Lewis Bradley

Infobox musical artist
Name = Lewis Bradley
Background = Singer/Actor
Born = birth date and age|1989|6|5
Origin = United Kingdom
Genre = Musical theatre
URL = http://www.lewisbradleyofficial.com/

Lewis Bradley (born June 5 1989 United Kingdom) is a British musical theatre actor, who came third place in the BBC reality talent show "Any Dream Will Do".

He was later chosen by Andrew Lloyd Webber to understudy the part of Joseph.

Early life

Lewis was born in Middlesbrough and lived there with his Mother Aranka Zilli, his brother Nial Bradley and his sister Amelia. He lived there until he was 13 when he travelled to London to attend the Italia Conti Academy of Performing Arts [http://www.lewisbradleyofficial.com/bio.php] with future fellow contestant on "Any Dream Will Do", Ben Ellis.

When he was 11, Lewis Bradley was shortlisted for the film version of Billy Elliot [http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/04_april/08/dream_lee_lewis.shtml] , which he said was the highlight of his career prior to Any Dream Will Do. He has been a member of a boyband and has danced at Disneyland.

He performed in the UK tour of "Chicago and Beyond" as the male lead [http://www.thestage.co.uk/listings/production.php/25630/chicago-and-beyond] ; in Snow White at the Billingham Forum, Hear and Now, Young, Gifted and Back at all Wimbledon Theatre and in Dance Excellence in California.

Any Dream Will Do

Lewis Bradley was a contestant on the BBC reality talent show "Any Dream Will Do", which offered the chance to be the next West End Joseph for the hit musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" by Andrew Lloyd Webber. He was the 10th contestant to leave the series, being knocked out in the final on June 9, 2007.

Despite this, it was later announced that Bradley would play the part of Joseph as understudy [http://ts7.gazettelive.co.uk/2007/08/lewis_bradleys_joseph_dream_co.html] to winner Lee Mead while Mead is on holiday on the dates of 14-26 January, 10-15 March and 5-10 May 2008.

Andrew Lloyd Webber said that Lewis had had "the best journey of anyone on the show".

ongs performed by Lewis Bradley on "Any Dream Will Do"

# "Faith" (George Michael)
# "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" (Elton John)
# "I Saw Her Standing There" (The Beatles)
# "Dancing in the Moonlight" (King Harvest)
# "I'm a Believer" (The Monkees)
# "The Rose" (Westlife)
# "Hero" (Enrique Iglesias)
# "Sweet Caroline" (Neil Diamond)
# "Kiss" (Tom Jones)::"Big Band": "Beyond the Sea" (Bobby Darin)

After Any Dream Will Do

As well as understudying for Lee Mead in Joseph, Lewis also performs on fellow Any Dream Will Do contestant Craig Chalmers debute album "Dream On", which will be released on 11 February 2008.

Lewis also appeared on the television show This Morning, and on Blue Peter with his fellow Joseph finalists, Lee Mead and Keith Jack.

In an interview, when asked about his future career, Lewis said,

Personal life

Lewis lives in a flat in London.

He says his hobbies are horse riding, swimming and driving.

In terms of musical tastes, Lewis says,

References

# http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-4601.html
# http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2007/08/10/lewis-bradley-s-joseph-dream-comes-true-84229-19606461/
# http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/realitytv/a60934/any-dream-will-do-keith-jack-lewis-bradley.html?page=2
# http://www.unrealitytv.co.uk/any-dream-will-do/any-dream-will-do-lewis-bradley-and-ben-ellis-win-dream-roles/
# http://www.londontheatre.co.uk/londontheatre/news/jan08/joseph10jan08.htm
# http://www.show-and-stay.co.uk/theatre-news/jospeh-lewis-bradley.html

External links

* [http://jonsites.co.uk/lewisbradleyofficialcom/ Official website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/joseph/josephs/lewis.shtml BBC 'Any Dream Will Do' profile]
* [http://www.thisistheatre.com/joseph/lewis-bradley.html ThisIsTheatre.com profile]
* [http://www.josephthemusical.com/ Official "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" website]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/joseph/ BBC's "Any Dream Will Do" series website]