Warren Caryle, award-winning choreographer and fellow Bird graduate, said: ‘Rarely do you get to see an artist of such outstanding ability.‘ 

Graduate Rachel Izen is an international musical theatre actress, who has recently made history by being the first female in the UK to play Scrooge in a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol.

Her previous theatre credits include Madame Thénardier in Les Misérables (Broadway), Mrs Brill in Mary Poppins (Broadway and US Tour), Thoroughly Modern Millie (West End), Lautrec (West End), Annie (West End), Beauty and the Beast (West End), Singin’ In The Rain (West End), Mack and Mabel (West End), Blondel (West End), Chicago (West End), A Chorus Line (West End), Guys And Dolls (National Theatre), Beggars Opera (National Theatre), Lady of Larkspur Lotion (London), Follies (London), Bless the Bride (London), The Witches of Eastwick (UK Tour), Hot Flush! (UK Tour), The Boyfriend (UK Tour), The Winslow Boy (UK Tour), Daisy Pulls It Off (UK Tour), Bitter Sweet (UK Tour), The Pajama Game (UK Tour), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder (The Old Globe), Gypsy (Cardiff Millennium Theatre), The Winslow Boy (Chichester Festival Theatre), Bad Girls The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Honk (Watermill), Sweeney Todd (Oldham Coliseum), Dames at Sea (Mill at Sonning).

Her previous Film & Television credits include The Knick, Casualty, Holby City, Daylight Robbery, Where There’s Smoke, Big Women, The Bill, Smith and Jones, The Queen’s Nose, The Beggars Opera, Evita, Endgame, Beg, Jack Brown & The Curse of the Crown.

Rachel has recently finished filming for the upcoming film adaptation of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, starring Richard E. Grant, Sarah Lancashire and Max Harwood.