Gleanne Purcell-Brown

Gleanne Purcell-Brown will next play Mrs Cratchit in A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic.

Her recent credits include two productions nominated for the 2026 Olivier Award for Best New Musical: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, in which she played Kate/Betsy at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and the UK premiere of Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

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Gleanne Purcell-Brown will next play Mrs Cratchit in A Christmas Carol at The Old Vic.

Her recent credits include two productions nominated for the 2026 Olivier Award for Best New Musical: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, in which she played Kate/Betsy at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, and the UK premiere of Shucked at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.

Further theatre credits include Saving Mozart (The Other Palace); The Book Thief in Concert (Prince Edward Theatre); Play On! (Lyric Hammersmith & UK Tour); Pippin: 50th Anniversary Concert (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); The Big Life(Stratford East); Lily in The Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (Bolton Octagon, Theatre by the Lake & Stephen Joseph Theatre); Peggy in Playboy of the West Indies (Birmingham Rep); She Loves Me (Sheffield Crucible); Curtains (West End & UK Tour); The Producers (Royal Exchange); and Spamalot (UK & International Tour).

On screen, Gleanne appears in Living.

Training: The Urdang Academy.

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