Our Cast
JOE PASQUALE
Comedian Joe Pasquale has continued to delight audiences with his live stand-up tours for over 20 years. Along the way he’s voiced characters for Hollywood movies Garfield: A Tale of Two Kittens; Horton Hears A Who! Children’s television animation, Frankenstein’s Cat and starred in The Muppets’ 25th Anniversary show.
Joe made his theatrical debut in 1999 in Larry Shue’s The Nerd which prompted Time Out to describe his performance as “rib-shatteringly funny” and went on to appear in the touring productions of Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead in 2004; Mel Brooks’ The Producers in 2007; The Wizard of Oz in 2010, Doctor in the House with Robert Powell in 2012; Ha Ha Holmes – The Hound Of The Baskervilles in 2013 and more recently (2013-2015) in the West End and touring production of Spamalot in the starring role of ‘King Arthur’. In 2018 Joe starred in the lead role of 'Frank Spencer' in the production of Some Mother Do ‘Ave ‘Em and is looking forward to reprising this role in 2021.
Added to this Joe was crowned King of the Jungle in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here in 2004; starred in ITV’s Dancing on Ice in 2013; dangled from the ceiling of the London Palladium(!) in 2016 and 2017 for ITV’s Live From the Palladium; taken part in ITV’s Sugar Free Farm; has appeared on 5 Royal Variety Performances and has become a mainstay of the British Pantomime season with sold out performances each and every Christmas!
Since winning I’m A Celebrity, time has not stood still for Joe, one of the hardest working and top-selling live comedians in British comedy today. Joe followed his I’m A Celebrity win by hosting his own ITV special An Audience with Joe Pasquale, which enjoyed ratings in excess of 9 million viewers! Joe also went on to host the long-running television series The Price Is Right for ITV and at various times guest hosted the Paul O’Grady Show for Channel 4.
Having recently qualified as a pilot and taken up boxing and running, Joe has continued to enhance his ‘action man’ credentials by competing in a celebrity edition of Total Wipeout against the likes of Fatima Whitbread and Sally Gunnell; attempted to smash the ‘most amount of martial arts throws in a minute on Guinness World Records Smashed; spent time in a Costa Rican prison for Virgin One’s The Prisoner X documentary season and was shipped off to the jungles of Guyana for the Discovery Channel’s Alone in the Wild series, where he survived alone with a camera, in the depths of the rainforest for 5 days!
And when he finds the time, Joe is continuing to study for his Open University Degree in Geo Sciences!
SARAH EARNSHAW
Sarah trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts graduating with a First in Musical Theatre.
Most recently she has played Betty Spencer in the stage adaptation of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em on National Tour, Claire Sutton in Yes Prime Minister for Theatre Clywd, Jane in The Argument alongside Felicity Kendal for Theatre Royal Bath and Connie in The Nightingales opposite Ruth Jones also for Theatre Royal Bath and on National Tour.
She made her West End debut in the Original London Cast of Wicked at the Apollo Victoria going on to be Alternate 'Glinda'. She played 'The Lady of The Lake' in Spamalot in the West End at The Playhouse Theatre and also on the National Tour, 'The Ghost of Christmas Past' in Scrooge opposite Tommy Steele at The London Palladium, Jennifer Lore in the original cast of Nativity! The Musical at The Eventim Apollo, Birmingham Rep and on National tour, 'Emma Carew' in Jekyll and Hyde (National Tour), 'Audrey' in Little Shop of Horrors (Aberystwyth Arts Centre), Travels with my Aunt (Chichester), Alice in Wonderland (West Yorkshire Playhouse), 'Daisy' in The A-Z of Mrs P (Southwark Playhouse), 'Sam' in Payback (Riverside Studios), Lead Singer in You Won’t Succeed On Broadway (The Other Palace), Mother in 5 children and It (Tristan Bates Theatre) 'Amanda' in After The Turn (Courtyard) and 'Kate' in the one woman show Heart Of Winter (Tristan Bates Theatre). In pantomime Sarah has played 'Fairy' in Jack and the Beanstalk (Sheffield Lyceum and Nottingham Theatre Royal) and 'Scheherazade' in Aladdin (Milton Keynes Theatre and Southampton Mayflower)
She has appeared on The Royal Variety Performance, Children in Need, Blue Peter and played 'Maggie Winters' in Casualty. Workshops of new shows include: 'Doreen Slater' in The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (for Leicester Curve/Northampton Derngate) 'Bella Spellgrove' in Sherlock Holmes (Morphic Graffiti), Travels with My Aunt (Chichester) 'Jennifer Lore' in Nativity! (Birmingham Rep), 'Young Dusty Springfield' in Dusty, 'Connie' in The Nightingales, 'Betty' in Some Mothers Do Ave ‘Em, 'Tiffany' in Twerking for Jesus and 'Mags' in Only the Brave.
Concerts in the West End include: Divas Sing Scott Alan (Arts Theatre), Mercury Music Gala (Novello), A Little Less Ordinary (Apollo), 80th birthday Gala (Apollo Victoria), also, Stars on Parade (Glasgow Royal Concert Hall), A Night on Broadway (Manouel Theatre, Malta) and West End Stars in Concert.
Sarah features on the following musical theatre albums: Acoustic Overtures, Unwritten Songs, The Music Box, The A-Z of Mrs P, Love, Lies and Lyrics and as 'Jennifer Lore' on the original cast recording of Nativity! the Musical.
She is patron of The Welsh Musical Theatre Orchestra with whom she also sings.