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On this episode I talked with Sophie about when she discovered she had a passion for performing on stage in theatre shows, her audition for BBC’s “Over The Rainbow”, becoming the runner up at only 17, Andrew Lloyd Webber calling her mom to tell her he wanted her to be the alternate Dorothy in “Wizard Of Oz” in London, what it was like becoming the lead Dorothy and singing an iconic song like “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” eight times a week, getting cast as Glinda in Wicked UK, what made her and Alice Fearn such an iconic Glinda & Elphaba duo, her covers/songs on iTunes, Spotify, and Apple Music, Singing With Sophie lessons, and more!
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Sophie Evans auditioned for Over the Rainbow, a reality show in which young actress/singers competed to play the role of Dorothy Gale in Andrew Lloyd Webber's 2011 production of The Wizard of Oz. She advanced to the final along with Danielle Hope and Lauren Samuels. The finale aired in two parts on 22 May 2010. Hope was the declared the winner and Evans the runner-up. Lloyd Webber elected to assist Evans, with the aid of casting director Bill Kenwright, to start her professional career, funding her continued training as a performer at a one-year musical theatre course at the Arts Educational Schools in Chiswick, London. In autumn 2010, Lloyd Webber cast Evans as the "alternate" Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. On 7 February 2012, Evans took over the role of Dorothy full-time in the West End production. She remained in The Wizard of Oz until the show closed on 2 September 2012. Evans performed as Dorothy at the 2012 Olivier Awards ceremony at the Royal Opera House in London. The same month, she headlined a concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Evans presented and starred in The Really Welsh Christmas Show for BBC Television with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at the Wales Millennium Centre. Also featuring Michael Ball and Only Boys Aloud, the 45-minute show first aired on BBC One Wales on 19 December 2012. In 2013, Evans starred in the final installment of the "Cornetto Trilogy", The World's End, written by Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg. She later performed at Proms in the Park, in Caerphilly, South Wales.In early 2014, she was pa… Read More
