Rachel O'Hare

Yorkshire born Rachel trained from age 3 in ballet, tap and contemporary, competing in the final of Miss Dance of Great Britain in 2007 and singing in the semi-final of GMTV’s family band competition in 2009, later graduating with a 1^st class degree in BA Acting at The Arts University Bournemouth.

She performed on the West End with Duck Egg Theatre as Pam in Leave Hitler to Me, Lad in 2015. She has toured in the UK and Europe with Vienna’s English Theatre, Wizard Theatre and Illyria Theatre, notably as Mole in The Wind in The Willows at The Minack Theatre in 2020 and most recently as Maid Marian in Robin Hood. Last Christmas she made her debut as a magician playing Spirit of the Ring in Paul Holman Associates pantomime, Aladdin. She also plays piano, guitar, ukulele and accordion, and has a small independent business making clothing and artworks. Follow her on Instagram @rachohare and @hareandneedle.

Other stage credits include: Marlene in Topgirls (2011), Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (2013), Sir Henry Baskerville/Laura Lyons in The Hound of the Baskervilles (2018), Flygirl in The Little Prince (2019), Miranda/Antonia in The Tempest (2019), Hero/Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing (2021), and Wendy in Peter Pan (2022).