Musical theatre is something that I always wanted to be a part of, and my first ever role on the West End as Joseph in 'Joseph And The Technicolor Dreamcoat' gave me a taste for it.

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I live for my daughter. Every decision I make is about her and for her. It's great. She's perfect.

I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.

I love musical theatre because I love doing a live performance eight times a week.

As you know, I was a solo singer, something I just got very much used to. Turns out I'm quite enjoying being in a band!

I'm part of a speech therapy programme called the McGuire Programme. It teaches you a new way to breathe, a new way to speak, a brand new way of tackling the mind-sets that come with having a speech impediment. Mainly, it teaches you how to slow things down, and that has really helped me.

In the music business, I found it was much more about interviews, photo shoots and appearances rather than actual performing, which I do best.