
BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance
Course details
Introduction
Prepare to step into the spotlight and embark on a transformative journey with our BA in Musical Theatre. This program offers a unique blend of vocal, acting, and dance training, as well as practical skills, designed to shape you into a versatile performer and creative entrepreneur. Whether your aspirations lie on the West End, or in crafting original works, you will gain the skills, discipline, and creative insight needed to excel in the demanding world of musical theatre. With expert guidance and immersive experience, you’ll be ready to take centre stage and leave a lasting impact on the world of performance.
Key Features
Get ready to kickstart your journey in our Musical Theatre course, where we will shape your development for an exciting career in the professional world. With expert guidance and dynamic training, you’ll gain the skills, knowledge, and experience to shine in this competitive field.
We empower you to be not just a performer, but also a creative entrepreneur, giving you the tools to chart your own course in the arts. Our mission? To cultivate graduates who create musical theatre that challenges, inspires, and enriches society.
You’ll learn directly from industry pros, gaining insider insights into the diverse roles within musical theatre and preparing for a variety of career paths. Embrace your artistic vision with confidence! We’ll help you make bold creative choices and unlock your full potential as an independent artist.
Key Facts
- UCAS
- 230F
- Location
- Laurie Grove / Laban Building / King Charles Court
- Duration
- 3 years (full time)
- Start Date
- September
Fees
Audition fees
Please note that there is an audition fee for this course of £50 (for 2025 entry). You will also need to pay the UCAS Conservatoires administration fee of £28.50 for the 2025 entry cycle.
2025-26
- Audition Fees
- £50 (for 2025 entry)
- Tuition Fees
- Home £9,535 International £26,060
- Info 25/26
- Fees represent 2025/26 year only, programmes with more than one year are subject to fee increases after the first year
2026-27
- Audition Fees
- £50 (for 2026 entry)
- Tuition Fees
- Home TBC* International £27,100 *Tuition fees for Home students are aligned with the maximum tuition fee cap set by the UK Government (£9,535 in 25/26)
- Info 26/27
- Fees represent 2026/27 year only, programmes with more than one year are subject to fee increases after the first year.
Key Dates
Welcome Week
Autumn Term
Open Day
Reading Week
Spring Term
Reading Week
Summer Term
Detailed Information
We know that everyone is different. On this three-year course, we’ll help you discover and unleash your unique talents while you sharpen your performance skills, expand your musical versatility, and become a true expert in musical theatre. From classic hits to fresh, cutting-edge shows, we’re all about embracing the full spectrum of musical theatre magic.
Whether you’re passionate about performing, creating choreography, writing songs, or directing, we’re here to nurture your creativity and push your imagination to new heights. It’s your time to shine, both on stage and behind the scenes.
Each year you’ll take skills and technique classes, such as: individual singing lessons, group singing (repertoire/ musicianship), musical theatre voice, acting, voice, Acting Through Song masterclasses, and dance.
You will have a variety of performance opportunities, including small‐ and medium‐scale showings of work, classic and contemporary repertoire, theatre in education in local schools, a West End agent showcase, and a devised musical.
Alongside this, you will develop your skills as a well-rounded artist in our Creative Entrepreneur and Research modules. You will gain invaluable knowledge such as: industry working practices, protocols and expectations, how to maximise your opportunities in the sector, understanding other employment possibilities within the industry (e.g. director, choreographer, writer), and much more.
Entry Requirements
- Two A level passes (Performing Arts subject preferred)
- Equivalent Qualifications/Experience
- Equivalent qualifications (including BTEC/NVQ etc.) and/or relevant prior experience may be considered. English Language competency requirements also apply.
- International applicants should meet the minimum entry level for entry to UK under Student Visa (a minimum of IELTS Level 5.5 in all 4 elements) and should have the appropriate visa.
Staff
Programme Leaders

