Noel Sullivan

Noel Sullivan (born 28 July 1980 in Cardiff, Wales), is a Welsh singer and actor. He was a member of the British pop group Hear'Say. Like the other members of the group, he won his part through the talent show Popstars.

Early life and career

Noel Sullivan was born in Cardiff, Wales. He grew up having trained as a chorister and came from a strong choral background. Having understudied for the Welsh National Opera in Debussys Pelléas et Mélisande Sullivan established a love for Theatre. He performed with many choirs before finishing his A levels and touring the U.S with The Black Mountain Male Chorus of Wales when he was 18 as a musical theatre soloist. Sullivan then spent 2 years working in Ibiza for Laser entertainments, as a singer and a puppeteer with a black light theatre of prague style show. At this time Sullivan also worked as a videographer at a Spanish diving centre.

Sullivan first rose to fame in 2001, after his appearance as an aspiring pop singer in the first series of the reality television documentary Popstars, which aired on the British television channel ITV1. After impressing the judges of the series (which included Nigel Lythgoe and Nicki Chapman), Sullivan was selected as a founder member of the pop group Hear'say, alongside Danny Foster, Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh and Suzanne Shaw.

After the formation of the group on TV, Sullivan gave up his part time job as a waiter to move to London. Hear'say went on to enjoy huge international success, selling nearly three million records worldwide. The group's debut single "Pure and Simple" became the fastest selling number one single of the UK Singles Chart at the time. The group also released another UK number one single and a number one album, as well as performing a sell out arena tour across the UK and Ireland. The group disbanded 18 months later after 4 singles and 2 album releases.

After the split of Hear'say, Sullivan refocused his career to his initial passion, musical theatre, appearing in high-profile of productions such as Fame, Love Shack and What A Feeling and performed at the Royal Gala opening of the Wales Millennium Centre.In 2003 Noel appeared in Grease as Danny opposite Claire Buckfield as Sandy at The Jersey Opera House.^[1] In 2006 Sullivan moved to the U.S for 18 months, working in Las Vegas hosting Simply Ballroom and then moving to Reno and Branson as part of The Twelve Irish Tenors. Starting in July 2008, Sullivan played the lead role in the world premier production ofFlashdance. From November 2009, Noel Sullivan starred in the West End production of Grease as the male lead, Danny Zuko.^[2]

Sullivan made a cameo appearance in Gavin & Stacey broadcast on BBC1 on Friday 1 January 2010.

Sullivan has also occasionally guest-presented on Capital radio Cardiff, as well as performing with his Funk, Soul band in London.

Sullivan is also a keen songwriter and is currently working on his debut album.

Recent career

Noel Sullivan sang with Jessica Cervi and Sarah O'Connor in the final of RTÉ One's Fame: The Musical in Dublin on Sunday 13 June 2010.^[3]

Sullivan is currently playing the lead role of Gallileo Figaro in the 2011 UK tour of We Will Rock You.

References

1. ^ www.blackpoolgrand.co.uk/media/6791_biogs.pdf
2. ^ http://www.greasethemusical.co.uk/whos_who/cast/noel_sullivan.php
3. ^ Murphy, Claire (12 June 2010). "Final showdown on road to Fame". Evening Herald. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/final-showdown-on-road-to-fame-2218359.html. Retrieved 13 June 2010. 

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