Grainne Renihan

Grainne has a long and distinguished career as a leading lady in London’s West End and internationally.

Starring roles include Chess, Aspects of Love, Miss Saigon and Les Misérables, Cats, Rocky Horror Show, Jesus Christ Superstar, Into the Woods and Evita. Her many appearances as Fantine in Les Misérables make her the longest holder of this role in the show’s West End history.

As a touring artist, Grainne has played Grizabella in Cats, Janet in The Rocky Horror Show, Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar, Cinderella in Into the Woods and Eva Perón in Evita, among many others.

Grainne has also had an active solo concert career performing regularly on television, and with leading orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Symphony and the Royal Philharmonic.

Recordings include Ellen on the original cast recording of Miss Saigon (Germany), A Night at the Musicals with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Essentials with the Munich Symphony Orchestra.

Grainne has been the Course Leader of the Junior Academy Musical Theatre since it’s inception and sits on the audition panel for the Academy’s postgraduate Musical Theatre Course.