Английская Википедия:Grace Mouat

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Grace Elizabeth Mouat (born 12 May 1996) is an English musical theatre actress and podcaster. She is best known as dance captain in the musical Six, cover Juliet in & Juliet, Ella in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Hope Mill Theatre) and most recently Izzy in The Great British Bake Off Musical.

Early life and education

Mouat is from Camberley, Surrey. She trained at the Guildford School of Acting, graduating in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre. She was cast in Six during her third and final year of drama school.

Career

Acting

Mouat began her career in the musical Six, where she was a dance captain and swing. When the show moved to the West End, she was initially covering all six roles, which she had understudied during the 2018 UK tour.

From 2019 to 2022, she was Judith and also first cover Juliet Capulet in Max Martin's jukebox musical & Juliet first in Manchester (2019, Opera House) and then at the Shaftesbury Theatre, after its transfer to London. The musical closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and reopened on 24 September 2021. Grace was nominated for a Mousetrap Award in 2020 in the category "Saved the day", for her contribution as cover Juliet in the musical.

During the pandemic Mouat took part in a concert version of Hair, directed by Arlene Phillips at the Turbine Theatre, with a follow up performance in West End's London Palladium in June 2021 (rescheduled from April 2021).

In July 2021 Mouat also took over the role of Chloe from fellow Six cast mate Millie O'Connell in Be More Chill, which played at the Shaftesbury Theatre during & Juliet hiatus (due to the COVID-19 pandemic) until 5 September 2021.

She played Pilar in the revival of Legally Blonde at Regent Park Open Air Theatre in London, directed by Lucy Moss from May to July 2022. She joined fellow Six cast members Courtney Bowman and Lauren Drew in this gender-bending production of the 2007 show.

Mouat was then cast in the title role of Ella in the European premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella at the Hope Mill Theatre in Manchester, which was set to open in 2020 and was postponed to 2022, with a run from November to December.

Most recently she has played Izzy in the West End transfer of The Great British Bake Off Musical, playing at the Noël Coward Theatre in London. The show released an official cast recording album on 28 April 2023.

In September 2023 full cast was announced for the musical White Christmas, based on the Irving Berlin movie of the same name, with Mouat playing Betty. The show will be running at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield from December 2023 until January 2024.

Mouat played Lucy Wyman in the workshop of 13 going on 30 the musical at the Battersea Arts Centre, alongside Lucie Jones as Jenna and Jamie Muscato as Matt. The show was presented for the first time in four public workshop performances in October 2023. This stage production is written by movie writers Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa and music is by composer/lyricists Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. The show is directed by Andy Fickman.

From February to March 2024 Mouat played the role of Ami, alongside Jacob Fowler as Ben in the musical Before After at the Southwark Playhouse.

Music

Mouat is part of the all female group SVN, together with original Six cast members Jarnéia Richard-Noel (Jaye’J), Millie O’Connell, Natalie Paris, Alexia McIntosh (Lexi), Aimie Atkinson, and Maiya Quansah-Breed. The idea for the group was suggested by McIntosh when Six opened in Edinburgh in 2018.

In 2021 SVN released their first original song 'Stars', with their second single 'Woman' announced on 28 April 2022 and focusing on female empowerment.

Discography

Year	Title	Artist	Album	Шаблон:Abbr
2021	"Queen"	SVN	Шаблон:Question mark
	"Stars"			Шаблон:Fact
2022	"Woman"
	"Free"
	"Boss"

Vlogging

In July 2023, Mouat started hosting a podcast called "Cut to the Grace". In each episode she chats with West End stars, music artists, vloggers and TV personalities. Among her guests Alice Fearn, Oliver Tompsett, Kerry Ellis, Luke Bayer and Louise Dearman, chatting about their careers and how they got where they are today.

Stage credits

Year	Title	Role	Theatre
2016	Spring Awakening	Fräulein Knuppeldick	Leicester Curve
2018 –2019	Six	Swing	UK Tour and Arts Theatre
2019 –2022	& Juliet	Judith/Alternate Juliet	Shaftesbury Theatre
2021	Hair The Musical: In Concert	Шаблон:N/a	Turbine Theatre, London Palladium and Mayflower Theatre (Southampton)
	Be More Chill	Chloe Valentine	Shaftesbury Theatre
2022	Legally Blonde	Pilar	Regent's Park, Open Air Theatre
	The Secret Garden in Concert	Alice	London Palladium
	Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella	Ella	Hope Mill Theatre
2023	The Great British Bake Off Musical	Izzy	Noël Coward Theatre
Oct 2023	13 going on 30	Lucy Wyman	Battersea Arts Centre
Dec 2023 Jan 2024	White Christmas	Betty	Sheffield Crucible
Feb - Mar 2024	Before After	Ami	Southwark Playhouse

External links

• Grace Mouat at Spotlight
• The Great British Bake Off Musical
• Legally Blonde the Musical
• SVN group