Robin Merrill

Robin Merrill (born 20th century) is an English actor, musician, presenter, producer and journalist.

He was a member of the original London cast of the musical Evita. Merrill was also a journalist, starting his journalism career with the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) radio in 1989 and then for Deutsche Welle television.

Singing career Born in Salisbury, Merrill displayed his musical talents at an early age. He won a scholarship at age thirteen to the musical academia at Repton School, located in Repton, Derbyshire. Merrill then attended London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he embarked upon a study of singing. Since 1979, he has also made numerous recordings as a singer with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. In 1988, Merrill last appeared as lead singer with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra in the theater of London's Savoy Hotel.

From 1989, Merrill lived in Berlin and had numerous engagements as a solo singer and emcee in Europe. In 1993, Merrill appeared at the Ronacher theater in Vienna as a solo singer and conférencier in Ronacher specialties. In 1993, he appeared in the Berlin Wintergarten theatre as a solo singer and emcee in the Kapriolen program , directed by André Heller.

In 1993, he founded the Savoy Dance Orchestra with Stefan Warmuth, the musical director of the Wintergarten in Berlin, trying to build on his past as a singer with the Pasadena Roof Orchestra. In 1994, Merrill was the solo singer at the Federal Press Ball.

From 1999 onwards, there followed further appearances as a singer: 1999/2000 in the winter garden as conférencier and singer in the millennium show As Time Goes By , directed by Bernhard Paul. In 2000, he also played at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm in the operetta Im Weißen Rössl. With the show As Time Goes By, he also appeared in the Friedrichsbau-Varieté in Stuttgart in 2000 and in 2001 in Roncalli's Apollo Varieté in Düsseldorf.

Further programs followed in 2001: Varieté, Varieté – for the open-air variety evening at the Bundesgartenschau (BUGA) horticulture show in Potsdam and Swingle Bells, with which Merrill again performed in the winter garden.

Journalist career Merrill started his journalistic career with BFBS radio in 1989. Merrill switched in 1994 to German television channel Deutsche Welle where he has worked as a presenter and journalist ever since.