Staging
Annalisa Rossi is a director, choreographer, and performer, whose extensive career spans three decades in London's West End, national tours, film and television.
As a creative, her West End credits include Associate Choreographer on Dear Evan Hansen, Upstart Crow (starring David Mitchell and Gemma Whelan), Fun Home, and Mother Goose the Show (starring Sir Ian McKellen and John Bishop - also Associate Director). Annalisa choreographed productions of Bullish and Elf in the UK. She has participated in the development of a number of productions, with workshop credits at the National Theatre, Complicité, and on productions for Andrew Lloyd Webber. Her screen work includes creative development on Les Misérables (2012) and Pride (2013).
Annalisa's creative work complements a career as a performer in some of the most celebrated stage productions. West End credits include Mary Poppins, Les Misérables, Mamma Mia, Betty Blue Eyes, Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Scrooge and Cats. She also appeared in Jolson in Toronto. At Regent's Park Open Air Theatre she played lead roles in Much Ado About Nothing, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, and Hello Dolly. Her television work includes The Dresser (dir. Richard Eyre), Miranda, and The Late Late Show with James Corden.
9 & 10 October 2026 · Kölner Philharmonie
An evening celebrating the extraordinary songs of Stephen Schwartz