From 1998 to 1999, Hughes starred as Velma Kelly in the West End revival of Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, taking up the role from Ute Lemper. Hughes’ other leading roles in the West End include Zarita in Simply Heavenly[1] at the Trafalgar Studios and Fosse at the Prince of Wales Theatre, for which she received her first Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical.[2]
Her most recent West End performance was playing Bess in Sir Trevor Nunn's The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,[3] between November 2006 and June 2007, for which she was again nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[4]
Other theatre roles have included Yum Yum in The Hot Mikado at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury; Bloody Mary in South Pacific at the Grange Park Opera; Follow My Leader, a satirical political revue written by Alistair Beaton, at the Birmingham Rep and the Hampstead Theatre; Zarita in Simply Heavenly at the Young Vic; The Lady in Blues In The Night at the Birmingham Rep; Ain't Misbehavin' at Derby Playhouse; Helene in Sweet Charity at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley and Notes Across a Small Pond at the Bridewell Theatre.
^Koenig, Rhoda (24 March 2003). "Theatre Review, Simply Heavenly". The Independent on Sunday. p. 1. Retrieved 24 March 2003.[permanent dead link]
^"Olivier Award Nominations, 2001". BBC website. 18 January 2001. p. 1. Retrieved 18 January 2001.
^De Jongh, Nicholas (10 November 2006). "Theatre Review, The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess". The Evening Standard. This Is London Magazine. p. 1. Retrieved 10 November 2006.
^"Olivier Award Nominations, 2007". The London Metro. Associated Newspapers. 18 January 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
^Spencer, Charles (2014-07-30), "Porgy and Bess, Regent's Park, review: 'a knockout'", Daily Telegraph,
^Fitzpatrick, Katie (2015-09-27), Meet the Millers – the new family on Mount Pleasant", Manchester Evening News.
^Newitt, Emmie (14 December 2023). "Further cast announced for world premiere of OPENING NIGHT". London Box Office. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
External linksedit
Nicola Hughes' Official Website
January 01, 1970
nicola, hughes, actress, nicola, hughes, english, dancer, singer, actress, antiguan, descent, career, edithughes, first, principal, theatre, role, tommy, playing, acid, queen, shaftesbury, theatre, 1996, followed, this, playing, donna, douglas, goodbye, girl, . Nicola Hughes is an English dancer singer and actress of Antiguan descent Career editHughes first principal theatre role was in The Who s Tommy playing the Acid Queen at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1996 She followed this up by playing Donna Douglas in The Goodbye Girl at the Albery Theatre and then Lola in Damn Yankees at the Adelphi Theatre playing opposite Jerry Lewis From 1998 to 1999 Hughes starred as Velma Kelly in the West End revival of Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre taking up the role from Ute Lemper Hughes other leading roles in the West End include Zarita in Simply Heavenly 1 at the Trafalgar Studios and Fosse at the Prince of Wales Theatre for which she received her first Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Musical 2 Her most recent West End performance was playing Bess in Sir Trevor Nunn s The Gershwins Porgy and Bess 3 between November 2006 and June 2007 for which she was again nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical 4 Other theatre roles have included Yum Yum in The Hot Mikado at the Watermill Theatre Newbury Bloody Mary in South Pacific at the Grange Park Opera Follow My Leader a satirical political revue written by Alistair Beaton at the Birmingham Rep and the Hampstead Theatre Zarita in Simply Heavenly at the Young Vic The Lady in Blues In The Night at the Birmingham Rep Ain t Misbehavin at Derby Playhouse Helene in Sweet Charity at the Churchill Theatre Bromley and Notes Across a Small Pond at the Bridewell Theatre In the summer of 2014 Hughes again played the role of Bess in Porgy and Bess this time at the Regent s Park Open Air Theatre London 5 The production ran from 17 July to 23 August In 2015 Hughes joined the cast of the Sky1 show Mount Pleasant for Series 5 playing Jenna 6 Hugues is set to play the role of Sarah in the new musical Opening Night at the Gielgud Theatre in London s West End in 2024 7 References edit Koenig Rhoda 24 March 2003 Theatre Review Simply Heavenly The Independent on Sunday p 1 Retrieved 24 March 2003 permanent dead link Olivier Award Nominations 2001 BBC website 18 January 2001 p 1 Retrieved 18 January 2001 De Jongh Nicholas 10 November 2006 Theatre Review The Gershwins Porgy and Bess The Evening Standard This Is London Magazine p 1 Retrieved 10 November 2006 Olivier Award Nominations 2007 The London Metro Associated Newspapers 18 January 2007 p 1 Retrieved 18 January 2007 Spencer Charles 2014 07 30 Porgy and Bess Regent s Park review a knockout Daily Telegraph Fitzpatrick Katie 2015 09 27 Meet the Millers the new family on Mount Pleasant Manchester Evening News Newitt Emmie 14 December 2023 Further cast announced for world premiere of OPENING NIGHT London Box Office Retrieved 22 December 2023 External links editNicola Hughes Official Website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nicola Hughes actress amp oldid 1191241769, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