Dr Lyndsay Barnbrook
Programme Leader: CertHE Musical Theatre Foundation, MA Musical Theatre
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Dr Lyndsay Barnbrook
Lyndsay (BA Hons; MMus; PhD) is a freelance musical director, composer/arranger and lecturer. At University, she studied under David Owen Norris and Matthew Scott (Head of Music, National Theatre). Lyndsay has worked on a wide variety of music theatre projects as Composer/Arranger and Musical Director, and has taught on Foundation, Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses at universities and drama schools/conservatoires including as Course Director for CPA Studios. Lyndsay wrote a number of modules for the Pearson Higher National Diplomas in Performing Arts, acted as consultant for the revised Trinity College London Level 6 Diplomas, and currently holds External Examiner posts for two institutions.
Research interests and areas of supervision:
- Children’s theatre/theatre for young audiences
- Arts education and musical theatre
Biography
Lyndsay’s credits include: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Mayflower Theatre); Betwixt! (Trafalgar Studios); Venus and Adonis (Turner Sims Concert Hall); Nicholas Nickleby (Chichester Festival Theatre, Gielgud Theatre); Godspell (Hanger Farm Arts Centre); TheThreepenny Opera (BADA); Alice in Wonderland (Queen’s Theatre); You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Network Theatre); Hello Again (George Cecil Wood Theatre); The Threepenny Opera (Nuffield Theatre); Jesus Christ Superstar (Bournemouth Rep); Liar (Nuffield Youth Theatre), and Much Ado About Nothing (National Theatre).

Dr Helen Evans
Acting Lead
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Dr Helen Evans
Helen has been responsible for actor-training for the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance course at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance since 2013.
Helen is a Lecturer, Director, Actor/Performer, Practitioner-Researcher and Visual Artist. As an educator, she has over 25 years’ experience in actor-training, course-development, academic supervision and theatre making in a combination of University and Conservatoire settings.
Biography
Educationally, Helen holds a PhD in Surveillance Performativity/ Immersive Performance from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, where she was a recipient of a Research Bursary under the tutelage of Professor Stephen Farrier. She holds an FHEA through Trinity Laban, an MA Performance Practices and Research, also from RCSSD, and a BA First Class (Hons) Acting from Bretton Hall.
Helen’s directing credits include Amour, The Beggars Opera, Company, Electra, The Dreaming, The Pirates of Penzance, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Anything Goes, Epsom Downs, Zombie Prom, many industry-showcases and various devised and research-related, personal works. As a guest director for The Dot Collective – a theatre company ‘[…] with access needs at its core, reducing isolation for those with additional needs and dementia’ – Helen has, most recently, collaborated in research and development for Project Portmanteau, in addition to co-directing the 2023 tour of Alice’s Adventures in Aerieland.
Helen has several practice-based research avenues, including, Meisner Technique for Neurodivergent Student-Actors, Immersive Performance, and Surveillance Performativity in Public Space, about which she has presented a number of papers at a variety of academic conferences.
Helen continues to work as an actor. Her theatre acting credits include, classical (mostly Shakespeare) and contemporary non-musical and Musical Theatre (the latter, including Les Misérables, Singin’ in the Rain and the UK premiere of Lippa’s John and Jen). Helen’s experience in television – much to the amusement of her students – includes roles in BBC’s BAFTA winning Trapped and the BBC-British Museums collaboration Relic: Guardians of the Museum (also BAFTA winning).
Research interests:
- Neurodivergence-inclusive Acting and Performance Practices
- Surveillance-Performativity/ Social Performance
- Flâneurie, historically and contemporarily, as surveillant practice
- Politics and Aesthetics of immersive theatre participatory practices

Aaron Francis
Programme Leader
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Aaron Francis
Aaron began his professional performance training at Laine Theatre Arts going on to perform across multiple genres in the West End and with touring companies across the UK and internationally. He continued his education to gain dance teaching status with the ISTD and BBO and holds an MA in Theatre for Community and Education. For over 20 years, he has taught at many of the leading UK vocational performing arts schools leading him to take on senior leadership roles and programme management.
Now, his focus is to innovate performance training, providing a platform for the next generation of performance artists. His commitment is rooted in nurturing the individual to enhance their personal talents and creative power.

