Rachael Wooding


Rachael Wooding is a Yorkshire born musical theatre performer, best known for her performances in We Will Rock You, playing Meat and Scaramouche. She began her career in musicals in Germany - such as Cats and Starlight Express. After West End success in Saturday Night Fever and Fame, she went on to play Amber in the original London cast of Hairspray the Musical. Wooding left Hairspray in October 2008. She then performed the title role in Evita the Musical on the UK tour.
From March 2011, she featured as Mary Delgado in the West End production of Jersey Boys, before leaving the cast after a year to concentrate on other projects; sometimes as a singer in function band Bloomfield Avenue. In October 2012 she returned to We Will Rock You to play principal Scaramouche alongside Oliver Tompsett as Galileo.
Wooding is a 5' 4" Mezzo-soprano. She appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2016. For her audition, she sang "With You" from Ghost the Musical and in the semi-final she sang "Gravity". Her semi-final performance led her to receiving fourth in the public vote and ultimately, being eliminated from the competition.

Career

Wooding trained at the Bird College of performing arts, and has been in musicals from a young age.
Her roles include:
ProductionRoleLocation
Peter PanMermaidQdos Entertainment
Fat Friends The MusicalJoanne / PippaU.K. Tour
Spirit of the DanceSpiritU.S. Tour
CatsDemeter/Bombalurina/RumpleteazerHamburg
Starlight ExpressPearl the Observation CarGermany
FameSerenaWest End
FootlooseArielUK Tour
LoveshackAJUK Tour
Saturday Night FeverAnnetteWest End
We Will Rock YouMeatWest End
HairsprayAmber Von TussleWest End
EvitaEva PerónUK tour
Bright Lights, Big CityAmandaLondon
Jersey BoysMary DelgadoWest End
We Will Rock YouScaramouche, MeatWest End
Wonderland AliceUK Tour
Standing at the Sky's EdgeSheffield
Kit De LucaWest End