Alex Young (actor)

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Alex Young
Young outside the Fortune Theatre in 2025
Born (1984-06-20) 20 June 1984 (age 41)
United Kingdom
Education
OccupationStage actress
Employer Operation Mincemeat
Children1

Alex Young (born 20 June 1984)[1] is a stage actress from Northampton, England.[2]

Early life and education

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Young attended King's College London, where she studied Music and graduated in 2005.[3] She earned a post graduate diploma from the Royal Academy of Music, where she won the 2010 Stephen Sondheim Student Performer of the Year Award. [2][4]

Personal life

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Young has a daughter, with whom she was pregnant during her productions of Guys and Dolls and Coriolanus.[5]

Theatre Career

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Year Title Role Venue Notes[6]
2013 High Society Liz Imbrie UK Tour [7]
2014 I Can't Sing! The X-Factor Musical Brunhilde, Ensemble London Palladium [8][7]
2015 Anything Goes Erma Sheffield Crucible [9]
2016 Showboat Ellie May Chipley Gillian Lynne Theatre [10]
2017 Promises, Promises Margie Southwark Playhouse [11]
2017 Carousel Carrie London Coliseum [12]
2017 Follies Young Sally National Theatre [13]
2018 Me and My Girl Sally Smith Chichester Festival Theatre [14]
2019 Standing at the Sky's Edge Poppy Sheffield Crucible (March-April 2019) [15]
2019 Guys and Dolls Sarah Brown Sheffield Crucible [16]
2020 Coriolanus Brutus Sheffield Crucible [17]
2021 South Pacific Nellie Forbush Chichester Festival Theatre [18]
2022 She Loves Me Amalia Balash Sheffield Crucible [5]
2022 Anyone Can Whistle Mayoress Cora Hoover Hooper Southwark Playhouse [19]
2022 Into the Woods Baker's Wife Theatre Royal [20]
2022 Standing at the Sky's Edge Poppy Sheffield Crucible (December 2022-January 2023)

National Theatre (February-March 2023)

2024 Stranger Things: The First Shadow Virginia Creel Phoenix Theatre [21]
2025-2026 Operation Mincemeat Ewen Montagu & Others Fortune Theatre [22]

References

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  1. ^ Young, Alex (24 June 2024). "40. Couldn't be happier". Instagram. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  2. ^ a b "Alex Young". West End Theatre. 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. ^ "We Met at King's - Kate and Alex". King's College London. 21 March 2023.
  4. ^ Dunn, Carrie (8 June 2010). "Alex Young Wins Sondheim Student Performer Of The Year". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  5. ^ a b "Interview with Alex Young and Andy Coxon". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  6. ^ "Theatre Credits". Miss Alex Young. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  7. ^ a b Robinson, Julie (2014-03-29). "In Profile with Alex Young". Last Minute Theatre Tickets. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  8. ^ Shenton, Mark (9 December 2013). "Complete Casting Announced for I Can't Sing! at London Palladium". PLAYBILL.
  9. ^ Clapp, Susannah (2014-12-14). "Anything Goes review – Cole's corker rules the waves". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  10. ^ "Review: Showboat @ The Crucible". The State Of The Arts. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  11. ^ Westendwilma (2017-01-18). "REVIEW: PROMISES, PROMISES (Southwark Playhouse) ★★★ - West End Wilma". Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  12. ^ O'Hanlon, Dom (2017-04-25). "Carousel cast Gavin Spokes, Alex Young and Brenda Edwards Interview | LondonTheatre.co.uk". London Theatre. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  13. ^ Felperin, Leslie (2017-09-08). "'Follies': Theater Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  14. ^ Haynes, Natalie (2018-07-10). "Me and My Girl review – understudy triumphs in sparkling musical". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  15. ^ "'The piece doesn't shy away from asking difficult questions': Alex Young on her role in new musical Standing at the Sky's Edge at Sheffield Crucible". Musical Theatre Review. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  16. ^ "Interview With…Alex Young". Love London Love Culture. 2019-11-11. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  17. ^ "Cast Announced for Coriolanus". Sheffield Theatres. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 2025-10-09.
  18. ^ Thomas, Angela (26 May 2021). "Gina Beck and Alex Young to share starring role in Chichester's South Pacific". Musical Theatre Review. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  19. ^ Thomas, Sophie (2022-01-13). "Alex Young to star in Stephen Sondheim's 'Anyone Can Whistle'". London Theatre. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  20. ^ Glenday, Craig (2022-04-12). "Alex Young and Gillian Bevan to join cast of Into The Woods". Sondheim Society. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  21. ^ "Alex Young joins the cast of Stranger Things: The First Shadow". WhatsOnStage. 2024-02-29. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  22. ^ Wood, Alex (2025-05-01). "Alex Young to join Operation Mincemeat in the West End". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 2025-10-08.