IVAN DE FREITAS

Training: Middlesex University, London Studio Centre. Winner of the Lia Williams Cup for best performance in a musical.

Theatre Includes: Created the role of Willie Lopez in Ghost (Piccadilly/Original UK Tour), Dinero in Sister Act (Palladium), understudy Jose in Never Forget (Savoy), understudy Garcia in Zorro, the Musical (original cast, UK tour), Never Forget (original cast, UK tour and cast DVD), Frank Jnr and Joey in Saturday Night Fever (Asian tour), Travis, Principal and understudy Rev Shaw in Footloose (original West End cast, Novello and Playhouse), Buffalo Bill and Chief Sitting Bull in Annie Get Your Gun (UK tour), Double J, Gus, Fusco and Ceasar in Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria), Bombay Dreams Broadway launch (St James Theatre), Bombay Dreams (Apollo Victoria), understudy the King in The King and I (UK tour), Father in Children of Eden, (Bloomsbury) and Claude in Hair (The Bull). Cabaret includes Zach in Mardi Gras (Ibiza Marquee).

Dance/Creative includes: Assistant Resident Director Ghost (UK Tour) and Fight Co-ordinator on Ghost (West End/UK Tour), Assistant Choreographer to Karen Bruce on Footloose (2008 UK Tour) and Saturday Night Fever (Madrid 2009), choreography consultant on Strictly Come Dancing (2008) and Tango Argumentino with the Flying Gorillas (Riverside Studios and World Tour).