The two lead roles for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast have just been introduced and Box Hill resident Brendan Xavier will star alongside Shubshri Kandiah within the iconic manufacturing which will have its Australian premiere at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre next yr.

Brendan, a former scholar at Marian College Kenthurst, is currently performing in Frozen the Musical. Brisbane-based Shubshri is greatest identified for her role as Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin and is presently playing the title position in Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

It’s the primary leading position for Brendan who mentioned: “I discovered that I received the position on my approach to work and I needed to simply stop walking. My agent just said you have booked the Beast …. It was probably top-of-the-line moments of my life.”

Brendan graduated from Marian College in 2014 and was on the Board of Studies NSW Distinguished Achievers List because of his music outcomes.

After school he studied a Bachelor of Music, majoring in Musical Theatre on the Australian Institute of Music. During his time there Brendan appeared in numerous musicals, most notably enjoying Jack in Into the Woods directed by Tyran Parke.

Beauty And The Beast Brendan Xavier And Shubshri Kandiah Beauty And The BeastHis previous theatre credits embody The Original Grease (Squabbalogic) as Danny Zuko and within the 60th Anniversary live performance of the Australian musical Lola Montez.

He has been performing in Disney’s Frozen for the past two years and is at present in Perth.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is being staged by the producers of Frozen, Aladdin, The Lion King and Mary Poppins and makes its Australian premiere at the Capitol Theatre in June 2023.

Directed and choreographed by Olivier Award nominee Matt West, the reimagined stage present will characteristic an all-star team that features original composer Alan Menken, lyricist Tim Rice, e-book writer Linda Woolverton, scenic designer Stan Meyer, costume designer Ann Hould-Ward and lighting designer Natasha Katz. The group collectively received five Tony® nominations and a win for Hould-Ward’s costume design, when Disney first debuted Beauty and the Beast on Broadway 28 years in the past.

Director and choreographer Matt West said: “The excitement we felt within the audition room when Brendan and Shubshri carried out for us was electrical. These two extraordinary younger performers deliver recent life to these iconic roles, and we are thrilled that an entire new technology of Australian audiences will have the pleasure of witnessing their interpretation on this new production.”

Some of Australia’s most outstanding musical theatre performers and exciting contemporary faces have additionally been assembled and shall be announced at a later date including the roles of Lumiere, Gaston, Cogsworth, Mrs Potts, Le Fou, Maurice, Babette and Madame.

General public tickets went on sale this week (Thursday 3rd November 2022) through http://www.beautyandthebeastmusical.com.au.

The Australian premiere of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is supported by the NSW Government via its tourism and major events company Destination NSW.