Alex Young (actor)

Alex Young
Young outside the Fortune Theatre in 2025
Born	(1984-06-20) June 20, 1984 (age 41) United Kingdom
Education	King's College London (Bach. of Music) Royal Academy of Music (PGD)
Occupation	Stage actress
Employer	Operation Mincemeat
Children	1

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

Early life and education

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

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

Theatre Career

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

1. Young, Alex (24 June 2024). "40. Couldn't be happier". Instagram. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
2. "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. "Interview with Alex Young and Andy Coxon". Sheffield Theatres. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
6. "Theatre Credits". Miss Alex Young. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
7. 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.