Call To Stage with Amber Davies

From Hairspray to Hamilton, Jordan Benjamin is in the spotlight in some of the West End's most talked about shows. Currently appearing as John Laurens & Phillipp Hamilton in the West End production of Hamilton, he also starred in the acclaimed, Olivier Award winning production The Little Big Things as well as Back To The Future... where he met his friend, Amber Davies. In this episode of Call...

This is not a drill... we got Alice Fearn on the podcast! Having occupied some of the West End's most iconic roles - from nearly three years as Elphaba in Wicked, to Rapunzel in the Regents Park Open Air Theatre production of Into The Woods as well as Beverley Bass in the critically acclaimed Come From Away - Alice Fearn has undoubtedly cemented herself in West End history. In this episode of Call...

Her name is Georgina Castle, and she is a massive deal. Currently your Regina George in Mean Girls in the West End, Georgina is firmly one of the West End's most exciting rising stars. Over the past few years, she has played key roles in the West End productions of Dirty Dancing, Elf The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber's CINDERELLA and 9 To 5 The Musical, alongside our very own Amber Davies. In this...

If you don't know, now you know! Welcome to Season 2 of what is now officially called: Call To Stage with Amber Davies ! This season we have even more exciting guests, special announcements and we're getting closer and closer to being centre stage. On this episode of Call To Stage , Amber talks about this exciting news and then shares a never-before-heard story about getting ill whilst on-stage an...

From Elphaba to Maria, Laura Pick has played some of theatre's most iconic lead roles. Having trained at Mountview, the triple-threat rose from stand-by in the West End production of Wicked to defying gravity, a role she still fly's in night after night in the UK Tour of the production. She has also starred in the Regents Park Open Air production of The Sound of Music and performed everywhere from...

There are lots of different routes into the musical theatre world, and this weeks guest proves that if drama school isn't for you, there are other routes to achieve your dreams! Carl Man went from a bar in Soho to roles in Disney's Aladdin, the West End production of &Juliet, Starlight Express (at The Other Palace) and, today, he is your Fiyero in the touring production of Wicked. Along the wa...

This one gets emotional... Jade Davies is undoubtedly one of the most exciting rising stars of the stage. She has swung in major productions including Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and she currently stars in the touring production of Wicked. In addition to her illustrious list of on-stage credits, she also serves as Amber's biggest inspiration. In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber...

From Newsies to Elf, the original casts of both Back To The Future and 42 Balloons, Morgan Gregory has starred in some of the most exciting productions in the West End. In his role as a swing, Morgan has the super-human task of understudying multiple ensemble roles... including covering 13 out of 16 tracks in Newsies! In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber and Morgan talk hilarious backstag...

The boy is back! Following the incredible response to Ben Joyce's first episode on Your 5 Minute Call , the West End's leading man returns to the sofa to answer your questions with Amber. Amber and Ben talk about navigating love and success in the entertainment industry, how they make the most of their free time together, learning lessons as a couple, and his experience playing Frankie Valli (in J...

Shan Ako's journey to centre stage started in the halls of the acclaimed Brit School, where she started releasing self-produced music as a teenager. Just a few years later she would find herself touring arenas as part of The X Factor Arena Tour, after being mentored by Simon Cowell in the final series of The X Factor, only to then be thrust into the West End to play Eponine in Les Miserables (The...

He is our most-requested guest to-date... Ben Joyce's West End debut saw him take on the lead role of Frankie Valli in Jersey Boys. His second role? Marty McFly in Back To The Future The Musical. Having graduated from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in 2021, Ben has launched into leading roles and has never looked back since! Alongside all of this, he is of course Amber's boyfriend. In this epis...

Who else can play both Elle Woods AND Anne Boleyn?! Courtney Bowman is quickly becoming one of the West End's most exciting stars. Having won the WhatsOnStage Award for Best Performer in a Musical for Legally Blonde last year, alongside roles in Pretty Woman, Six The Musical and Everybody's Talking About Jamie... it's all happening for Courtney Bowman! In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber...

Oliver Savile has travelled the world performing on stages. From the European Tour of The Rocky Horror Show to the USA Tour of The Last Ship, as well as playing Fiyero in the West End production of Wicked alongside roles in Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables and more... listening to this episode, it feels like there are more countries Oli has gone to than hasn't! In this episode of Your 5 Minute...

