Dragon sketch landing8/26/2023 Soon a place at the prestigious Sylvia Young Theatre School, in Marble Arch, was his. Next stop was the National Theatre for Jeanine Tesori and Tony Kushner’s musical, Caroline, Or Change. “She took me to a big national audition – and I got the part.”Īt the age of 11, Jonny had landed the role of Michael Banks, one of the children under the care of a flying nanny in the stage musical version of Mary Poppins.Īnother West End musical role followed: Gavroche, the boy who dies on the barricade in Les Miserables. “I was a terrible show-off and my mum decided to see if she could harness my need to show off,” he recalls. Not that he had a stereotypical pushy stage mother. Jonny, who has 16 years in the business to his name, owes his entry into performing to his parents. It’s a big family show and that kind of theatre is great to do,” he says. “I’ve never worked before at Regents Park, which is just down the road from where I live. Nevertheless, doing the show has been “interesting but fun”. “We were doing shows with heat spaces for ice packs and dressers throwing cold water over us to cool us down.” Jonny Weldon: Actor, sketch humorist and pantomime star July’s record-temperature heatwave took its toll on performers acting outdoors under the sun. This summer, he can be found playing one half of Cruella de Ville’s comic henchman double act Casper and Jasper in a musical version of 101 Dalmatians at Regents Park Open Air Theatre in London. Even his character is a mystery, although rumoured to be called Samwell. Jonny has “a little part” in the series but that is all he is saying. He does confirm he will be appearing in the highly anticipated Game Of Thrones spin-off House Of The Dragon, but the series is being kept a closely guarded secret in the run-up to the first episode premiering on August 22 on Sky. I’m not allowed to tweet about it,” explains the actor and sketch humorist, whose videos went viral on Twitter. He can reveal little about his imminent television role too. “I don’t doubt we’ll sit down soon and work out the character.” “I know Paul quite well and have worked with him before,” says Jonny. “SOCIAL media sensation” Jonny Weldon is the latest addition to York Theatre Royal’s pantomime cast for All New Adventures Of Peter Pan.Īlthough he would if he could, he can’t say too much about his character other than his name – Starkey – because writer Paul Hendy is working on the script. Facebook 0 Tweet 0 LinkedIn 0 Jonny Weldon: York Theatre Royal pantomime debut as Starkey in All New Adventures Of Peter Pan
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