Lewis Bradley

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Lewis Bradley
Born June 5, 1989 (1989-06-05) (age 19)
Origin United Kingdom
Genre(s) Musical theatre
Website http://www.lewisbradleyofficial.com/

Lewis Bradley (born June 5, 1989 United Kingdom) is a British musical theatre actor, who came third place in the BBC reality talent show Any Dream Will Do.

He was later chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to understudy the part of Joseph.

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[edit] Early Life

Born in Middlesbrough and lived there with Mother Aranka Zilli, Brother Nial Bradley and Sister Amelia until he was 13 when travelled to London to attend the Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts[1] with another contestant on Any Dream Will Do, Ben Ellis.

When he was 11, Lewis Bradley was shortlisted for the film version of Billy Elliot[2], which he said was the highlight of his career prior to Any Dream Will Do. He has been a member of a boyband and has danced at Disneyland.

He performed in the UK tour of Chicago and Beyond as the male lead[3], in Snow White at the Billingham Forum, Hear and Now, Young, Gifted and Back at all Wimbledon Theatre and in Dance Excellence in California.

[edit] Any Dream Will Do

Lewis Bradley and his fellow Joseph finalists
Lewis Bradley and his fellow Joseph finalists

Lewis Bradley was a contestant on the BBC reality talent show Any Dream Will Do, which offered the chance to be the next West End Joseph for the hit musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was the 10th contestant to leave the series, being knocked out in the final on June 9, 2007.

Despite this, it was later announced that Bradley would play the part of Joseph as understudy[4] to winner Lee Mead while Mead is on holiday on the dates of 14-26 January, 10-15 March and 5-10 May 2008.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said that Lewis had had "the best journey of anyone on the show".

[edit] Songs performed by Lewis Bradley on Any Dream Will Do

  1. "Faith" (George Michael)
  2. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John)
  3. "I Saw Her Standing There" (The Beatles)
  4. "Dancing in the Moonlight" (King Harvest)
  5. "I'm a Believer" (The Monkees)
  6. "The Rose" (Westlife)
  7. "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias)
  8. "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)
  9. "Kiss" (Tom Jones)
Big Band: "Beyond the Sea" (Bobby Darin)

[edit] After Any Dream Will Do

As well as understudying for Lee Mead in Joseph, Lewis also performs on fellow Any Dream Will Do contestant Craig Chalmers debute album "Dream On", which will be released on 11 February 2008.

Lewis also appeared on the television show This Morning, and on Blue Peter with his fellow Joseph finalists, Lee Mead and Keith Jack.

In an interview, when asked about his future career, Lewis said,

“ I’m interested in everything. I love it all. I just love performing: I’d love to have a pop career, I’d love to have a modelling career and I’d love to be in musicals. I’m keeping an open mind, really. ”

[edit] Personal Life

Lewis lives in a flat in London.

He says his hobbies are horse riding, swimming and driving.

In terms of musical tastes, Lewis says,

“ I have such an eclectic taste in music, ranging from artists such as Anastacia and Beyonce to Michael Buble and D'angleo, I don't have a favourite song. ”

[edit] References

  1. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4601.html
  2. http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/08/10/lewis-bradley-s-joseph-dream-comes-true-84229-19606461/
  3. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/realitytv/a60934/any-dream-will-do-keith-jack-lewis-bradley.html?page=2
  4. http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/any-dream-will-do/any-dream-will-do-lewis-bradley-and-ben-ellis-win-dream-roles/
  5. http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/news/jan08/joseph10jan08.htm
  6. http://www.show-and-stay.co.uk/theatre-news/jospeh-lewis-bradley.html

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