JEREMY LEGAT

Current & forthcoming appearances

Jeremy is currently aboard Cunard's Queen Mary 2 playing Hamlet. He and five other RADA graduates are peforming an abridged version of William Shakespeare's famous play for passengers onboard. They are also performing an abridged version of The Canterbury Tales, as well as running workshops and poetry readings.

On Sunday 24th October at 4.00pm at the Freedom Bar on Wardour Street, Jeremy will be appearing in "Sondheim in Reverse", a brand new and unique showcase of one of the world's greatest Musical Theatre composer/lyricist's works in a brand new light.

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Past appearances

On Sunday 19th September "Snappy Title 3: Dream A Little Dream" took place at the Cochrane Theatre. Jeremy's third appearance in this series.
Click here for an interview with Jeremy.

On Thursday 12th August at 11.00pm, Jeremy took part in "Homemade Fusion", a concert of the songs of Kooman and Dimond at the Ambassadors Theatre. With Patina Miller, Daniel Boys, Lucy May Barker, Chloe Hart, Andrew Kober, Hannah Shankman and Matt Shingledecker.
More information at http://www.christopherdclegg.com.

Jeremy took part in From Stage to Screen at Lincoln Castle on Saturday 31st July. An evening of West End stars singing your favourite songs from the shows.

Jeremy took the part of Aramis in The Three Musketeers at Lincoln Castle on Saturday 24th July, Wednesday 28th July, and Sunday 1st August.

On Friday 21st May, Jeremy appeared in a musical revue at the V&A Museum in South Kensington. Entitled 'Fashion Show', the revue took inspiration from the glamour of the Grace Kelly: Style Icon exhibition currently showing at the V&A.










On Sunday 25th April, Jeremy appeared in "A Night In Wonderland" in The Dome Room of the Hotel du Vin, in Brighton.

"A Night In Wonderland" is an intimate evening devoted to the passion of musical theatre, jazz and swing and the love of the good old days when cabaret/jazz bars were the place to go to.

Click here for full details, including a rehearsal video.
Click here for the Wonderland promotion video.

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Jeremy played the part of Anthony Darwin in a film made by Dragonfly Productions for BBC4 about John Darwin, the 'Canoe Man', and the events surrounding his disappearance and subsequent attempted insurance fraud.

The film was shown on BBC4 on 31st March 2010.

A still from the film that appeared in The Meath Chronicle.ie

Jeremy Legat as Anthony Darwin, Saskia Reeves
as Anne Darwin and Philip Correia as Mark Darwin
search the beach after their father John supposedly
disappeared in the remarkable true story of John
and Anne Darwin in 'Canoe Man'.

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Jeremy appeared in 'Snappy Title: From The Heart' at The Pigalle Club, Piccadilly on Sunday 21st February

On Sunday 20th September Jeremy appeared in Snappy Title at
The Pigalle Club in Piccadilly, London.
Click here to see the report written by the producer

Jeremy at The Pigalle Club

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From Monday June 9th 2008 to Saturday 9th May 2009, Jeremy played the part of "Boq" in "Wicked" at the Apollo Victoria.

More about Jeremy in Wicked

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Jeremy took the part of Christopher Whitehouse in " Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story", with Julie Walters and Alun Armstrong, on Wednesday 28th May 2008 on BBC2.

Jeremy as Christopher Whitehouse

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In February 2008, Jeremy reprised the role of Cupid in angels in the architecture's new production of Dido - Queen of Carthage, by Christopher Marlowe, at Kensington Palace. Jeremy was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in the 2006 production. Click here for more information (and then click "events"). Read the review in "The Stage" Read the review in "The Daily Telegraph"

Sarah Thom (Dido) and Jeremy Legat in Dido Queen Of Carthage at Kensington Palace London Photo: Tristram Kenton

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From November 2007 to January 2008, Jeremy played the part of John Darling at Birmingham Rep in a new production of Peter Pan.

Flying in Birmingham. Photo by Robert Day

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Television viewers in Poland will have been enjoying a commercial for a mobile phone company called "Play", in which Jeremy starred.

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In Spring 2007 Jeremy was 'hustled' in an episode of 'Hustle', shown on BBC1.

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Television viewers in Germany have the chance to catch Jeremy (sans swimming trunks) for another year in the DKV insurance advertisement. This campaign has now been running for over four years.

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From December 2006 to January 2007, Jeremy played the part of Kay as part of a seven strong ensemble in 'The Snow Queen' at The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton.

Photo by Sebastian Petit

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Jeremy played the part of Cupid in angels in the architecture's production of Dido - Queen of Carthage, by Christopher Marlowe, at the House of St Barnabas, Greek Street, London W1, from Wednesday 31st May to Saturday 24th June, and from Tuesday 4th to Friday 7th July 2006. Jeremy was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for his performance in this production.

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On Tuesday 28th February 2006, on BBC1, Jeremy took a leading role in the final episode of a major new series for the BBC. Across seven episodes, "Surviving Disaster" recounted seven different stories of survival in the words of the survivors. Jeremy played Magnus Lindström in "The Sinking Of The Estonia", an hour-long docudrama depicting the last voyage of the EstLine passenger ferry that sank in the Baltic Sea on September 28, 1994. Magnus, travelling with his parents and girlfriend, was one of 137 who were rescued from the sea that night. The disaster claimed in total some 852 lives.

Waiting to be saved! on set between takes in Poland filming "The Sinking Of The Estonia" photo by Eric Madsen.

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In December 2005 Jeremy appeared in the Soho Theatre / Warwick Arts Centre production of "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Book" at the Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry. Jeremy played the part of Herb in this show based on the children's picture book of the same name by Lauren Child, in which Herb falls into his book of fairy tales and becomes the star of the stories.

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In October / November 2005 Jeremy appeared in the role of Jamie in Jonathan Harvey's urban fairytale, "Beautiful Thing" for the Leicester Haymarket Theatre. Set against the colourful background of the Thamesmead estate in South London, "Beautiful Thing" is Jamie and Ste's coming of age tale, as they find each other amidst the highs and lows of being teenagers.

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In October 2005 Jeremy appeared in the ITV series "Mike Bassett: Manager", playing Jason Bassett. The six-part comedy continued the story from the 2001 feature film, "Mike Bassett: England Manager" featuring Ricky Tomlinson & Amanda Redman, who reprised their roles.

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Early in 2005, Jeremy was seen advertising the Sunday Times on UK commercial TV channels.

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In October 2004, Jeremy played the challenging role of Moritz in a workshop production of Frank Wedekind's "Spring Awakening" for the Young Vic and Jerwood Foundation.

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In August 2004, Adam Rapp's new American play, "Gompers" received its UK premiere at the Arcola Theatre in Hackney, directed by Roisin McBrinn. Jeremy played the wheeler-dealing White Steve, a sharp-tongued homeless boy, who actually wants nothing more than to feel loved by his estranged mother. Read Michael Billington's review of Gompers from the Guardian. Read Paul Taylor's review of Gompers from the Independent.

From September 2001 - July 2004,
Jeremy trained at




Jeremy can be contacted via his agent:
Jeanette Hunter
Shepherd Management
45 Maddox Street
London W1S 2PE

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