1. John Owen-Jones was educated at Glan-y-Mor Comprehensive School, and was a member of the still running local theatre group, Llanelli Youth Theatre.
23 Facts About John Owen-Jones
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John Owen-Jones graduated in 1994 with a BA in Acting.
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John Owen-Jones has been married since 1999 to Teresa, a primary school teacher.
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John Owen-Jones had previously understudied the role, and had performed the roles of the Factory Foreman, Feuilly, Grantaire and Enjolras.
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John Owen-Jones appeared in the choir of the 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1995.
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John Owen-Jones played roles in The Pirates of Penzance and Much Ado About Nothing.
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John Owen-Jones left the role on 26 February 2005, after three and a half years and nearly 1,400 performances, making him the longest running London Phantom.
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John Owen-Jones reprised the role of Jean Valjean in Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre in London, beginning 27 June 2005.
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John Owen-Jones took a month off in May 2006, during which time he played the role of Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat, the first fully staged musical performed at the Royal Albert Hall, which played for a limited season between 10 and 25 June 2006.
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John Owen-Jones then returned to Miserables in the West End until his contract expired on 6 October 2007.
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John Owen-Jones began performances on 23 October 2007 and returned in January 2008 when the show finished its Broadway run.
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John Owen-Jones performed the role of the Phantom in London , as of 1 November 2010 and continued his run until 10 December 2011.
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From March 2012, John Owen-Jones played the title role in the show's 25th Anniversary UK tour opposite Katie Hall.
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On 16 December 2010, John Owen-Jones appeared in the Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium as part of the 'Valjean Quartet' alongside Alfie Boe, Colm Wilkinson and Simon Bowman.
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John Owen-Jones performed it, along with The Music of the Night, with Karimloo, Colm Wilkinson, Peter Joback and Anthony Warlow, at the 25th anniversary production The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall in October 2011.
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John Owen-Jones sang at the 25th anniversary gala of New York's production of the show with Ramin Karimloo, Hugh Panaro, and Peter Joback, the last of whom went on to reprise the role on Broadway for a short time.
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John Owen-Jones toured the UK with the Earl Carpenter production of The Three Phantoms, the highlight of which is a trio performance of 'Music of the Night'.
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Shortly after, John Owen-Jones returned to Broadway to reprise the role of Valjean in the production's closing cast.
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On his return from Broadway, John Owen-Jones appeared in a concert version of The Hired Man at Cadogan Hall.
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John Owen-Jones sang the song "Bring Him Home" from the musical Les Miserables.
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In late 2006, John Owen-Jones released his first solo CD, a five-track EP entitled Hallelujah.
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John Owen-Jones released a self-titled album in 2006 with tracks from Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, and a trio with Michael Ball and Bryn Terfel.
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In 2015, John Owen-Jones released the album Rise; with tracks from musicals and known hymns, the album includes some Welsh language songs, followed by Rise in 2015 and Bring Him Home in 2016.