An exclusive acoustic version of West End star Jacob Fowler performing 'rain before the rainbow' has been released by queer led musical theatre production company Leo & Hyde.

In the intimate setting of his home, Fowler performs this stripped back version of the song, embodying its message of #shutdownyourfantasyself and live authentically.

‘rain before the rainbow’ is the lead single from leo&hyde’s upcoming EP, ‘double life’, which is available to stream now.

With a career spanning across both pop and musical theatre, Jacob’s suitability for ‘rain before the rainbow’ is unmatched! Jacob’s credits include JD in Heathers, Bobby in Dreamboats and Petticoats, and in 2022, Jacob will play Topher in the European premiere of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella.

In 2020, with his band Since September, Jacob won Little Mix: The Search, subsequently supporting Little Mix on their sold out, ‘Confetti’ UK arena tour.

leo&hyde first met Jacob in the final stages of the Stiles and Drewe competition for Best New Song in 2021 where he performed an original song from Leo and Dan (the producer of this EP!).

When discussing this pop x musical theatre collaboration, Jacob said “pop…can teach musical theatre not to be so pretentious…and musical theatre can teach the pop world that artistic integrity does matter.” He went onto say something which is a mantra for leo&hyde: “there’s space for more types of musical theatre to exist.”