Nicola Blackman
Born in Battersea, her father was West Indian cricketer James Blackman and her mother Catherine, an accountant from Port Rush, NI. Whilst still at drama school (Guildhall ) she made her West End debut in Showboat, starring Cleo Laine. Other West End shows include: Mutiny! Godspell, Elegies, Little Shop Of Horrors, Barnum , Destry Rides Again, for which she was nominated for an Olivier Award, as Best Supporting Actress and most recently Lion King. She has been a member of the National Theatre, English Shakespeare Company, toured the UK, South Africa, USA, Russia, Ukraine and the UAE 2014, has see Nicola premiere new works at the Landor, Soho Theatre and the new Park Theatre London. On TV, she had her own series Us Girls, Madam Manhattan, Numbers Plus, guested on Angels, Casualty, Birds of A Feather, The Bill, I Claudius and Bridget Hitler.,
Past productions
- Understudy Chris and Sue, Lyonesse, Sonia Friedman Productions
- The Witch/Heléne, Beauty and the Beast, Theatre by the Lake
- Lady Catherine Grayle., Just to Get Married, Papercut Theatre
- Penny, The Toyboy Diaries, Katy Lipson for Aria Entertainment and Perfect Pitch
- Humbaba / Ushanarbi, Gilgamesh, Red Meeple
- Fly, Babe – The Sheep Pig, Polka Theatre Company and Tom O’Connell Productions
- Jewel, The Lost Carnival
- Heartbeat, When Blair Met Bush And Bunga., Bunga Bunga Productions.
- Winnie, Liz., Shutters, Darren Lee Murphy Prouctions.
- Ruby Lightfoot, Tiger Tale, Nuffield Southampton Theatres
- La La Carmichael, 5 Bluehaired Ladies, Sitting On A Green Park Bench., Shaftsbury Productions.
- Pammy/Sugar Hill., Postcards From God, Collyer / Okai Productions.
- The Nurse, Romeo and Juliet, Stafford Shakespeare Festival
- Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West, The Wizard of Oz, New Vic Theatre
- Rosie, Mamma Mia!, Littlestar Productions.
- Maria, Twelfth Night
- Howardina, Finian’s Rainbow, The Lost Musicals
- Torey, Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
- Barnum
- Nell, The Comedy of Errors, English Shakespeare Company
- Nell, The Comedy of Errors
- Sylvia, Stepping Out, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd
- Lucy, The Recruiting Officer, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd
- Heidi, Cabaret, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd
- Sylvia, Stepping Out, Mercury Theatre Company
- Maria, The Government Inspector, Compass Theatre Ltd
- Love on the Plastic, Half Moon Theatre
- Queen Hitimahana, Mutiny!
- Chiffon / Crystal, Little Shop of Horrors, Cameron Mackintosh Productions
- West Side Story, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company
- Hortense, The Boy Friend, Farnham Repertory Company
- Mammy Pleasant, The Cat and the Canary, Salisbury Arts Theatre Ltd
- Godspell, The Young Vic
- Mammy Pleasant, The Cat and the Canary, Mercury Theatre Company
- The Wiz, Crucible Theatre Company
- Phantom 1, The Rocky Horror Show, Cameron Mackintosh / Michael White
- Phantom 1, The Rocky Horror Show
- Birds of Paradise, John Gale for Volcano Productions Ltd and Ray Cooney Productions Ltd
- Singer, Show Boat
- Lady Lucy Saveloy, The Pied Piper, National Theatre
- Marcia Weiss, New Atlantis, LAsTheatre
- Muzzy Van Hossmere., Thoroughly Modern Millie, Millie Productions Ltd
- Sheer Sock, Socks by Sharon Barnett
- Olga/Mary, Soul Kitchen By Michael V Doane, MVD Productions
- Simone, Snakes & Ladders, Plenty Productions /Arcola Theatre