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Grace Roberts
Born (1995-12-05) December 5, 1995 (age 30)
St Albans, England, United Kingdom
EducationTanglin Trust School
University College London (BA in History)
Royal Academy of Music
OccupationsActress, singer, writer
Years active2018–present
Known for
PartnerSimon Whitaker
AwardsEmerging Talent Award (2018)
Tanglin Alumni of the Year for Arts (2025)
Websitehttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/grace-roberts-629059221

Grace Roberts (/ɡreɪs ˈrɒbərts/; born December 5, 1995) is a British stage actress and singer, best known for her portrayal of Christine Daaé in the 2024 World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera. A 2018 winner of the Kurt Weill Foundation's Emerging Talent Award at the Lotte Lenya Competition, she gained critical acclaim for her performance as The Young Wife in Hello Again at London's Union Theatre.

Trained at the Royal Academy of Music, Roberts made her professional debut in a concert production of Les Misérables alongside Ramin Karimloo. Her other notable credits include Charity Hope Valentine in Sweet Charity and the titular role in Audrey (Tanglin Trust School's production of Little Shop of Horrors).[1]

In 2025, she was named Tanglin Trust School's Alumni of the Year for Excellence in the Arts in recognition of her international theatrical career. Outside of acting, Roberts is a freelance copywriter and travel blogger, founding the website Pixie Dust and Passports, which focuses on global theme park travel.[1]

Early life and education

Grace Roberts was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire and grew up in Singapore.[2]

THE SARAITS TIMES noted with Grace's interview :

"It always feels great to be back. I have so many fond memories here, from watching Imax movies at Science Centre Singapore to playing around the water fountains at Bugis Junction. I have visited the Singapore Zoo at least 50 times and loved its water play area when I was younger."[2]

"There was so much available to me that would not necessarily have been the case had I been living in another country, and I am thankful for all of it."

Roberts attended Parry Primary School (now known as Xinghua Primary School) and then Tanglin Trust School. After completing school in 2014, Roberts returned to England to study History at University College London, graduating in 2017. She was also a member of UCLU Musical Theatre, appearing in Possessed at Camden People’s Theatre in 2016.[3]

Roberts further trained at the Royal Academy of Music (2017–2018).[3]

Career

Before-2016:

Further theatre credits she have attend in very young time including:

2017–2018: Training and early roles

While studying at the Royal Academy of Music, Roberts performed in student productions including:

  • Working (Dolores Dante/Terry Mason)
  • This Is the Hour (Cosette) – A musical revue honoring Claude-Michel Schönberg, where she shared the stage with West End veterans
  • Hard Times – A workshop directed by John Caird, who praised her "instinctive emotional authenticity"
  • Is there Life After High School?
  • Letters From Home

In April 2018, she won the Emerging Talent Award from the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music in 2018’s Lotte Lenya Competition, judged by Victoria Clark, James Holmes and Jack Viertel.[4]

2018–2019: Professional debut

Roberts appeared in a concert version of Les Misérables of the character Eponine alongside Ramin Karimloo (Valjean) under director Paul Morrissey, performing at Beau Sejour in November 2018.[5][6][7]

She then made her professional debut as The Young Wife in Michael John LaChiusa's Hello Again at London's Union Theatre in August and September 2019. BroadwayWorld noted:

Grace Roberts as The Young Wife trapped in a marriage reeking of lavender and Amy Parker as an divaish actress in the last days of silent movies, may be the picks, but there's not a weak ... link in the mainly young cast.[8]

2024-now: International recognition

  • July 2024: Played Christine Daaé in The World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera, which took place in China, Italy, Bangkok...etc, including performances at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore – her first professional role in her childhood home country.

Headlined The World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera as Christine, with 剧焦Theatre describing her:

"A revelation – her Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again achieves the rare balance of technical perfection and raw vulnerability."[9]

The opening night of The World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera in India also drew high-profile attendees, including Harjinder Kang, His Majesty’s Trade Commissioner for South Asia and the British Deputy High Commissioner for Western India, who praised the production as:

“What a show! Last night I attended the Mumbai premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece, The Phantom of the Opera, and was blown away,”[10]

  • February 2025: Received the Tanglin Alumni of the Year Award for Excellence in the Arts, with the panel highlighting her "ability to bridge Western and Asian theatrical traditions"
  • October 2025: Planing back to China for The Phantom of the Opera International Tour again

Writing career

Early beginnings (2017–2019)

While training at the Royal Academy of Music, Roberts balanced acting with freelance copywriting of WeLocalize, working to improve Metadata, URLs, Meta Descriptions and selected keywords for better website traffic, also focused on writing content for Uber Eats and Uber, localizing content for Asian markets.

Pixie Dust & Passports: A Dream Realized (2020–Present)

In May 2020, she launched her travel blog Pixie Dust & Passports, initially as a creative escape during theatre closures. being the Editor-in-Chief, writer, owner and founder of Pixie Dust and Passports, a travel blog specializing in visiting theme parks around the world. Reaching over 50,000 monthly readers, and focusing on locations such as Singapore, Florida, California, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

And have write a lot high-quality articles enthusiastically then put them on the website. The blog’s Disney-centric guides—such as "How to Get from Gare du Nord to Disneyland Paris by Train (Pics + Vids!)""How Much Does Disneyland Make a Day? The Shocking Figures!"—proves useful and interesting information and guide to people.[11]

By June 2023, she announced on Instagram:

"I've hit a major milestone in my writing career that I'm super duper proud of...In just under a year of working virtually non-stop on client and site work, l've managed to grow it to 50,000 visitors a month...After a long approval process, my ads launched today and I'm on my way to making a proper income from writing about Disney!"[12]

By 2024, Grace also mentioned in interviews in China that being a travel blogger could be considered her 'side job,' which she has really into and maintained for quite long time.

