CAST & CREATIVE
Marisha Wallace
AS SALLY BOWLES (FROM 28 JANUARY)
Double Olivier-Nominated actress, Marisha Wallace hails from North Carolina, USA where her love of singing began in her local church with her family. She went on to study at East Carolina University before moving to New York to pursue her professional career.
She made her Broadway debut in Aladdin directed by Casey Nicholaw and, following that, went into the Original Broadway Cast of Something Rotten, playing a tap-dancing egg named Eggie White. In a twist of fate, she was then asked, last minute to go to London to take over the role of Effie White in Dreamgirls in the West End, a role she was only supposed to do for three weeks which turned into 8 years!
She went onto star in the Original West End Cast of Waitress playing Becky and the revival of Hairspray at the Coliseum playing Motormouth Maybelle. Her formidable performances led to Director Daniel Fish asking her to play Ado Annie in his ground-breaking production of Oklahoma! At the Young Vic Theatre for which she was nominated for the WhatsOnStage, Evening Standard and Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical. It was quickly followed by another smash-hit revival, Guys and Dolls at the Bridge Theatre directed by Sir Nicholas Hytner for which she was nominated for the WhatsOnStage, Evening Standard and Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
On screen you can see Marisha was in the most recent series of Feel Good for Netflix, Jingle Jangle for Netflix, Almost Never on CBBC and Aladdin for Disney.
Alongside her acting career, she is an international singer-songwriter. She frequently collaborates on new music with songwriting legends Toby Gad (Beyoncé, John Legend) and Steve Anderson (Kylie Minogue). This year has seen Marisha perform live for HRH King Charles and Queen Camilla on two occasions, D-Day at 80 which aired on the BBC, the Royal Variety Performance at the Royal Albert Hall airing mid-December on ITV1 and Dancing On Ice.
2025 sees her biggest ever headline solo show at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 11th March and it was recently announced that she will be taking on the iconic role of Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s staggering production of Cabaret in the West End.
Marisha is a ground breaking actress and singer, is adored by fans across the globe and is only just getting started.
Marisha Wallace is not scheduled to appear on Wednesday 29 January at 2.00pm, Thursday 6 February at 7.30pm, Wednesday 12 February at 2.00pm, Thursday 20 February at 7.30pm, Wednesday 26 February at 2.00pm, Thursday 6 March at 7.30pm, Monday 10 March at 7.30pm, Tuesday 11 March at 7.30pm, Thursday 20 March at 7.30pm, Wednesday 26 March at 2.00pm, Thursday 3 April at 7.30pm, Wednesday 9 April at 2.00pm, Thursday 17 April at 7.30pm, Wednesday 23 April at 2.00pm, Thursday 1 May at 7.30pm, Wednesday 7 May at 2.00pm, Thursday 15 May at 7.30pm and Wednesday 21 May at 2.00pm.
At these performances, the role will be played by our alternate Sally Bowles, Anne-Marie Wojna.