Josie Benson

Cynthia

Training: LAMDA

Theatre includes:
‘Hattie’ in Kiss Me, Kate (Barbican Theatre); ‘Tanya’ in Mamma Mia (Novello, West End); ‘Miss Sherman’ in Fame (UK/International tour); ‘Camilla Rosario’ in In The Heights original UK cast (Southwark playhouse/Kings Cross Theatre), Josie was nominated for Best Performance of a Song for her rendition of Enough (West End Frame); ‘Daddy Brubeck’ in Sweet Charity (Royal Exchange, Manchester); ‘Linda’ in Lost In The Stars (Queen Elizabeth Hall); ‘Ella Hammer’ in The Cradle Will Rock (Arcola Theatre); ‘Woman of the world’ in Blues In The Night (West Yorkshire Playhouse); ‘Madam Giry’ understudy in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majestyʼs, West End); ‘Carmen’ in Carmen (Opera Del Mar & Beaufort Opera company); Sweeney Todd (Adelphi, West End); Porgy & Bess (Savoy, West End); ‘Shylock’ in The Merchant of Venice (Tight Fit Theatre Company); ‘Ife’ in The Wedding Dance (UK tour/Nitro Black Theatre Company ); ‘Carmen Jones’ understudy in Carmen Jones (Royal Festival Hall); ‘Joyce Heth’ in Barnum (Landmark Theatre); Soloist in Bernsteinʼs Mass (Royal Festival Hall); Showboat (Royal Albert Hall); ‘Bloody Mary’ understudy in South Pacific (UK tour); Carmen Jones (UK tour).

Other work includes;
Mamma Mia cast ‘Her late Majesty’s Platinum Golden Jubilee’ (Buckingham Palace); ‘Dr Johnson’ Eastenders (BBC1);