West End Professional, Colin Charles (Cats, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Children of Eden), takes us through his key advice on being successful in the industry!

About Colin Charles
Colin Charles was trained at the Ballet Rambert School in Twickenham. Since leaving he has performed in various productions for English National Opera as an Actor/Dancer in the productions of Orpheus in the Underworld, Faust, Don Carlos, and Aida.

His first West End musical was Cats, in which he performed the roles of Coricopat and Mr Mistofolees. As a soloist dancer/singer he has performed with Wayne Sleep and his company on tour and at London's Dominion Theatre.

Other West end credits include King at the Piccadilly Theatre and Children of Eden at the Prince Edward Theatre. He played the principal role of Four-Eyed Moe in Five Guys Named Moe at the Lyric Theatre; Judah in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat opposite Jason Donavon and Philip Schofield at the London Palladium; The role of T Bone and understudy to the part of Joe in Carmen Jones - The Musical; The principal role of John in Miss Saigon at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The role of Steven in Seeing the Light at the Roundhouse, Camden and the role of Tyrone in the production of Fame touring Scotland