Alice Fearn

Alice Fearn (born 23 October 1983) is a British stage actress. She is best known for playing captain Beverley Bass in Come from Away and Elphaba in Wicked in London's West End.

Early life and education
Fearn was born in Bath, where she lived until age 4. Her family then moved to a small village in Cumbria called Caldbeck, where she lived until moving to London to study drama in 2002.

In Cumbria, she studied at Austin Friars School in Carlisle, her favourite subject being music. She played different instruments, settling on piano, harp and singing.

She trained at the Mountview Theatre School in London, graduating in 2005.

Theatre
Fearn started her career onstage in 2004 as an understudy for the character of Laura in The Woman in White (Palace Theatre, London). After this, she understudied Cosette and Fantine in Les Misérables (Queen's Theatre, London), as well as playing one of the Factory Girls.

Fearn performed as Rapunzel in the version of Into the Woods at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre in London for the summer season of 2010, alongside Hannah Waddingham (Witch), Michael Xavier (Big Bad Wolf / Cinderella's Prince), Jenna Russell (Baker's Wife), Helen Dallimore (Cinderella) and Beverly Rudd (Little Red Riding Hood).

She was part of the original UK cast of Shrek The Musical in 2011 in the role of Gingy / Sugar Plum Fairy and understudying and playing the role of Princess Fiona in various performances.

In 2017, she made her debut in the musical Wicked as Elphaba opposite Sophie Evans as Glinda and stayed in the role until July 2019. Prior to this she was a standby for the role from September 2016 until July 2017.

Most recently Fearn has played the role of captain Beverley Bass in Come from Away, taking over from Rachel Tucker, at the Phoenix Theatre in London, until the show closed in January 2023. On 6 February 2023 she performed 'Me and the Sky' at Leicester's Curve Theatre to announce the launch of the UK tour of the show, starting from the venue on 1 March 2024.

On 16 April 2023, Fearn joined a star-studded cast for the concert version of Mad Hatter the Musical at the Place des Arts, Symphony Hall in Montreal in the role of Marybeth, the Mad Hatter's Wife. Fellow cast members included: Brittney Johnson, as the Queen of Hearts and Ra'ed Saade, Netflix star of My Unorthodox Life, as Barry.

She starred in the original musical Then, Now and Next at the Southwark Playhouse - Borough (London), directed by Julie Atherton and written by Christopher J Orton and Jon Robyns, from June until July 2023. The show follows Alex over the course of twenty years and through two loves, Stephen and Peter, played by Joaquin Pedro Valdes and Peter Hannah respectively.

In September 2023 it was announced that Fearn will join the cast of Diana the musical as Camilla Parker Bowles, alongside Kerry Ellis as Lady Di and Maiya Quensah Breed as young Diana Spencer. The UK premiere concert version of the show played at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith on 4 December 2023.

A new production of Dear Evan Hansen, co-produced by Ambassador Theatre Group Productions and Nottingham Playhouse was announced in 2024. The show would open in Nottingham ahead of a UK tour and open-call casting was launched in collaboration with TikTok. In June 2024 it was revealed that Fearn will be playing Heidi Hansen, Evan's mum.

Music
Fearn released the album Where I've Been...Where I'm Going in 2016.

Track list:


 * Big Time
 * What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
 * Sorry I Asked
 * Time Stops (feat. Oliver Tompsett)
 * They Just Keep Moving The Line
 * I'm A Woman (feat. Emma Lindars)
 * I'm Here
 * Being Alive
 * Where Am I Going?
 * That's How I Say Goodbye
 * Bonus Track: She Used To Be Mine – Live at the St James Studio

Personal life
Fearn married fellow actor Gavin Alex Wood in 2019.

Awards
Fearn won the West End Wilma Award for Best Understudy as Elphaba in Wicked in 2017.