by Michael Longhurst, the show played at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester from 6 May to 3 June 2017. It was the fastest-selling production in CFT’s history and received high critical acclaim.

In September 2017, it was announced that Gaumond’s next stage appearance would be as Father/Marley in Jack Thorne’s new adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

Playing at The Old Vic from 20 November 2017 to 20 January 2018, the world premiere production was directed by Matthew Warchus and starred Rhys Ifans as Ebenezer Scrooge.

The production officially opened on 29 November 2017 to very positive reviews. The adaptation was published by Nick Hern Books on 30 November 2017.

On 12 July 2018, it was announced that Gaumond had been cast in Marianne Elliott’s highly anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen Sondheim’s Company, which opens at the Gielgud Theatre from 26 September 2018.

It had previously been announced that for this production, the character of Bobby would be changed to Bobbie, a female role (as well as references to other characters) and would be played by Rosalie Craig.

Sondheim approved of this gender change for the character as well as minor revisions to the text. As a result of this, the roles of April, Marta, and Kathy (who sing “You Could Drive a Person Crazy”) would be re-written as Andy, PJ, and Theo.

In a final twist, the casting of Gaumond came with the announcement that the production would now also feature a same-sex couple for the first time, with Jonathan Bailey as cold-footed groom Jamie and Gaumond as his devoted fiancé Paul.

Sondheim also approved this change and worked on the script with director Marianne Elliott to re-imagine these two characters as a gay couple.

The production opened to critical acclaim, a Cast Recording of the new version was produced by Warner Music, and the new script was published by Nick Hern Books.

The production was nominated for 9 Olivier Awards, including Best Musical Revival and Best Director.

Alex Gaumond What’s In A Name

Full casting has been confirmed for the witty, razor-sharp What’s In A Name which is to play at Theatre Royal, Glasgow next month.

Joining the previously announced Joe Thomas, best known for his role in E4’s The Inbetweeners, are Bo Poraj (Miranda, Musketeers).

Laura Patch (Afterlife, Star Stories), Summer Strallen (Top Hat, Young Frankenstein) and Alex Gaumond (Company, Dirty Rotten Scoundrel, Matilda).

What’s In A Name? is adapted and directed by Jeremy Sams from the award-winning French film and stage sensation, Le Prènom.

Father-to-be Vincent and his partner Anna are invited to dinner by his sister Elizabeth and her husband, Peter. They are joined by childhood friend Carl for a mature and sophisticated gathering.

The meal is lovingly prepared, and wine carefully selected. The friends are prepared for the usual humorous exchanges they’ve come to expect.

Carl is played by Alex Gaumond, who most recently received critical acclaim for his role as Paul in Marianne Elliott’s multi-Olivier award-winning revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Company in the West End.

Further stage credits include A Christmas Carol (Old Vic), Caroline, Or Change (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe);

The Trial of Jane Fonda (Park Theatre), Into the Woods (Manchester Royal Exchange), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre);

Sweeney Todd (ENO) and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, RSC’s Matilda: The Musical, Top Hat and We Will Rock You (all West End). Film credits include The Hustle, My Dinner with Hervé and Hampstead.

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