Rhona McGregor
Singing Lead
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Rhona McGregor
Rhona has been Singing Lead for the Musical Theatre Department since 2020. She is an established singer, actress, musician and dancer and has performed extensively in the West End, internationally and regionally. Alongside performing, Rhona works as a musical director and musical supervisor and has over 20 years of experience as an educator within both the Musical Theatre and Classical sectors at University and Conservatoire level.
Biography
After gaining an MA in Music Performance from the University of Southampton, Rhona trained at the Guildford School of Acting, where she was awarded the Professional Development Award on completion of her studies.
Theatre Credits of note include: The Light In The Piazza (Royal Festival Hall / LA Opera / Chicago Lyric Opera); Flowers For Mrs Harris (Chichester Festival Theatre); Moonfleet (Salisbury Playhouse); The Addams Family (Original UK Cast); Oliver! (The Watermill Theatre); Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour and English Theatre, Frankfurt); Grease (Ljubljana International Festival, Slovenia); Legally Blonde the Musical (Original UK Tour); Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace Theatre); Chess (Oslo Spektrum, Norway); The Pirates of Penzance (inaugural performance at the Kilworth House Theatre, Leicestershire); 42nd Street (Nuffield Theatre, Southampton).
Rhona has also performed extensively as a soprano soloist. Concert experience includes: Britten’s Hymn to St Cecilia (Wells Cathedral); Ravel’s Sheherazade (Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton); Haydn’s Nelson Mass; Charpentier’s Te Deum; Vivaldi’s Gloria; Mozart’s Coronation Mass; Handel’s The Messiah, and she has also been a soloist at Westminster Abbey.
Television and radio credits include: Tonight at the Palladium (ITV); Harbour Lights (BBC); the recording of the theme for The Ashes (BBC Radio); Soap and Glory (commercial).
Finally, Rhona is also an accomplished pianist, saxophonist and bass player and has performed in many bands, pit bands, with a Rock n’ Roll group called The Daisy Chains and on stage as an actor-musician.

Verity Quade
Music Lead
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Verity Quade
Verity is a seasoned West End performer, having played both lead and ensemble in a variety of musicals. A selection of her credits include: Carousel at the London Coliseum; Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre; Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum; Sunny Afternoon at the Pinter Theatre; Sister Act at the London Palladium; The Sound of Music at The London Palladium and Jerry Springer, the Opera at the Cambridge Theatre. She is in constant demand as a singing teacher and vocal coach at the highest level and works regularly as a musical director and arranger.
Biography
Verity is also an experienced session and concert singer and has sung backing vocals for Dionne Warwick and Josh Groban, performed in three Proms and a national tour with the John Wilson Orchestra, and was a featured vocalist in a collaboration with the English National Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall entitled Strictly Gershwin.

Victoria Stretton
Deputy Director (Learning & Teaching and Student Experience)
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Victoria Stretton
Previously Head of Musical Theatre and programme leader for the BA(Hons) in Musical Theatre, Victoria trained as a dancer at North London Dance Studios. Victoria’s professional career has enabled her to combine her passion for arts, education, management and psychology within specialist training environments. Holding a first-class degree in Professional Practice: Musical Theatre Education, and an MSc with Distinction in Psychology, Victoria is an experienced musical theatre specialist and educator with a successful history of working in further and higher education management within specialist training institutions.
Biography
Initially developing dance and theatre school provision, Victoria moved swiftly into further education and apprenticeships in performing arts and sport, with programmes receiving external recognition such as ‘Outstanding’ judgements (Adult Leaning Inspectorate), Beacon status for teaching and learning, and professional industry acknowledgement. This led to partnerships with higher education providers, and the development of the musical theatre provision at Trinity Laban.
As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Trinity Laban Senior Teaching Fellow, Victoria is committed to access and participation, and the development of teaching and learning environments that support progression and achievement. Most recently, she has utilised her MSc in psychology to research the area of mental health and wellbeing in tertiary musical theatre education settings, identifying how programmes and interventions can be established to support the development of good mental health in educational setting, and when transitioning into employment.
Victoria believes that the student is the absolute centre of the learning journey, and that it is important to support personal development beyond the core curriculum outcomes, fostering the unique individual and personal identity within the learning community.
Victoria is a Trustee for a growing Multi Academy Trust in Kent and External Examiner for other Musical Theatre programmes across the UK .
Creative Outputs
Performance credits include: Aladdin, Cinderella and Humpty Dumpty (Millfield Theatre), A Chorus Line (MYT), Fran in A Christmas Carol (Terry Hawes Productions), Aida, MTV, Dream Team (Hewland International), 100 Years of Cinema (Mermaid Theatre), Lead vocalist and dancer for various cabarets.
Choreography Credits include: Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bugsy Malone, Oklahoma, Little Shop of Horrors, Dick Whittington, Wizard of Oz, Oliver, Corporate Events, Cabarets and College Showcases.
Teaching Staff

