Angela Kilian I Hope I Get It

In the final episode of season 3 Tarryn is joined by the Grand Dame of South African Musical Theatre Angela Kilian.
Angela has played almost every single iconic lead female role and in this episode she shares her most inspiring audition stories as well as her most traumatic . Angela is a fountain of audition wisdom and this conversation is a must for all aspiring performers.
About the Guest:
Angela stage and screen career has been one that many performers only get to dream of. She grew
up in Port Elizabeth, where she was ‘discovered’ by legendary SA teacher and director Robin
Williams. She obtained her London Trinity Performers Diploma at the Waterfront Theatre School in
Cape Town and has since played some of the most coveted female roles in musical theatre. Roles
include: Hodel & Tzeitel in productions of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, Maria in THE SOUND OF
MUSIC (Fleur du Cap & Mercury Awards), Eva Peron in EVITA (Vita Award), Anna Leonowens in
THE KING AND I (Showtime Award), Eliza Doolittle in MY FAIR LADY (Naledi Award), Miss Dorothy
Brown in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE, Cinderella in INTO THE WOODS (Fleur du Cap
Award), Marilyn Monroe in MARILYN LIVE (Vita Award), Babette in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST,
and she also starred in the Opera Extravaganza OPERA MANIA, and played Farrah Delamitri in
Ben Elton’s play POPCORN. Angela was part of the World Touring Company of Lord Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s musical CATS (Naledi nomination), in which she played the role of Jellylorum/Griddlebone
in opera houses and stadiums around the world.
Television credits include roles in: 37 HONEY STREET (Sheena), 7de LAAN, ISIDINGO (Frieda),
and BINNELANDERS (Claudia). She has presented a number of programs including THE GREEN
MACHINE, HOSANNA, 3:16, ISSUES OF FAITH and various TV ads and infomercials. Angela has
also had the opportunity to work on the other side of the camera, directing and producing various
inserts. Her voice can also be heard on radio and TV ads.
Back on stage - in the last few years, Angela played Rose Vibert in ASPECTS OF LOVE, directed
by Nikolai Foster at the Civic Theatre, and after returning from China where she was performing in
HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL at the Shanghai Grand Theatre, she once again be donned her kitty tail,
this time to play Grizabella in Pieter Torien’s latest production of CATS. That was followed by a
season as Eva Peron in EVITA (Naledi Award), and portrayed the dark and mysterious Madame
Giry (Fleur du Cap Award) in the South African leg of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.
Angela then took on the role of a lifetime as Norma Desmond in SUNSET BOULEVARD (Fleur du
Cap Award) for Pieter Torien Productions, playing to full houses and 5 star reviews! A career
highlight! She has just returned to SA after 15 months on CATS, this time on an international tour of
South Korea, Singapore and Macau. She was last seen playing the evil Queen Narsissa in the
Afrikaans production - SNEEUWITJIE for Add-Life productions – a wonderful experience performing
in her second language.

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