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Helen trained in musical theatre at Mountview Academy after gaining a 1st Class
degree in Performing Arts at Middlesex University. Helen was also a member of the
National Youth Music Theatre, playing lead roles in Whistle Down the Wind (Sadler’s
Wells; West Yorkshire Playhouse; Riverside Studios) and the Raven in Pendragon (Broadway,
New York). However, her professional début took her back to her homeland, the Isle
of Man, playing the role of Carmen in FAME at the Gaiety Theatre.
Helen’s theatre credits include Joanna in Sunset Boulevard (West End and Watermill
Theatre), Miranda in The Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (national tour), The Nurse in
Oh! What A Lovely War (Bolton Octagon), Jane in Salad Days (Greenwich Theatre, Devonshire
Park Theatre), Pitti-Sing in Hot Mikado (Watermill Theatre), the title role in Peter
Pan (Billingham Forum), The Evil Enchantress in Beauty and the Beast (Darwen Library
Theatre), Gloria in Brassed Off (Oldham Coliseum), Jane in Salad Days (50th anniversary
tour), Dorothy in Wizard of Oz (tour), title role in Cinderella (Georgian Theatre
Royal, Richmond), Bridie in an extract from Masquerade (International Playwriting
Festival, Croydon Warehouse Theatre) and she created the role of Miss Davis in the
Glenn Miller musical American Patrol (Mayflower Theatre). Helen also appeared in
the BBC drama Capturing Mary.
Helen’s concert work includes soloist with The Sopranos Live (European and UK tours),
Helen Power in Concert… A Musical Journey (Erin Arts Centre), Snappy Title (Pigalle Club),
Readiness Is All (Cochrane Theatre), and the Singalong season at the Theatre Museum, Covent Garden.
As a soloist for the highly acclaimed Incognito Artists, she has performed all over the world and, in the UK,
recorded and performed with the Paul Bullen Band.
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