Collette Guitart is a English-Spanish actress, singer, and dancer. She was a swing and the dance captain in the 2019-21 West End Production of Six the Musical, beginning on 15 October 2019.[1] She left the show on 12 December 2021, playing her final show as Catherine Parr.[2][3]
Collette also played the same role in the 2019 West End Production from 30 July to 14 October 2019, and in the 2021-22 West End Production from 16 October to 12 December 2021. She also emergency covered Catherine of Aragon in the 2019-20 UK Tour on 10 December 2019.
Roles[]
Timeline[]
| Production | Timespan | Covers |
| 2019 West End Production | 20 August – 13 October 2019 | All Queens |
| 2019-21 West End Production | 15 October 2019 – 14 November 2021 | |
| 2021-22 West End Production | 16 November – 12 December 2021 |
Short-Term Roles[]
| Production | Timespan | Emergency Cover |
| 2019 West End Production | 15 August 2019 | Catherine of Aragon |
| • 1 August 2019 • 6 August 2019 • 11 August 2019 • 17 August 2019 |
Anne Boleyn | |
| • 30 July 2019 • 9 August 2019 |
Jane Seymour | |
| 2019-20 UK Tour | 10 December 2019 | Catherine of Aragon |
All Roles Covered[]
| Role | Debut Performance | Final Performance | Emergency Covers |
| West End 1.0: 31 August 2019 West End 2.0: 17 October 2019 West End 3.0: 23 November 2021 |
West End 1.0: 22 September 2019 West End 2.0: 2 November 2021 West End 3.0: 23 November 2021[4] |
West End 1.0: 15 August 2019[5] 20 August 2019 25 August 2019 UK Tour 2.0: 10 December 2019 | |
| West End 1.0: 1 August 2019[6] West End 2.0: 15 December 2019 |
West End 1.0: 10 October 2019 West End 2.0: 5 November 2021[7] |
West End 1.0: 1 August 2019 6 August 2019 11 August 2019 17 August 2019 | |
| West End 1.0: 29 September 2019 West End 2.0: 20 October 2019 |
West End 1.0: 29 September 2019 West End 2.0: 13 November 2021[8] |
West End 1.0: 30 July 2019[9] 9 August 2019 20 August 2019 | |
| West End 2.0: 19 October 2019[10] | West End 2.0: 17 October 2021[11] | ||
| West End 1.0: 15 September 2019[12] West End 2.0: 19 October 2019 |
West End 1.0: 17 September 2019 West End 2.0: 11 November 2021[13] |
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| West End 1.0: 29 August 2019[14] West End 2.0: 24 November 2019 West End 3.0: 21 November 2021 |
West End 1.0: 28 September 2019 West End 2.0: 31 October 2021 West End 3.0: 12 December 2021[3] |
Personal Life[]
Collette is currently in a relationship with dancer Michael Naylor, who had previously appeared with her in Bat Out of Hell. The couple became engaged on 2 January 2022.
Stage Credits[]
| Stage Credits | |||
| Year | Production | Role | Theatre |
| 2016 | 27: Rise of a Falling Star | Ensemble/understudy Fate | Cockpit Theatre |
| 2017 | Wonderland | Ensemble/Swing | UK Tour |
| 2018 | Bat Out of Hell | Swing (Lunarrow) | Dominion Theatre |
| 2019 | Rip It Up | Swing | Garrick Theatre |
| 2019-21 | Six | Swing/Dance Captain | Arts Theatre, Lyric Theatre, Vaudeville Theatre |
| 2022-23 | & Juliet | Eleanor/understudy Anne/April | Shaftesbury Theatre |
| 2023 | Rock Follies | Ensemble | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| 2024 | Why Am I So Single? | Alternate Nancy | Garrick Theatre |
Trivia[]
- Collette is Spanish/English and is fluent in Spanish.
- Collette runs a crystal company called Songbird Creations.
- Collette was in the same production of Bat Out of Hell as Vicki Manser, Courtney Stapleton, Danielle Steers, and Rhianne-Louise McCaulsky.
- Collette was in the same production of & Juliet as Zara MacIntosh and Cassandra Lee.
- Collette was in the same production of Rock Follies as Harriet Watson.
- Collette is in the same production of Why Am I So Single? as Leesa Tulley.
- The show was also written by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, the writers of Six.
- In Collette's audition process, she sang and read for every queen besides Jane Seymour.
- The only queen Collette has gone on for mid-show is Jane Seymour.[15]
- According to Collette, the hardest queen to perform as physically is Catherine of Aragon. However, she believes that either Jane Seymour or Katherine Howard are the hardest to perform emotionally.
- Collette's favourite moment in the show is the very end of the acoustic version of Six, right before the song begins.
- Collette sang as Catherine Parr in the Worldwide Six video.
- Collette has formed a band called Virgo with her former castmates, Vicki Manser and Courtney Stapleton. The band is named after the Zodiac sign that the three all share.
- On 1 August 2021, Collette played Catherine Parr alongside Zara MacIntosh, Cherelle Jay, Hana Stewart, Liv Alexander, and Bryony Duncan in the first all-alternate show in Six's history [16].
- In 2022, Collette was double nominated for the Best Performance by an Understudy/Alternate in Any Play or Musical award at the BroadwayWorld UK/West End Awards for her roles in Six and & Juliet.
Gallery[]
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"But I didn't look as good as I did in my pic..." To view the Collette Guitart gallery, click here. |
References[]
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pOgCMHrMV/
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CXZbUmoI154/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1469988383749459970
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1463136173958868992
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1162049920817401857
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1156987125415469057
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1456617055965302788
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1459517013920038914
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1156255629331324930
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1185660768383127553
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1449734764970323970
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1173306636833873920
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1458820317170876416
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1167153148479377415
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1163931697253146624
- ↑ https://twitter.com/WestEndCovers/status/1421780534376681475
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