Zubin Varla is a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 and singer. He played the role of Judas in the 1996 West End

West End of London

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 revival of Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar

Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...

, alongside Steve Balsamo

Steve Balsamo

Steve Balsamo is a Welsh singer and songwriter, famous for his lead role on the London version of Jesus Christ Superstar during the mid 1990s.-Biography:...

 (Jesus), Joanna Ampil

Joanna Ampil

Joanna Ampil , is a musical theatre actress from the Philippines.Ampil has performed in several West End musicals, including Avenue Q, Miss Saigon, and Jesus Christ Superstar...

 (Mary Magdalene), and David Burt (Pilate). This production was staged at Lyceum Theatre

Lyceum Theatre (London)

The Lyceum Theatre is a 2,000-seat West End theatre located in the City of Westminster, on Wellington Street, just off the Strand. There has been a theatre with this name in the locality since 1765, and the present site opened on 14 July 1834 to a design by Samuel Beazley. The building was unique...

, and was recorded in a full-length CD

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.

Varla was trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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 and has also performed in West End productions of Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac (play)

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and Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar (play)

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. He initiated the role of Saleem in the first written-for-stage production of Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

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at London's Barbican Theatre in 2001-2. He starred as Frederick Trumper in the 2001 Danish Tour of the musical Chess

Chess (musical)

Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;...

, and along with fellow cast members, made the only complete recording of the score, the CD of which is now unavailable. He played Daniel Doyce in the BBC TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit

Little Dorrit

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in October 2008.

In 2009 he starred in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night as Feste

Feste

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 alongside Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi

Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE is an English actor and film director.A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a highly successful stage career, appearing in such stage productions as Hamlet, Uncle Vanya, and Oedipus the King. He received a Tony Award for his performance in...

. In 2010 he appeared in I, Claudius

I, Claudius (radio adaptation)

I, Claudius is a six-part 2010 radio adaptation of the novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God by Robert Graves. Broadcast as part of the Classic Serial strand on BBC Radio 4, it was adapted by Robin Brooks and directed by Jonquil Panting, with music composed by David Pickvance...

as Herod Agrippa.

External links

• Zubin Varla on IMDB