In 2010, a bright-eyed 21-year-old Janine Shilstone went to London to try out for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of The Wizard Of Oz. With a passion for musical theatre and a yearning to escape into fantasy worlds, it seemed like becoming Dorothy was her destiny - but then, she realised her heart wasn’t in it.
“I got down to the last 21 girls, but I hated it,” she recalls of the auditions. “Once I was singing for Andy, and he said, ‘I can tell you’re not enjoying this. You want to be yourself – you’re a rock star.’”
