Person Biography:
Lala Barlow is a talented performer, writer, and multi-hyphenate based in London and originally from Melbourne, Australia. She has been active in the entertainment industry since 2016, with a career spanning across various mediums, including theatre, cabaret, live performance, and film.
Early Life and Education:
Lala trained at Federation University (formerly BAPA) and Monash University in Melbourne, where she honed her skills in performance and the arts.
Career Highlights:
* Lala is best known for her comedic character roles and crossover into theatre, cabaret, and live performance.
* She appeared as pop sensation 'Katy Perry' on the hilarious ABC satiric comedy GET KRACK!N starring Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney (2019).
* She will appear as Student 3 in the thriller short film The Riddle (2019) directed by Yael Ella and as Rhonda in Mating Season (2019).
* Lala is soon to be seen playing the exotic role of Rosina in Bardo (2019) produced by Feature One Productions and Directed by Ben O'Connor.
* She wrote and co-performs musical comedy cabaret The Worst Little Warehouse in London, which received five-star reviews and was nominated for Musical Theatre Review's 'Best Musical' Award and 'Favourite Cabaret' at the BroadwayWorld Edinburgh Fringe Festival Awards.
* Lala won the 2019 Adelaide Fringe Weekly Award for Best Cabaret and will be taking the show to London in May 2019 and on a UK tour.
* She has also represented Heineken (2017) and appeared in the Music Video EP 'Over it by Now' for Norfolk-based pop rock band, the Young States (2017).
* Short Films include Wizard by Lewis Jones (2017),The Driver by Gabriel Cunningham (2017),and The Stroke (2017),written and directed by Morgane Polanski and produced by Incognita Films.
Theatre Credits:
* Lala appeared as the Bearded Lady in the highly acclaimed UK Premiere of Side Show at the Southwark Playhouse starring Wicked's Louise Dearman and Olivier Award Nominee Laura Pitt-Pulford.
* She appeared as Dolly Tate in Annie Get Your Gun at the New Union Theatre in Southwark, directed by Kirk Jameson and choreographed by Ste Clough.
* Lala originated the role of Natalie in the Workshop season of A Kind of Love (now Tainted) at the White Bear Theatre in London; Music and Lyrics by Marc Almond and directed by Bryan Hodgson.
* She played the role of Mrs Ortranto in the Workshop showing of Island at the Phoenix Artists Club and toured regional England as Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk, directed by Christian Durham.
Prior to moving to London, Lala joined the cast of Terror Byte at the iconic Melbourne Cabaret institution Draculas as their comedienne and charismatic leading lady Androgyny. She toured regional Victoria in 2015, playing the dynamic lead of Sheila in Hair, and played the role of Jeanie in their highly acclaimed Melbourne season at Chapel off Chapel.
Other credits include performing as Pink in The Pink Show, Janet in tribute show The Rocking Horror Show, and appearing at the Mackay Burlesque Festival and Dirty Martini's as the comedic and quirky Harajuku-inspired Lady Lala.
In addition to her career as a performer, Lala is also a sought-after Choreographer, Musical Director, and Vocal Coach, teaching at Arts Educational Schools, The Urdang Academy, and READ College in London, and St Michaels Grammar School in Melbourne. She Musically Directed the 2016 Green Room Award-Nominated Tick Tick Boom! which premiered at The Loft at Chapel off Chapel; produced by Pursued by Bear and directed by Paul Watson.
