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MEET THE LONDON CAST OF SHOOTING STAR!

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Divina de Campo (she/her)

mr. SUE

Divina de Campo is a seasoned British drag queen, and singer crowned runner-up on the first series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK. In addition to her Drag Race fame, Divina has made waves with a UK Top 40 single as part of the girl group The Frock Destroyers. Known for her high soprano and four-octave range, she has also been featured on ITV’s The Voice and the BBC’s All Together Now. 

Since Drag Race, Divina has started in musicals, pantos and plays up and down the country, including Chicago, SpongeBob The Musical and won best performer in a musical at the National Theatre Awards for her performance in Hedwig and The Angry Inch.  

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Jonny Woo (He/Him)

James Grant

Jonny Woo has been making solo and group shows since 2000 including A Night Of A Thousand Jay AstonsInternational Woman of Mister E, The Wild Side / Transformer (as Lou Reed) and Stark Dallas Naked all at Soho Theatre.

He hosted the notorious Gay Bingo between 2004 - 2014. He wrote and starred in All Star Brexit Cabaret with Richard Thomas (Ed Fringe, Soho Theatre,  London Coliseum).

 

Most recently he played Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra at his venue The Divine. He is writing a play Silvertown about gay life in 1960's Docklands and is presenting his newest solo show Suburbia in 2025 followed by The Un-Royal Variety with Soho Theatre Walthamstow.

 

He works in clubs and cabaret in London and internationally and champions emerging queer artists through his venue The Divine. 

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Conor O'Cuinn (he/him)

Taylor Trent

Conor O’Cuinn is an actor, writer, director, and theatre-maker born and based in London. He trained at LAMDA and studied at The University of Edinburgh. Recent credits include: Looking for fun? (King’s Head Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe), Battle Over Britain (Tin Hat Productions/Amazon Prime), Dead Cat Strategy (RTS Scotland Award), Company (Edinburgh Fringe). 

Directing credits include: Mother Clap’s Molly House, Albion (Bedlam Theatre); as Associate Director: Ascension (Edinburgh Fringe).

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Alex White (he/him)

Jesse Apollo / Dance Captain

Alex is an actor-musician and singer-songwriter trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and could most recently be seen performing in The Choir of Man and Navarre at the Camden Fringe. In addition to performing in musicals, Alex has also been a production musician, songwriter, MD, composer, and voice actor. Alex is very excited to be part of the original UK cast of this fantastic new musical. Other credits include: Robin Hood in Marian and Robin Hood (Barn Theatre), Jesus in Godspell (Ye Olde Rose and Crown), and Claudio in Much Ado About Nothing (Tour).

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Mimi Chanel (they/them)
Tiger Black 

(Associate Choreographer/Costume Stylist/Dance Captain)

Mimi Chanel is an actor, dancer, singer/songwriter, and model. 

Internationally acclaimed, one of the UK's top Queer performers, they are recognised for their distinctive stage presence and star quality.

A previous titleholder of 'Mx Drag Great Britain', and a prolific drag performer. Debuting as the opening act for 'RuPaul's Drag Race' stars Alyssa Edwards & Shangela on their international tour in 2017.

Mimi's 1st single 'I'm Beat' was released in 2018, and 'Conniption', their 1st studio album will be released in 2025.

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Jack Gittins (he/they)
JR Andrews

Jack Gittins is a recent graduate of Rose Bruford College's BA Acting course. They have a recent credit in an upcoming Channel 4 short film called Person of Interest due to be released in late 2024. They also work part time as a drag artist in various prestigious venues and events across London’s queer scene. This is Jack’s theatre debut and they are very excited to share this story with audiences!

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Johnny McDowell  (he/him)
Butch O’Neal

Johnny is very excited to be making his London debut as Butch O’Neal in this dynamic production of Shooting Star.

 

He is a seasoned performer who has appeared on stage, TV, and film in Tokyo, New York, and London.

 

His most recent stage credits include Chess: The Musical, The Secret Garden, John Brooke in Little Women and the Waiter in Confusions.

 

He hopes to get the audience fired-up as they enjoy this talented cast telling this titillating story.

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