Looking Back: Will Young
Bill Kenwright's multi-award winning production of classic musical Cabaret arrives at The Lowry, Salford, this November following no less than two smash-hit West End runs at The Lyric and The Savoy theatres. Directed by the National Theatre's Rufus Norris and choreographed by Olivier Award winner Javier de Frutos, this production features all the iconic songs from Kander and Ebb's masterpiece, set to dazzling costumes and show-stopping choreography.
What's more, we are very excited to announce two stellar leading names. Will Young will return to his Olivier Award-nominated role as Emcee, starring alongside Louise Redknapp, making her stage debut as cabaret performer Sally Bowles.
In the second of our blog posts exploring the stars of the show, Quaytickets looks back on the career of Will Young:
1979: Born ten minutes before his twin brother Rupert in Wokingham. Young's father was the director of an engineering firm, his mother a plant nursery gardener.
1983: Made his first stage appearance at the age of four, playing a fir tree in a school production. Young had one line to speak.
1998: Began studying politics at the University of Exeter. Whilst at university, Young was part of the Footlights theatre group and played the lead role in their production of Oklahoma!
1999: Made the final of a competition held by television show This Morning to find members for a new boy band. Picked alongside Young was Lee Ryan, who would later become a member of Blue.
2001: After being shown a newspaper advert by university classmates, applied for new nationwide TV talent show Pop Idol. Young's application was accepted and after passing four auditions he made it into the Final 50. The first episode of Pop Idol was broadcast on 6th October.
2002: 13.34 million viewers tune in to watch Will Young take on Gareth Gates in the Pop Idol Grand Final. A new world record was set with 8.7 million votes being cast. Young won the competition with 53.1% of the votes, just 500,000 more than Gates. Describing Pop Idol, Young said "it was a huge starting point and the best experience for me, ever." Young's debut single became the fastest-selling in UK chart history.
2003: Second album Friday's Child released, featuring the single Leave Right Now, which went on to win an Ivor Novello Award for Best Song.
2005: Made his acting debut alongside Judi Dench in Mrs Henderson Presents. Young's acting and singing in the film received excellent reviews, as did third album Keep On featuring BRIT Award-nominated single All Time Love.
2008: Released fourth album Let It Go. Young performed at numerous summer festivals including Glastonbury , T in the Park and the Isle of Wight Festival.
2010: After the success of his greatest hits album, gave his first concert in the USA at Hollywood's Ultra Suede nightclub. Having previously performed at the Tower of London, Young announced that he would play as a special guest at the Queen's Sandringham Estate.
2013: Nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical after making his West End debut in Cabaret.
2016: Competed alongside current Cabaret star Louise Redknapp on the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
2017: Joins the cast of smash-hit musical Cabaret, reprising his award-winning role as Emcee. Young will appear alongside Louise Redknapp in the spectacular new production which plays at The Lowry, Salford this November.
What's more, we are very excited to announce two stellar leading names. Will Young will return to his Olivier Award-nominated role as Emcee, starring alongside Louise Redknapp, making her stage debut as cabaret performer Sally Bowles.
In the second of our blog posts exploring the stars of the show, Quaytickets looks back on the career of Will Young:
1979: Born ten minutes before his twin brother Rupert in Wokingham. Young's father was the director of an engineering firm, his mother a plant nursery gardener.
1998: Began studying politics at the University of Exeter. Whilst at university, Young was part of the Footlights theatre group and played the lead role in their production of Oklahoma! 1999: Made the final of a competition held by television show This Morning to find members for a new boy band. Picked alongside Young was Lee Ryan, who would later become a member of Blue.
2001: After being shown a newspaper advert by university classmates, applied for new nationwide TV talent show Pop Idol. Young's application was accepted and after passing four auditions he made it into the Final 50. The first episode of Pop Idol was broadcast on 6th October. 2002: 13.34 million viewers tune in to watch Will Young take on Gareth Gates in the Pop Idol Grand Final. A new world record was set with 8.7 million votes being cast. Young won the competition with 53.1% of the votes, just 500,000 more than Gates. Describing Pop Idol, Young said "it was a huge starting point and the best experience for me, ever." Young's debut single became the fastest-selling in UK chart history.
2005: Made his acting debut alongside Judi Dench in Mrs Henderson Presents. Young's acting and singing in the film received excellent reviews, as did third album Keep On featuring BRIT Award-nominated single All Time Love.
2008: Released fourth album Let It Go. Young performed at numerous summer festivals including Glastonbury , T in the Park and the Isle of Wight Festival.
2010: After the success of his greatest hits album, gave his first concert in the USA at Hollywood's Ultra Suede nightclub. Having previously performed at the Tower of London, Young announced that he would play as a special guest at the Queen's Sandringham Estate.
2013: Nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical after making his West End debut in Cabaret.
2016: Competed alongside current Cabaret star Louise Redknapp on the fourteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.
2017: Joins the cast of smash-hit musical Cabaret, reprising his award-winning role as Emcee. Young will appear alongside Louise Redknapp in the spectacular new production which plays at The Lowry, Salford this November.
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