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Irene Myrtle Forrester
Swing

Place of Birth: London

Training: Selah Dance Theatre, Goldsmith University

Theatre: Gospel in the Night (Japan); Black Heroes 2 (UK Tour); Purley (Bridewell Theatre);

Television: Children in Need; Comic Relief; MTV Live; Mobo Awards; Top of the Pops; Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 50th Birthday Celebration; Songs of Praise; Prom in the Park; Windrush TV

Radio: BBC Radio 1 live recordings; BBC Music Live for various artists

Video: Blur “Tender”; Nike commercial (USA)

Other: The Legend of the Lion King (Disneyland Resort, Paris); member of the London Community Gospel Choir since 1995; extensive work as a session singer with many high profile artists; performed at various festivals worldwide including Glastonbury and Party in the Park.  The Lion King marks Irene’s West End debut

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Photographs of Original London Company by Catherine Ashmore. Photographs of Original Broadway Company by Joan Marcus
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