"Many actresses have played the role of Grizabella, and each of them has their own interpretation. People expect to see the same version of the musical every time and I am open to that," say Hsu.

"But as everyone in the team comes from UK except me, my cultural influences make me different."

Hsu, who started to sing from a young age, says that she has enjoyed holding a hair brush and singing and dancing in front of a mirror at home since she was a little girl.

Hsu says she took part in many plays and musicals in school, and at 11 she decided she wanted to become a musical actress. She has been formally trained in musical theater at the Rotterdam Conservatory. And she was the first and only Chinese musical theater actress to play the role of Kim in a production of Miss Saigon in Europe in multiple languages. Her other credits include Mimi in Rent staged in Amsterdam, and Virilla in The Frogs staged in London.