Amara Okereke is In The Frame!Amara is playing She in Echo by Susan Eve Haar at the King's Head Theatre. Following runs in Edinburgh and New York, Echo has opened in London directed by Abigail Zealey Bess. The psychological thriller delves into the ethics of reproductive technology, the performance of intimacy and the terrifying beauty of being made.Amara made her West End debut as Cassie in 13 The Musical. She went on to train at Arts Ed and then won Best Actress in a Musical at the 2018 Stage Debut Awards for her adult West End debut as Cosette in Les Misérables.Amara’s other theatre credits include&nbsp;Laurie in&nbsp;Oklahoma!&nbsp;(Chichester Festival Theatre),&nbsp;Polly in&nbsp;The Boyfriend&nbsp;(Menier Chocolate Factory) and Wendla in&nbsp;Spring Awakening&nbsp;(Almeida). Amara starred as Eliza Dootlittle in the West End revival of My Fair Lady (London Colesium). She has made West End history twice as the first black actress to play both Cosette and Eliza Doolittle.More recently Amara played Stella in A&nbsp;Streetcar Named Desire&nbsp;(Sheffield Crucible). Her film and television credits include The Morning After&nbsp;(Amazon), Red Rose&nbsp;(BBC/Netflix),&nbsp;The&nbsp;Choral&nbsp;(Sony) and&nbsp;In The Lost Lands&nbsp;(Constantin Films).In this episode Amara speaks about the whirlwind process of Echo and why she’s loving "weirding people out"! She also delves into her incredible career, discussing some of the major roles she has played, life as a soprano and making history as the first black Cosette and Eliza Dootlittle.Echo runs at the Kings Head Theatre until Sunday 17th&nbsp;August. Visit <a href="https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/echo-q15t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.kingsheadtheatre.com</a> for info and tickets. This podcast is hosted by Andrew Tomlins&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/andrewtomlins32/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AndrewTomlins32</a>&nbsp;Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westendframe.co.uk Visit <a href="https://westendframe.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">westendframe.co.uk</a> for more info about our podcasts.&nbsp;<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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