On this episode I talked with Aimie about whether or not she’s always known she wanted perform on stage, what helped her jumpstart her professional theatre career the most, her West End debut as Daniela in In The Heights, whether she had previous knowledge of Spanish before getting cast in “In The Heights”, the secret as to why those in the UK are so much better at American accents, than American’s are at British accents, winning BBC’s Voice of Musical Theatre, originating the role of Katherine Howard in Six on West End, getting to watch the show grow from it’s Off-West End stages, to it’s UK tour stage, to it’s West End stage, what it was like to earn an Olivier Award Nomination, the West End premiere of Pretty Woman and how she manages to put her own spin on Vivian Ward, the virtual dance classes she offers, and MUCH MORE!
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Aimie Atkinson is an award winning British actress and recording artist.
Olivier Nominated Actress & Winner of the BBC Voice of Musical Theatre, Aimie is currently playing Vivian Ward in the West Production of Pretty Woman. She is most known for her portrayal of Katherine Howard in the original cast of Six The Musical in Londons West End.
She has starred in other shows such as In the Heights, Dirty Dancing, Never Forget, Wizard of Oz, Carnaby Street and Zorro The Musical.
She released her debut album 'Step Inside Love' in 2017 and it's available for download on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play and many more..
Aimie is also a member of U.K. Girl group Goldstone, who's song "I Feel the Love" made it to the finals of Eurovision You Decide 2018.