The performance was unanimously praised and a recorded version by Knight reached #101 on iTunes, her first charting single since "Soul Survivor" and highest since "Beautiful Night" in 2010 and 2009 respectively. In September 2013, Knight made her first foray into musical theatre, taking over the lead role of Rachel Marron from Heather Headley in "The Bodyguard". Beverley made her panto debut in 2017 at the Birmingham Hippodrome as the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella. In 2019, Knight celebrated 25 years in music with the release of the live album "BK25" which was recorded with the Leo Green Orchestra. On 1 November 2019, it was announced that Knight would star as Faye Treadwell, the manager of The Drifters, in the new musical The Drifters Girl, opening at Theatre Royal Newcastle in September 2020, then transferring to the Garrick Theatre in London's West End in October 2020. Knight attended Woodfield Infant and Junior Schools and Highfields School in Wolverhampton. Knight was born to Jamaican parents, and she grew up in a strict Pentecostal household where church attendance was an important element in the life of the family. It is here where she began her singing career: "The first time I heard music would have been in church. My mum was often called upon: 'Come on sister Dolores. Lead us in song!' Singing was the most natural thing in the world. I thought, doesn't everybody's mum lead the congregation at church in song?" Knight continued singing in her local church throughout her childhood, and her musical education was continued at home where she was often exposed to gospel music. Due to her parents' religious beliefs, secular music was largely frowned upon, but artists such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin played a big part in her childhood. Knight began writing her own songs at the age of 13. It was not until she turned 17, however, that she began to take her craft seriously. She began performing the songs she had written on stage in local clubs in her home town. At the age of 19 she performed on the demo songs of Wolverhampton songwriter Westley Jones, who was signed to Dome publishing in London. Peter Robinson the MD of the company, impressed with her vocals, got Westley Jones to introduce her. Peter Robinson and Jones — who had discovered Knight through demo recordings — also came up with the stage name of Beverley Knight (from Smith) as Peter had also signed another demo vocalist of Westley's from Birmingham, calling her Fiona Day.