Age: 20
From: Redcar
Instagram: @leah_rutherford
Leah grew up watching Mamma Mia! and feels it would be “a full circle moment” to play the role of Sophie on the West End. Explaining further why she wants to play the role of Sophie, Leah said: “I grew up watching Mamma Mia!, my inner child would be screaming! I would also love to play Sophie because she is very far from me as a person and roles that I would usually go for. It would be a challenge that I am totally up for!” Leah noted that her musical theatre journey “has been fun but tough”. She said: “I started out at a local dance school, I was there for a while but it eventually got really expensive, so my mum took me out. However, not long after that we managed to find an affordable Performing Arts Group and I attended every week for a few years. “I then went to college to study performing arts and I met some of my best friends and we are now at university together.”
