Introducing... The Nicest Kids In Town
Corny Collins
Played by: PAUL MANUELWest End Theatre: ‘Enjolras’ in Les Miserables (Palace Theatre, London); ‘Tony’ in West Side Story (Prince of Wales, London); ‘Kenickie’ in Grease (Cambridge and Dominion Theatre, London); ‘Nanki Poo’ in Hot Mikado (Queens Theatre, London) and Smokey Joe’s Café (Prince of Wales, London).
Theatre includes: ‘Nicholas’ in Nicholas Nickelby; ‘Les’ in East; ‘Ralph’ in Bouncers and ‘Romeo’ in Romeo and Juliet (Chapter Gardens, Windsor Castle).
Regional Theatre includes: ‘Zoltan Kaparthy’ in Simon Callow’s My Fair Lady (National Tour); ‘Tony’ in West Side Story (Leicester Haymarket) and ‘Danny’ in Grease (UK and Scandinavian Tours).
Television: ‘Mike’ in Pilgrim’s Rest and ‘Rodney’ in A Date With… (Kudos Productions).
Recordings include: West Side Story; Hot Mikado; Grease; Singin’ in the Rain; Godspell; My Fair Lady; Kiss Me Kate and The Rocky Horror Show.
Paul lives in Surrey with his sons Joe and Benny and his wife Ali, with whom he also runs the part-time theatre school Stagecoach Kingston for 6-16 year olds.
