Ramin Karimloo
From Theatre Breaks
Ramin Karimloo has sung the part of the Phantom in both Phantom of the Opera and Love Never Dies
He's also the founding member of Bluegrass folk rock band The Sheytoons
Leading West End star Ramin Karimloo is currently appearing as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Queens’ Theatre in London’s West End.
Ramin leaves Les Miserables in March 2012 and then goes on to do Ramin in Concert performing songs from his debut album along side some much loved West End favourites including Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Love Never Dies and South Pacific.
Ramin In Concert will open at the Royal Festival Hall in London on 1st May 2012 and then tour to the Cliffs Pavilion Southend. Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham, Philharmonic Hall Liverpool, The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and the Royal Concert Hall Glasgow where it ends on 20th May 2012
His debut solo album, the self-titled Ramin, will be released by Sony next year and you can pre-order a copy from Amazon for £8.99 for dispatch on 6th February 2012.
Les Miserables
There has been a very strong and reliable rumour reported that West End star Ramin Karimloo is set to star as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Queens Theatre.
Ramin has already played Marius and Enjolras in various productions of Les Mis.
Karimloo recently played the title role in the 25th Anniversary concert of The Phantom of the Opera. He has also played Raoul and the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre and originated the role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom sequel, Love Never Dies.
He is currently on a short concert tour with his “A Night With the Phantom”.
Houdini The Musical
In an interview with the Canadian newspaper, the Winnipeg Free Press Ramin said that there's a possibility he'll be producing and starring in Houdini the Musical in London at the end of 2012.
Hugh Jackman was rumoured to be in the frame for this role and was meant to do a workshop in January 2011 with some of the creative team already on board: Aaron Sorkin, (writer), Danny Elfman (composer) and Jack O’Brien directing. But Jackman's commitments (including playing Jean Valjean in the LesMis film) have ruled him out for the foreseeable future.
The Houdini musical has been in the pipeline for a couple of years and hopefully Karimloo’s involvement will speed up the process.
Five Facts about Ramin Karimloo:
1) A true international, he was born in Iran, grew up in Canada and has been working in the UK and London West End for years.
2) Before playing the Phantom in Love Never Dies, Ramin’s played the part of the Phantom in the Phantom of the Opera. He has also taken on the part of Raoul in that same musical and played Christine’s father in the film version.
3) Ramin Karimloo won a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for Best Musical Actor for his role in Love Never Dies.
4) As if singing on a West End stage during week isn’t enough, Ramin is also part of the band Sheytoons with his friend Hadley Fraser.
5) Ramin posted picture of himself on Twitter while getting his newest tattoo of an angel. It is draped around his left bicep.
