Rachel Barrell

Rachel Barrell (born 1980) is a British stage performer and singer known best for playing Christine, the female lead in the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, from September 2004 until October 2006.^[1][2][3][4] She played the role opposite long-running London Phantoms, John Owen-Jones,^[1] and Earl Carpenter. She also performed for the show's 18th and 20th anniversaries.^[3][4]

In February 2007 she played young Sally in a special charity performance of Follies. Rachel has also previously performed in the musicals Thoroughly Modern Millie,^[5] Beauty and the Beast,^[6] and Sweeney Todd.^[7] She also runs a dance school in Hertfordshire.

She currently runs a youth theatre company in Hertfordshire called “spotlight”, along with her husband.