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Rachelle Ann Go recalls the first time she moved to London to pursue theater career

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<p>Rachelle Ann Go opened up about her journey moving to London to pursue a career in theater. </p><p>In an interview with Boy Abunda, the singer recounted that the journey was initially challenging.</p><p>&quot;The first few years it was very hard. I moved there without an agent, without a manager dahil sa <em>Miss Saigon,</em>&quot; she said.</p><p>The singer went on: &quot;Pagdating ko dun kailangan ready ka. I didn&#x27;t have any training or whatsoever with like theater, lahat sila trained. They did a lot of shows before they did <em>Miss Saigon</em>. Ako first time. Ang hirap.&quot;</p><p>Rachelle moved to London in 2014 when she became part of the West End revival of <em>Miss Saigon</em>. She played the role of Gigi Van Tranh.</p><p>The singer recalled that she was feeling homesick at that time as well. &quot;Wala akong friends, walang church so napakahirap,&quot; she said. </p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-18" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DEJKoChB6Nh/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A18%2C%22os%22%3A12016767.199999988%2C%22ls%22%3A832306.5%2C%22le%22%3A832316.8999999911%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="880" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-18" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Rachelle has now an agent and has starred in several theater productions.</p><p>&quot;I have an agent [now], pareho po kami ni Ms. Lea Salonga ng agent. Pinakilala po siya ni direk Bobby Garcia sa amin. Now I am very blessed dahil nakilala ko po sila,&quot; she said.</p><p>On what made her decide to move abroad despite a thriving career in the Philippines back then, Rachelle recounted: &quot;That time gusto ko pong mangyari nun, gusto ko i-challenge &#x27;yung sarili ko eh. Kasi nandito ako sa Pinas, parang sabi ko, parang may kulang.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t know, parang pareho &#x27;yung ginagawa ko, I was singing the same songs, doing the shows, concerts, pero sabi ko gusto kong ma-experiences something different and God gave that to me.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-19" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DB1M4rfIi7O/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A19%2C%22os%22%3A12017878.5%2C%22ls%22%3A832306.5%2C%22le%22%3A832316.8999999911%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="746" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-19" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Rachel shared that her husband, Martin Spies, has been very supportive of her career.</p><p>&quot;Nagto-tour kasi kami from <em>Hamilton,</em> tapos &#x27;yung <em>Les Miserables</em>, talagang suportado po talaga niya ako,&quot; she said.</p><p>Rachel recently visited the Philippines to celebrate the holidays with her family in the country.</p><p>&quot;Every other year umuuwi kami ng family ko, si Martin and &#x27;yung two kids, to celebrate Christmas and new year with my family here. Seven weeks po kaming nandito since December pa po. I&#x27;m very happy,&quot; she said.</p>

<p>Rachelle Ann Go moved to London in 2014 when she became part of the West End revival of ‘Miss Saigon.’ She played the role of Gigi Van Tranh.</p>

Rachelle Ann Go moved to London in 2014 when she became part of the West End revival of ‘Miss Saigon.’ She played the role of Gigi Van Tranh.

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Rachelle Ann Go recalls the first time she moved to London to pursue theater career

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Published January 22, 2025 01:10 PM PHT

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