Ep. 503 - Kerry Ellis
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Kerry Ellis is one of the biggest stars of musicals from the West End to Broadway. She originated the role of Meat, in Queen’s We Will Rock You and was the first British Elphaba in the West End smash, Wicked, for which Kerry won the 2008 Whatsonstage.com Award for ‘Best Takeover in a Role’. She then immediately transferred to Broadway and played Elphaba at the Gershwin Theatre for 6 months, where she won the Broadway.com Audience Award for Favourite Female Breakthrough Performance. Her many other leading role credits include Nancy in Oliver! at Drury lane, Eliza Doolittle My Fair Lady, Ellen in Miss Saigon, Fantine in Les Miserables and Grizabella in Cats at the London Palladium. Kerry’s first major CD release was the amazing Wicked in Rock, a collaboration with long time friend and Queen guitarist, Brian May. Her debut album Anthems was released in 2010 on Decca Records. The success of the album, which reached No.15 in the UK album chart, and No.10 in the UK pop club charts, led to a major tour which kicked off at the Royal Albert Hall. She has performed internationally, including performances at the Royal Variety Performance, at the Laurence Olivier Awards, duetting with Barry Manilow on BBC Television and Radio, at G.A.Y., on Loose Women, Alan Titchmarsh Show, BBC Breakfast, at the Henley Festival alongside John Barrowman and the Queen’s Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace .
Kerry Ellis is our guest in episode 503 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
For Kerry’s tour dates, music, book and more, visit. - https://kerryellis.com .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to my time capsule. My name's Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is the podcast, where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule. |
| 0:21.3 | They pick four things that they really cherish and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. |
| 0:26.5 | My guest in this episode is Kerry Ellis. |
| 0:29.8 | Kerry Ellis is universally known as the leading lady of musicals from her starring roles in London |
| 0:35.4 | and on Broadway. She's also achieved chart-topping success as recording artists. |
| 0:40.8 | Kerry originated the role of Meat in Queens We Will Rock You, and was the first British |
| 0:45.7 | Elphabur in the West End Smash Wicked, for which she won the 2008 What's on Stage.com Award. |
| 0:52.1 | She then immediately transferred to Broadway and played Elphabber at the Gershwin Theatre for six months, |
| 0:57.3 | where she won the Broadway.com Audience Award |
| 1:00.0 | for favourite female breakthrough performance, |
| 1:03.0 | before returning to London for another six months. |
| 1:05.8 | Her many other leading roles include The War of the Worlds, |
| 1:08.8 | Anything Goes, Nancy in Oliver at Drury Lane, Eliza Doolittle |
| 1:12.8 | in My Fair Lady, Ellen in Miss Saigon, Mimi in Rent, Grizzabella in Cats, and Fontine in Les Miserables. |
| 1:20.9 | Kerry's first major CD release was the amazing Wicked in Rock, a collaboration with long-time |
| 1:26.1 | friend and queen guitarist Brian May. |
| 1:29.3 | This led to her being signed to Universal as a solo recording artist, and her debut album, |
| 1:35.0 | Anthems, was released in 2010 on Decker Records. The success of the album, which reached |
| 1:40.2 | number 15 in the UK album charts, led to a major tour which kicked off at the Royal |
| 1:45.1 | Albert Hall. She's performed internationally, including performances at the Royal Variety |
| 1:49.8 | Performance, the Lawrence Olivier Awards, duetting with Barry Manilow on BBC Television and Radio, |
| 1:55.7 | on loose women, the Alan Titchmarsh show, BBC Breakfast at the Hendy Festival alongside John Barrowman and in the |
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