‘It's more work than I thought', admits RTE star Jen Zamparelli begins rehearsals for iconic West End musical
The
Ireland
this August.
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Jennifer Zamparelli will star in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Jen jetted over the London to rehearse for the show
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Jen updated fans on her first day of rehearsals
The renowned stage show will take to the stage at
Energy
Theatre
from Monday, August 11 to Wednesday, August 16.
The musical will then
Opera
House from August 25 to 30.
Jen will be joining Aussie
singer
,
The 45-year-old jetted over to
Wimbledon
Theatre.
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The
Dublin
star
was ecstatic to start her journey working on the famous show and documented her day.
As she walked up to the theatre, Jen filmed the outside of the venue and wrote: "Lets go!!!! Rocky Horror rehearsals!!"
Jen finished up the run through, but admitted to feeling slightly taken aback by the
work
load.
The mum-of-two recorded herself leaving the theatre and said: "So I just finished my first rehearsal there and it's kind of more than I thought.
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"There a lot of work in it. But the guys are lovely."
Earlier last week, Jen opened up about her stage nerves while chatting to Rebecca and Brendon on 98FM.
Jennifer Zamparelli returns on air
The host confessed: "Everytime I talk about it I get even more scared. Because its one thing to stand on a stage, but standing
next
to West End actors and
Jason Donovan
and doing the Time Warp is a different level of fear."
Jen told how she was delighted to land the role of The Narrator as it's "not much of a character role" and is more to do with interacting with the audience.
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"So it's a bit of craic and I get to do the Time Warp."
The former 2FM star shared her apprehension surrounding the idea of performing eight shows a week.
She added: "I don't know if I have it in me. Time will tell."
Jen recalled watching
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But we're sure Jen will live up to all expectations when she hits the stage this August.
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