"After graduating from the Royal Academy of Music, I worked for my relatives for a while, during which I started a travel blog. She had shared a very successful travel guide, and I wrote part of the content for her. At that time, I was auditioning for various theater companies, and it was a good way for me to earn money. I was eager to broaden my professional field because I studied history, and I excel at research and writing. This allowed me to combine my skills well and maintain a sense of 'creation and output' while attending auditions. That Disney blog is still running."[4]

Tech and energy writing (2017–ongoing)

Her parallel career in technical writing includes:

  • Lumify Energy (2022–present): As Head of Content and Copywriter and SEO Specialist, working closely with the founders of Lumify Energy to rework their entire blog content strategy, helped the company secure several featured snipped for high-value keywords, also rejigged sales pages, fixed on-site copy, and kept an eye on analytics and Google Search Console for on and off-page SEO improvements.
  • Welocalize (2017-present): Working to improve Metadata, URLs, Meta Descriptions and selected keywords for better website traffic, localising content for foreign markets, including Asia and Europe, focused on writing content for UberEats, Uber, and HP in 2017-18.

Others and copywriter (2020-2022)

Roberts anonymously contributed to:

  • Smarter.ai (2021.08-2022.08): Responsible for curating online web copy, highly technical blogposts that are optimized for search engines, and guiding content structure.
  • Paperbell (2020.06-2020.10): Responsible for writing targeted content on the Paperbell Blog for aspiring and current coaches.
Key projects timeline
Year Milestone
2017 Began freelancing for WeLocalize while at RAM
2020 Launched Pixie Dust & Passports; wrote for Paperbell
2022 Joined Lumify Energy; blog reached 30k readers
2023 Went full-time writing; Mediavine partnership
2024 Published "Broadway to Blogging: A Soprano’s SEO Journey" (industry keynote)

In Others Words

Within Grace linkedln account, there have a lot of positive recommendations from others to her, such as Elle-Rose Moogan (Head of Marketing for Shoryu RamenHead of Marketing for Shoryu Ramen) recomments of in 2024 in linkedln as:

"I have worked with Grace on a freelance basis for a couple of years. She is a fantastic writer and one of the most talented I have worked with. Her work is accurate, well-researched, and immaculately presented. Grace is especially talented in 'tougher' industries - such as tech, software, and complex B2B. Her relentless attention to detail and impeccable research means her pieces are always spot-on. I can't recommend her enough."[13]

Personal life and relationships

  • Early relationship with Simon Whitaker (2016–now)

engaged to fellow Britain-based theatre actor Simon Whitaker in 2023

  • Favorite Foods

Grace enjoys satay, chicken rice, char kway teow and Old Chang Kee curry puffs.[5]

  • How to get in touch with musicals

Singapore-the place she first started doing theatre, mentions by Grace in VOGUE:

“I started out doing choir when I was younger, and started to do plays and musicals when I was old enough to audition at school. I also took part in school concerts at the Victoria Concert Hall and the Esplanade when I was in junior and senior school. I honestly thought those amazing buildings were something else, and it was an incredible introduction to theatre,” [6] "I’ve loved theatre since I was a little girl. My grandmother introduced me to films like Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Carousel, and Oklahoma! when I went to visit and we’d play everything on loop. I also vividly remember watching a taped version of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on VCR and being totally enthralled when I was about five. So I was introduced to music and theatre through film pretty early, but I’d say the major turning point was seeing Wicked when I was around 11. I was just taken aback by the sheer scale of it all, and I knew I wanted to be involved with something as magical as that." [7]A Former Singing Teacher

Hawk Liu, a Singaporean, a former singing teacher, Grace credits her the classical training by him, who gave her vocal lessons when she was 15 to 18. Described in THE STRAITS TIMES and 剧焦Theatre over the interview with Grace：

“He shaped my technique and artistry, introducing me to cantatas composed by Bach and works by Mozart. He really pushed me, and I would not have known I could do what I can do, had he not been my teacher. I genuinely believe he is responsible for my voice’s trajectory, and we are still in touch.” "I grew up in Singapore, and when I was 15, I found a private voice teacher there. He told me I had an 'operatic' voice. I had never realised that before. I had always sung, and I'd watch a lot of musicals on YouTube, singing along to things like Wicked, Cats and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. But it wasn't until I met this teacher that I realised I had a 'classical' voice. He trained me for three years, until I was 18, teaching me to sing classical music. But I knew I always wanted to be in musicals."[8]

  • A Dream Role

"I’d absolutely love to play Glinda from Wicked. It’s the only other role on my theatre bucket list, aside from Christine."[9]

References

  1. ^ "UCL Shows Review: Sweet Charity". 10 February 2017.
  2. ^ "The Phantom Of The Opera's lead actress, who grew up in Singapore, excited about homecoming show". The Straits Times. 7 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Grace Roberts Freelance Copywriter and Owner of Pixie Dust and Passports | Specializing in Tech and Energy".
  4. ^ "The Lotte Lenya Competition".
  5. ^ "Grace Roberts on growing up in Singapore and playing Christine Daaé in 'The Phantom of the Opera'". 19 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Grace Roberts".
  7. ^ "West End star heading to Guernsey". 24 September 2018.
  8. ^ "Review: HELLO AGAIN, Union Theatre".
  9. ^ "剧院魅影 | 专访Grace：一位天生的克里斯汀". 29 October 2024.
  10. ^ "The Phantom of the Opera opens in India".
  11. ^ "pixiedustandpassports".
  12. ^ "graceyroberts".
  13. ^ "grace-roberts".

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