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The debut album of West End star Kerry Ellis was launched on Monday after a busy weekend which saw the Oliver! actress headline BBC Proms in the Park. The 11 track release ‘Anthems’ features three songs from Kerry’s previous CD, Wicked in Rock, plus new original material, arranged and produced by Queen legend Brian May. 

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May first spotted the talented Ms Ellis when she understudied for Martine McCutcheon in My Fair Lady, and snapped her up to appear in Queen musical We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre.

He has described the album as ‘a kind of Anthemic-Orchestral-Rock-Musical-Theatre-Fusion’, and Kerry Ellis as ‘a voice in a million – Kerry is the most exciting singer to emerge from England in a very long time.’

Best Female Breakthrough Performer

Ellis recently finished a two year stint as ‘Elphaba’ in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre. Prior to that, she won the Broadway.com Audience Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance when she played the role at New York’s Gershwin Theatre. Her other theatre credits include  originating the role of ‘Meat’ in We Will Rock You and ‘Fantine’ in Les Miserables.

Busy Ellis Finds Time to Act as Oz Mentor

Ellis is currently starring as ‘Nancy’ in Cameron Mackintosh’s hugely popular revival of Oliver! at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Earlier this year she acted as a mentor, inspiring West End wannabes on BBC’s ‘Over the Rainbow’ – the search for a new Wizard of Oz ‘Dorothy’ eventually won by 18 year old Danielle Hope, pictured above.