After weeks of auditions, live shows, and nail-biting sing-offs, 18-year-old Danielle Hope was finally voted to get the role at 2140 BST tonight (Saturday 22 May 2010).
"All I can say is ‘thank you’, but it really does come from in here. It feels like not enough but I am just so grateful. We all are for this amazing opportunity.”
– Danielle Hope, 22 May 2010
It’s now just a matter of months before the curtain rises for the opening night of the stage show, which follows in the footsteps of The Sound of Music, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dream Coat and Oliver!.