featuring West End performers Daniel Boys and Alexandra Waite-Roberts with students from the Minack Musical Theatre Academy.
Come on a voyage of discovery through musical theatre history with classic songs from the shows – all about the ocean! From HMS Pinafore to Come From Away, Finding Nemo to Titanic the Musical – there are so many shows with great nautical melodies, so spread your sails for the Minack to find out which old and new favourites we’ve caught in our net!
Daniel Boys
Training: Daniel trained at Guildford School of Acting.
He is currently playing King George III in Hamilton (UK & Ireland Tour).
Theatre: Falsettos, The Boys in the Band, Miss Atomic Bomb, Spamalot, Jacques Brel Is alive and Well and Living in Paris, Ordinary Days, Wolfboy, Avenue Q, Grease, Rent (West End & London); Sweeney Todd (Royal Festival Hall); High Society, Sunset Boulevard, The War of the Worlds (National Tours); Rent (National and European Tour); Nativity! (Birmingham Rep and UK Tour); Little Shop of Horrors (Theatr Clwyd); Love Story(Bolton Octagon); The Opinion Makers (Colchester Mercury and Derby Playhouse); The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatre Royal, Windsor); Peter Pan: The Musical (Mayflower Theatre, Southampton and Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin); I Love You Because (The Landor); Grease (Scandinavian Tour); West Side Story (European Tour).
Television: Obsession (Netflix); Unforgotten, Endeavour (ITV); Life After Life, Eastenders, Holby City, Any Dream Will Do (BBC). Daniel also voices various characters for both Go! Go! Cory Carson and Storybots (Netflix).
Film: Nativity Rocks! (Mirrorball Films and eOne); Fall Out (Crowded Pictures); Little Man (Peccadillo Pictures).
Concerts: Treason (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum); Tommy (Prince Edward, London); Godspell (Palace Theatre, Manchester); Michael Ball & Alfie Boe: Together This Summer (UK Tour); Michael Ball: Coming Home to You (UK Tour); The Night of 1,000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall); Hayley Westenra in concert (King’s Lynn Festival); Bryn Terfel’s Faenol Festival; John Barrowman’s National Tour Music, Music, Music: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (UK Tour); Disney’s Enchanted Evening(Hyde Park); Friday Night Is Music Night (BBC Radio 2).
Recordings: So Close (debut album); Treason, Nativity!, Wolfboy, The Inbetween, Only You Can Save Mankind (cast recordings); The World Is Something You Imagine (Disney), the Neighbours theme tune (Channel 5, 2013 to 2015).
Alexandra Waite-Roberts
Training: The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, and The Doris Holford Stage School.
West End credits include: Cheryl in ‘The Witches’ (National Theatre); Ensemble/cover Stepmother & God-mother in ALW’s ‘Cinderella’ (Gillian Lynne Theatre); Tessie/cover Betty Haynes & Martha ‘the megaphone’ Watson in ‘White Christmas’ (Dominion Theatre); Hot Box Girl Mabel in ‘Guys & Dolls’ (Royal Albert Hall); Pop Trio vocalist as well as Ensemble in the London revival of ‘Chess’ (London Coliseum); Ensemble/cover Dale Tremont in the original production of ‘Top Hat’ (Aldwych Theatre); Dance Captain in the English National Opera's production of 'Le Grand Macabre’ (London Coliseum); Michael McIntyre's Easter Special (London Coliseum); The Olivier Awards (Royal Opera House); The What’s on Stage Awards (London Palladium) & various pantomimes at The New Wimbledon Theatre. Alexandra frequently also appears in her own solo cabaret concerts at the CAA (Club for Acts & Actors) in Leicester Square.
Other Theatre credits include: Most recently, Cagelle/cover Anne & Madame Renaud in ‘La Cage aux Folles’ (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Stepmother/cover the Witch in Terry Gilliam’s ‘Into the Woods’ (Theatre Royal, Bath); Winnie/cover Dorothy Brock in ‘42nd Street’ (Theatre du Châtélet, Paris); Hot Box girl Mabel/cover Miss Adelaide in ‘Guys and Dolls’ (Theatre Marigny, Paris); Tessie/‘Assistant Seamstress’/Ensemble/cover Martha ‘the megaphone’ Watson in ‘White Christmas’ (Leicester Curve Theatre); Bubbles/cover Fanny Brice in ‘Funny Girl’ (UK&Ireland tour); Swing/cover Mrs.Brill, Mrs.Corry, Miss Lark & Katie Nanna in ‘Mary Poppins’ (UK&International tour); Ensemble/cover Dale Tremont in the original cast of ‘Top Hat’ (UK tour); Swing/cover Aunt Mabel in ‘Anything Goes!’ (UK&Ireland tour); Dorothy Gale in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ (RSC version, Sutton Theatres); Lead Vocalist in ‘Back to Broadway’ & ‘The Great American Songbook’ (both UK tours); Various roles, Dance Captain, Ensemble & cover positions in Pantomimes around the UK.
Workshops include: ‘The Witches’ (NT Studios, various roles); ALW’s ‘Cinderella’ (Various roles); ‘Confessions’ (Southwark Playhouse, playing Agent 001/cover Eulpa Mism)
TV/Film appearances include: ‘Bubbles’ in Funny Girl the musical, (Cinema release worldwide); The Olivier Awards (ITV); Strictly Come Dancing (BBC); The Sound of Musicals (Channel 4); Michael McIntyre's Easter Special (ITV), The Alan Titchmarsh Show (BBC), Blue Peter (BBC). All of the above TV appearances are in association with musical productions listed in Theatre credits. As well as appearing on The Brit Awards (ITV) and as a model for BBC Smokescreen, an Internet Campaign.
Recordings: ALW’s ‘Cinderella’ (Original London cast recording); ‘Top Hat’ (Original London cast recording), ‘Jason & the Argonaughts’ (concept musical album).
Choreography: ‘They're Playing our Song’ (Broadway Studio Theatre, Catford), ‘West End Stage’ (Her Majesty's Theatre, London); and various in-house productions for the Doris Holford Stage School.