Olivier Award nominated actress Natalie Paris made her name in the theatre as Jane Seymour in the hit musical Six ! But, she's been dominating the stage since the age of 10 - when she starred in the West End productions of Les Miserables, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Sunday In The Park With George, amongst others. In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber and Natalie talk about life in the West...

First known as the friendly face of CBBC's Newsround, Ore Oduba has become one of the nations most-loved presenters, having hosted The One Show and This Morning, as well as participating in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins and, perhaps mostly famously, winning Strictly Come Dancing. In recent years, he has switched the screen for the stage - starring in the 2019 "Grease!" National Tour as well as the...

With over 20 years of experience on stage and screen, Caroline Sheen is a theatre legend who has ticked off a record amount of "dream roles". From making her West End debut in Grease at the Cambridge Theatre, to being in the original cast of Mamma Mia!, as well as playing Fantine and Eponine in Les Miserables, Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the titular role in Mary Poppins in bot...

Tom Francis is undoubtedly one of theatre's most prominent rising stars having broken through in the West End revival of Sunset Boulevard, following roles in & Juliet, Hair (at the London Palladium) and the Hope Mill Theatre's revival of Rent. His iconic scenes were posted all over social media last Autumn... and now he's on the podcast! In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber and Tom ta...

Karis Anderson's journey is full of unique twists and turns: from UK chart success as part of the pop group Stooshe (including touring with J-Lo and Nicki Minaj!) to losing it all in an instant and then working her way back to leading roles in Motown The Musical and now taking on the role of Tina Turner in TINA The Musical. In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber and Karis talk about manifes...

From Legally Blonde to Disney's Newsies, Choir Boy and now starring alongside Cara Delevingne in Cabaret... Michael Ahomka-Lindsay is occupying some of the theatre's most exciting roles. And for good reason: he's not just incredibly talented, but also one of the nicest men in the industry! In this episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber and Michael talk about dropping out of medical school, meeting...

Layton Williams had the West End in his sights from an early age - from his first role in "Billy Elliot" and portraying Young Michael Jackson in "Thriller Live", his star has been rising for over 15 years. In 2019, Layton became London's latest leading man, taking on the role of Jamie New in the acclaimed "Everybody's Talking About Jamie". In 2023, he was a runner-up on Strictly Come Dancing. In t...

Amber is solo for this week's episode of Your 5 Minute Call as she reflects on her Dancing On Ice experience. The semi-finalist talks about the highs and lows on the rink and what she has learnt from being in the competition. Amber also talks about her upcoming projects and exclusively reveals her return date for Pretty Woman and answers your submitted questions! Thank you to our sponsors... Facto...

When ITV announced they would be televising their search for the new Sky in Mamma Mia, Tobias Turley took his shot. Over the course of 2 and a half months, Tobias proved what anybody who has seen him in “Heathers” or “West Side Story” already knew - he was made for it! Now just 5 weeks in to his leading role, Tobias settling into his newfound platform and ticking off some bucket list desires along...

Louise Redknapp may have been introduced to the world as the member of a pop group, but she had been training at theatre schools for years beforehand. Following a dazzling performance on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing , Louise has gone on to play some of theatre's most iconic roles - including Sally Bowles in the National Tour of Cabaret as well as in 9 To 5 The Musical , Fatal Attraction and Gr ease...

When the Coronavirus pandemic shut down the the theatre world, Hannah Lowther stepped onto TikTok and made social media her stage. From documenting her life working in Tesco, to proudly proclaiming her outfit of the day, Hannah's journey of self-determination has led to stellar credits in Heathers (as the only actor to play all three leads), The SpongeBob Musical and, most recently, SIX. In this e...

When Lucie Jones stepped on The X Factor stage at 18 years old, even she couldn't have predicted what the next 15 years of her life would bring. From representing the UK at Eurovision to defying gravity as Elphaba in Wicked, Lucie's credits are as spectacular as her voice. In the first guest episode of Your 5 Minute Call , Amber and Lucie sit down to talk about finding your feet after competing on...