LB

Actor and Musician

ACTING

Photo credit: Michael Wharley⭑”Louisa Beadel who played Lambchops…her talent is outstanding” (It’s On Cardiff for ‘Fame’)⭑"Louisa Beadel makes a splendid Guildenstern in Anthony Banks's fleet-footed production" (The Metro for 'Prince of Denmark')⭑"T…

“Louisa Beadel who played Lambchops…her talent is outstanding”

(It’s On Cardiff)

Louisa’s theatre credits include ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead’ at the Old Vic, ‘King Lear’ at Shakespeare’s Globe and most recently, the titular role in ‘Sylvia’ at the English Theatre Frankfurt. She has also appeared in ‘Call the Midwife’ and ‘Bergerac’ for UKTV.

Louisa Beadel shines in the leading role which was played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the off-Broadway premiere in 1995
— Frankfurter Allgemeine for 'Sylvia'

ACTING CREDITS

2024, Television, Solicitor, BERGERAC, UKTV, Colm McCarthy

2024, Stage, Sylvia (lead), SYLVIA, English Theatre Frankfurt, Bethany Pitts

2022-2023, Stage, Morwenna, FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS THE MUSICAL, UK/Canada Tour, James Grieve

2021, Stage, Morwenna, FISHERMAN’S FRIENDS THE MUSICAL, Hall for Cornwall, James Grieve

2021, Television, Sister Mary, CALL THE MIDWIFE, Neal Street Productions, Thomas Hescott

2018-2020, Stage, Lambchops, FAME, West End and UK Tour, Nick Winston 

2017, Stage, Ensemble/Musician, u/s Goneril/Regan/Cordelia/Kent, KING LEAR, Shakespeare's Globe, Nancy Meckler

2017, Stage, Player, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, Old Vic, David Leveaux

2017, Workshop, Actor, RED, Tonic Theatre, Lucy Kerbel

2016, Stage, Alice, DICK WHITTINGTON, Key Theatre, Simon Egerton

2016, Stage, Enid, WIND IN THE WILLOWS, Mercury Theatre, Matthew Cullum

2016, Stage, Charlie (and Musical Director), LA LUNE, Barnaby Festival/LAS Theatre, Barra Collins

2016, Stage, Natasha, THREE SISTERS, Squint/Pleasance London, Andy Whyment

2015, Stage, Whitney, ROBIN HOOD AND THE BABES IN THE WOOD: THE ROCK'N'ROLL PANTO, City Varieties Music Hall, Paul Hart

2015, Stage, Ensemble, u/s Suzy and Sarah, FUTURE CONDITIONAL, Old Vic, Matthew Warchus

2015, Rehearsed Reading, Frances, THE LIGHT TURNS BLUE, Tonic Theatre/NT Studio, Lucy Kerbel/Julia Thomas

2015, Rehearsed Reading, You, SECOND PERSON NARRATIVE, Tonic Theatre/NT Studio, Lucy Kerbel/Julia Thomas

2015, Rehearsed Reading, Evie, THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING, Tonic Theatre/NT Studio, Lucy Kerbel/Julia Thomas

2015, Stage, Alice (and Musical Director), THE SUNSET FIVE, Hull Truck/Pleasance London, George Chilcott

2015, Stage, Larch, WOLF'S CHILD, Wildworks, Bill Mitchell

2014, Stage, Rat Scurvey, DICK WHITTINGTON: THE ROCK'N'ROLL PANTO, City Varieties Music Hall, Paul Hart

2014, Workshop, Actor/Musician, LONG STORY SHORT, Squint/West Yorkshire Playhouse, Andy Whyment

2014, Stage, Betty, THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS OF 1943, Upstairs at The Gatehouse, John Plews

2013, Stage, Kay, TORY BOYZ, Ambassadors Theatre, Thomas Hescott

2013, Stage, Guildenstern, PRINCE OF DENMARK, Ambassadors Theatre, Anthony Banks

2013, Stage, Peter/Apothecary (and Music Supervisor), ROMEO AND JULIET, Ambassadors Theatre, Paul Roseby

2013, Workshop, Actor/Puppeteer, CHIMERA, Wildworks, Bill Mitchell

2013, Workshop, Actor, MOTH, Bush Theatre, Prasanna Puwanarajah

2013, Stage, Emma, CONTRACTIONS, Bikeshed Theatre, Harry Williams

2011, Stage, Emilia, OTHELLO, DugOut Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe, George Chilcott

2010, Stage, Helena/Quince, LIVING THE DREAM, National Youth Theatre, Joel Scott/Bea Holland

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PRESS

⭑"Louisa Beadel makes a splendid Guildenstern in Anthony Banks's fleet-footed production" (The Metro for 'Prince of Denmark')

⭑“Louisa Beadel, who is dazzling both as animal and human” (Frankfurter Rundschau for ‘Sylvia’)

⭑"It's good material for the actors, notably Louisa Beadel's cheeky Guildenstern" (WhatsOnStage for 'Prince of Denmark')

Backstage at 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead' at the Old Vic, 2017. Photo credit: Manuel Harlan

Photo credit (above): Manuel Harlan (backstage at the Old Vic, 2017)

Photo credit (top of page): Michael Wharley