Robyn North is a soprano

Soprano

A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...

 English

England

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 musical theatre actress. She trained at the Sandy Gray School of Dancing, and the London Studio Centre on full scholarship.

Robyn received a 2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Award nomination for Best Takeover in a Role, for her portrayal of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...

. Her long association with the show began for her at the age of 19 when she understudied and played the role on numerous occasions. She later took over as Alternate Christine, and in 2007 she finally returned to the show to take over the role in her own right.

Her other theatre credits include Miss Dorothy in Thoroughly Modern Millie

Thoroughly Modern Millie (musical)

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for...

 (first national tour) in which she also understudied the title role of Millie, opposite Lesley Joseph

Lesley Joseph

Lesley D Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster.-Life and career:Joseph was born in Northampton. She is best known for starring in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989–1998, in which she played Dorien Green, the Jewish next-door neighbour of the main characters Sharon and Tracy...

 and the national tour of Scrooge in the lead role of Isabel/Helen opposite Shane Richie

Shane Richie

Shane Richie is an English actor, comedian, singer and media personality, known for his portrayal of the character Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.-Early life and career beginnings:...

 for Bill Kenwright

Bill Kenwright

Bill Kenwright CBE is a leading West End theatre producer and film producer.He is also the Chairman of Everton Football Club, an English professional football club from the city of Liverpool....

 Ltd. More recently she appeared and the original cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

’s revival of Evita directed by Michael Grandage (Adelphi), appearing on the original cast recording.

In 2010-2011, she toured in the play Master Class

Master Class

Master Class is a play by Terrence McNally, with incidental music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, and Vincenzo Bellini.The play originally was staged by the Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Mark Taper Forum. After twelve previews, the Broadway production, directed by Leonard Foglia, opened...

 with Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham is a British television, film and theatre actress. Making her film debut in 1971's The Nightcomers opposite Marlon Brando and becoming more well-known on British television in the BBC series Tenko and the ITV series Connie , her worldwide breakthrough came as a result of playing...

 for Theatre Royal Bath Productions directed by Jonathan Church, in which she played Sophie de Palma.

Robyn recorded her debut album Make Believe at Abbey Road Studios which was released on Jay Records in October 2008.

She is married to agent Stuart Piper

Stuart Piper

Stuart Piper is a London based Agent who represents actors and creatives such as directors and designers, as Managing Director of Cole Kitchenn Personal Management Ltd...

 and has a son called Charlie born 27th February 2010

Musicals

• The Phantom of the Opera
  The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
  The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
  
   (Alternate Christine), Her Majesty's Theatre, West End
• Thoroughly Modern Millie
  Thoroughly Modern Millie
  Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 American musical film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Julie Andrews. The screenplay by Richard Morris focuses on a naive young woman who finds herself in the midst of a series of madcap adventures when she sets her sights on marrying her wealthy boss.The...
  
   (Miss Dorothy & u/s Millie), No. 1 National Tour
• Scrooge the Musical (Isabel - lead), National Tour/Bill Kenwright Ltd
• Evita (Ensemble), 2006 Original Cast, Adelphi Theatre
• The Phantom of the Opera
  The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
  The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
  
  " (Christine), Her Majesty's Theatre, West End.

2008 Whatsonstage.com Theatregoers Choice Nomination - Best Takeover in a Role

• Rebels and Retail (Stacey), Trafalgar Studios (Perfect Pitch season)
• Master Class (Sophie de Palma), Theatre Royal Bath/Chichester/National Tour

Concerts

• The Princes Charity Gala (Soloist), Peacock Theatre
• Theatre, A History (Soloist), Stanwell House
• A-Z of Musical Theatre (Soloist), Theatre Royal, Wexford
• Musical Stages 10th Birthday (Soloist)
• Whatsonstage Awards 2007/8 (Soloist), Café de Paris/Lyric Theatre
• Gotta Sing Gotta Dance (Soloist), UK Tour
• The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Soloist), West-End International
• The Best of the West-End (Soloist), West-End International

Radio/Discography

Year	Show	Role
2006	Evita (Original Cast Recording)	Ensemble
?	Songs from The Sound of Music (JAY Records, Abbey Road Studios)	Maria
?	Friday Night is Music Night BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...	Soloist
2008	Make Believe (JAY Records)	Debut Album

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