RACHEL IZEN - Felicia Gabriel
Rachel first appeared on the West End stage at just 18 in the ground breaking show A Chorus Line at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. This was immediately followed by the role of June in the original cast of Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre. Most recently Rachel played the role of Miss Skillon in the national tour of See How They Run.
Other theatre appearances include: Electra in Gypsy (Belgrade Theatre, Coventry); Agatha in Guys and Dolls (RNT); Mrs Vixen in The Beggar’s Opera (RNT); Blondette in Blondel (Aldwych); Lottie in Mack and Mabel (Aldwych Theatre); Gladys in The Pajama Game (Leicester Haymarket Theatre and number one);Suzanne in Bless the Bride (Sadler’s Wells); Gussie in Bitter Sweet (New Sadler’s Wells Opera); Mona in Dames at Sea (Mill at Sonning); Dora Bailey in Singin’ in the Rain (Palladium); Miss Gibson in Daisy Pulls It Off (Theatr Clwyd); Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (Oldham Coliseum); Lowbut in The Ugly Duckling (Watermill, Newbury); Mrs Potts/Eggtimer in Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre); Miss Hannigan/Mrs Pugh in Annie (Victoria Palace); Suzette in Bless the Bride (King’s Head); Yvette Gilbert in Lautrec (Shaftesbury Theatre); Miss Barnes in The Winslow Boy (Chichester Festival Theatre and tour); Madame Dubonnet in The Boy Friend (50th anniversary tour); Elsie in Meet Mr Future and Sylvia Silver in Insomnia (Chapter Arts Theatre); Miss Flannery in Thoroughly Modern Millie (Shaftesbury Theatre); Cpl Jenkins in Into Thin Air (The New Players Theatre); Sylvia ‘Bodybag’ Hollamby in Bad Girls the Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Hattie in Follies (Landor); Mamma Rose in Gypsy (Wales Millennium Centre); Jessica in Hot Flush (national tour) and Helene Hanff in Underfoot in Show business (Devonshire Park).
Television: The Beggar’s Opera (C4); Clem (HTV); Smith and Jones (BBC); The Queen’s Nose (BBC); The Bill (ITV); BigWomen (C4); Where There Is Smoke (ITV); The Good Old Days (BBC); Daylight Robbery Series 1 and 2 (ITV); Holby City (BBC); Casualty (BBC).
Films: Jack Brown and the Curse of the Crown, Beg, Endgame and Evita (starring Madonna).