In October 2017, Stephanie Wriggleworth, 16, from Enfield, auditioned for national musical theatre singing competition West End Calling.

After being judged by West End stars she was selected to go through to the next round performing at the Tristan Bates Theatre, Leicester Square, to a sold out audience.

On February 25 she performed at the Stockwell Playhouse in the semi-final and was chosen to go through to the grand final which will be on the May 27 at Andrew Lloyd Webber’s newest theatre, the Other Palace.

She sang A Part Of That from The Last Five Years and was one of only 12 contestants, all aged between eight and 21, to be handpicked by judges who include Scott Paige (Made In Dagenham, Eugenius, The Addam’s Family), Daniel Buckley (The Book Of Mormon, Eugenius, Loserville) and Emily Tierney (Wicked, The Wizard Of Oz, Ghost the Musical).

Stephanie says: “My West End Calling audition was actually my first ever audition, so I was extremely nervous. Despite this, the process has been so friendly and welcoming that I’m really happy this has been my first experience in this field.

“I am very nervous for the final as I am not experienced in musical theatre at all, but at the same time, I can’t wait to get on the stage and perform.”

West End Calling is a nationwide musical theatre singing competition for young performers and which auditions all over the UK. Contestants audition and receive feedback from a variety of different West End stars during the process of the competition. It begins, with a private audition followed by two public performances leading up to the Grand Final. The competition has produced our final 24 out of hundreds of hopefuls that applied and will be split into two parts – the Junior final (nine to 15) and the senior final (16 to 21) – performing in front of an audience made up of industry professionals, agents, casting directors and the public.