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The former star of stage musical Wicked told The Guardian that she plans to focus increasingly on her music rather than acting roles.
Ellis said: "I'm doing a concert for Friday Night Is Music Night. I'll be doing a couple of duets with John Barrowman, maybe a Bond song. It's big-band music from old movies so it should be great fun.
"Then hopefully I'll be doing some more work with Brian May on an album. I'd love to start writing songs. After doing so much theatre, I'm ready to go in that direction now."
Ellis said that it was "a bit of a relief" to have finished her run as Elphaba in Wicked, the musical sequel to The Wizard Of Oz.
She added that her upcoming performance in The Great British Songbook was "really important" to her.
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