Les Misérables
2012
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Occupation (s) Actor, singer. Years active. 2004–present. Known for. Les Misérables. Killian Donnelly (born 25 June 1984) is an Irish tenor singer and stage actor. [1] He has appeared in musicals such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, and Kinky Boots .
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Killian Donnelly performs 'Bring Him Home' from Les Misérables.Watch The Late Late Show live and on-demand from anywhere in the world at http://www.rte.ie/pl...
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The role inevitably has him thinking about his break, and how another Valjean – back in Ireland – was instrumental in that. The executive producer and musical supervisor of Les Miserables came to see Sweeney Todd at the Gate in Dublin to scout its lead David Shannon as a potential Valjean. Shannon offered to introduce them to Donnelly who was in th...
• Go and see as much theatre as you can, and as much film as you can. Really support what you love. • Look after your voice. • You can always get better – don’t take criticism to heart. There is constructive criticism. I’ve been told in so many auditions, ‘You need to work on your acting or your voice’. You leave defeated, but you can focus on it. ...
Just a week after he left Les Mis, he got the call for The Phantom of the Opera, in which he took over as Raoul: a baritone role that proved a very different challenge to the tenor needed for Enjolras. Donnelly never stopped training, watching and learning. Doing Phantom, he recalls standing in the wings and just taking in the performances of all f...
What do you wish someone had told you when you were starting out? Look after your voice more. I did not respect it enough before – it’s my mortgage. Who or what is your biggest influence? Probably my dad. He never shied away from playing music publicly. What is your best piece of advice for auditions? Go in and trust the panel – they want you to ge...
Donnelly has earned his success and connects with audiences partly because of an authentic, everyman quality. “That’s probably my parents,” he says. “They would knock the shit out of me if I ever got too big for my boots.” He cites his father as the biggest influence of his life and was thrilled when he could introduce his old man to one of his her...
Born: 1984, Kilmessan, County Meath, Ireland Landmark productions: Theatre: Les Miserables (Queen’s Theatre, 2008); The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre, 2011); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre, 2012); The Commitments (Palace Theatre, 2013); Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre, 2014); Kinky Boots (West End, 2015; Broadway, 2016); 25th anni...
Killian Donnelly talks about his remarkable career in musical theatre, from his roots in amateur dramatics to his roles in The Phantom of the Opera, The Commitments, Memphis and Kinky Boots. He also reveals how he landed the lead in Les Miserables, a decade after he started as a swing.
Sep 23, 2021 · Before COVID-19 hit, Killian Donnelly was due to tour the UK playing the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera. But less than three weeks into the run, the pandemic shut it down. After a long...
Olivier nominee Killian Donnelly, recently seen as Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home at Dublin's Gate Theatre, steps into the role of Jean Valjean in the London production of Les Misérables beginning...
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Jun 12, 2017 · Killian Donnelly 's stellar musical career includes Kinky Boots, Memphis, The Commitments, Billy Elliot and The Phantom of the Opera. From tonight, he becomes the new West End Jean Valjean in...
