With Northern charm and natural wittiness, Ashten’s musical performance touches a place in everyone’s heart.
Ashten currently sings all over the world as a vocalist and is newly represented by Cindy Thompson Entertainment for her work onboard cruise ships. She is also signed to one of London’s biggest musical theatre agencies Collective Agents. Her career onboard luxury cruise ships originated with her role as company manager and lead vocalist in productions onboard Viking Ocean Cruises.
Ashten is a West End trained musical theatre performer who is proficient in singing opera, jazz, pop and musical theatre music. She also plays piano and guitar. Ashten is undeniably versatile and has a wide vocal range. She can perform any genre with flair and will fill any theatre to the brim with passion and energy.
She has performed all over the world and has played roles such as Sarah in Guys and Dolls, Mrs Meers in Thoroughly Modern Millie, and Elphaba in Forbidden Broadway. Ashten’s shows feature choral arrangements entirely made up of her own voice. She also works as a session singer and runs a successful vocal coaching business Ashten York Singing, offering one to one vocal coaching to singers all over the world.
Ashten is also proficient in vocal production and mixing, and records all her own backing vocals that feature in her live shows.
She is also one third of a female harmony trio The Sass Sisters who perform unique close harmony arrangements and is entirely self accompanied. The trio have performed at events such as Standon Calling Festival and in 2019 hosted ‘An Evening With the Sass Sisters’.
Theatre and Film Credits
VIKING STAR 2019-2022 Cruise
Lead Vocalist - Blackburn International/David Michael Productions -Director David Griego
SUPERBOY: SON OF TOMORROW 2018 Short Film
Zatanna - Director Matthew J. Rowney
FORBIDDEN BROADWAY 2017 Musical
Elphaba (Idina) & The Lady of the Lake - Director Kenn Oldfield
GUYS AND DOLLS 2017 Musical
Understudy Sarah Brown/Agatha - Director Samuel Wood
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLE 2016 Musical
Mrs. Meers - Director Dominic Shaw
STEEL PIER 2016 Musical
Mick's Pick - Director Nicholas Scrivens
THE BEAUTIFUL GAME 2016 Musical
Bernadette - Director Nicholas Scrivens
HERE'S WHERE I STAND 2016 Stage
Soloist - GSA Singers - Director Peter Roberts
OLIVIER AWARDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT 2016 Stage
Ensemble Choir - Director Maria Friedman/BBC/Southbank
AS YOU LIKE IT 2015 Stage
Rosalind - Director Darren Tunstall
MY FAIR LADY 2015 Stage
Eliza - Director Richard Neale
THE ORESTEIA 2015 Stage
Clytemnestra - Director Chris Palmer
SOUL MUSIC 2015 Workshop
Miss Sabine - Director Craig Adams