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RIA JONES - Alexandra Spoffard

Ria is originally from Swansea in Wales.

Most recently Ria appeared as Mrs Overall in the UK tour of Acorn Antiques: the Musical, written and directed by Victoria Wood.

Her West End theatre credits include Liz Imbrie in High Society (Shaftesbury Theatre and national tour);Necrophorous and Carla in Nine (Donmar Warehouse); Svetlana and Florence in Chess (Prince Edward Theatre); Fantine in Les Misérables (London, national tour); Narrator in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London, national tour); and Grizabella in Cats (New London Theatre and Oslo and Helsinki).

Additional theatre credits include Eva Perón in Evita (Manchester Opera House); Josephine and Monica in Romance Romance (Bridewell Theatre); Kim in Personals (New End Theatre); Petra in A Little Night Music (Leicester Haymarket); EmmaWest in A Twist of Fate (Jubilee Theatre, Singapore); Ida Down in Honk!, (Victoria Theatre, Singapore); Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard (Sydmonton Festival); Victor Victoria in Victor Victoria (Bridewell Theatre); and Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes (national tour), where she was nominated for the TMA award for Best Performance in a Musical.

Television and film credits include: Welsh in the West End for BBCWales; For One Night OnlyWith Ria Jones (also BBCWales); Soloist at three Royal Variety Shows (BBC 1); A Night Under the Stars With Bryn Terfel (BBC Wales) and Showstoppers (BBC 1).

Concert credits include: Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar (Barbican); Eva Perón in Evita (Highlands Park, Chelmsford); Anita in West Side Story (Copenhagen); Fantine in Les Misérables (Cardiff Castle); Soloist in Sondheim – A Celebration (St David’s Hall, Cardiff); Soloist in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Prince Edward Theatre); soloist in Voices of a Nation (Opening ofWelsh Assembly, Cardiff Bay); Soloist in Best of Broadway (Royal Albert Hall); soloist in Children Will Listen (Theatre Royal Drury Lane).

Recording credits include: Malica in the brand new musical adaptation of Sleeping Beauty by Trisha Ward; Kim in Personals; Emma West in A Twist of Fate; live cast recording of A Tribute to Hal Prince and guest soloist in MyWayWith Pier Nelson (platinum album).

Radio credits include: soloist in Friday Night is Music Night (BBC Radio 4); soloist in Magic of the Musicals (BBCWales).