Sue Appleby
Singing Teacher
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Sue Appleby
Sue trained at The Central School of Speech and Drama and The University of Birmingham.
Sue currently runs her own teaching practice alongside her work at Trinity Laban and the Urdang Academy. She also guest teaches at Mountview and Arts Educational School.
She is a working actor, singer and musician and her credits include: Violet/Ms Barnes in The Winslow Boy (Frinton Summer Theatre) Ensemble/cover Ginny Potter, McGonagall and Umbridge in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End, Palace Theatre); Rutherford And Son (National Theatre); Early Birds (Edinburgh Festival); The Divide (Old Vic); The Animals and Children Took to the Streets (1927, National Theatre/International Tour); Adding Machine: A Musical (Finborough, Best Supporting Actress Nomination); Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing (UK/European Tour); The Vaudevillains (Les Enfants Terribles); John Godber’s adaptation of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (Hull Truck); Little Women (Duchess Theatre); South Pacific (UK Tour); Losing Louis (Trafalgar Studios/UK tour) and Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe).
TV: The Diplomat, Emmerdale, Call the Midwife.
Sue is CEO and founder of inclusive children’s theatre charity, Embracing Arts.

Kevin Archbold
Dance Teacher

Tom Baker
Module Leader
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Tom Baker
Tom Baker (he/him) is a London-based theatre-maker, practitioner, and facilitator. He has taught and directed at some of the UK’s top drama schools, including the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Performance Preparation Academy (PPA), ArtsEd, Trinity Laban, and the University of Worcester.
Tom specialises in the approaches of Viewpoints and Composition, as well as Viola Spolin and Active Analysis. His teaching and research are focused on how actor-training can foster agency and autonomy through devised and participant-led creative practices.
Biography
Previously, Tom led the Widening Participation and Outreach provision at Guildford School of Acting, where he developed a funded outreach project. This nationwide inclusion initiative, run in association with the Federation of Drama Schools and Get Into Theatre, was designed to support and inspire young people from backgrounds currently underrepresented in the creative industries.
Tom trained at Guildford School of Acting, graduating with a first-class BA honours degree, and subsequently on the MA Actor Training and Coaching at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where he was the recipient of the Embassy Scholarship.

Lucinda Brereton
Tap and Jazz Tutor
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Lucinda Brereton
Biography
Training: ArtsEd.
Current Projects: Season 10 of BBC1’s Garden Rescue (Narrator) and Kate in Mamma Mia The Party!
Theatre includes: Rhonda and assistant director in Cool Rider (Palladium/Duchess Theatre), Miss Sherman in Fame (Christmas Theatre, Athens), Standby Connie/Cassie in The Taxidermist’s Daughter (World premiere, Chichester Festival Theatre), Violet Newstead/Roz Keith/Margaret in 9 to 5 (Korea/UK Tour/The Savoy), Velma Von Tussle in Hairspray (UK Tour), Young Beryl in Liverbirds Flying Home (Royal Court, Liverpool), Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre), On The Town (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Cherry Sundae in Charlie And The Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Rhoda in White Christmas (Dominion Theatre), Mimi, understudy
Adelaide in Guys & Dolls (Chichester Festival Theatre), Vodka in Drunk! (Leicester Curve & Bridewell Theatre), understudy Roxie and assistant choreographer in Chicago (Leicester Curve), Kiss Me Kate (Old Vic), Wonderful Town (Original UK Tour), understudy Peggy Sawyer in 42nd Street (Leicester Curve, Chichester Festival Theatre), Soho Cinders (Queen’s Theatre), Love Never Dies (Adelphi Theatre) and Mary Poppins (UK Tour).
Workshops include: Judy (feature film), Doctor Who (BBC1), Hugo (Dominion Theatre), Spittin’ Distance (NT Studio) and Pippin (Menier Chocolate Factory).
Recordings include: 9 to 5 and Cool Rider.
Film and tv includes: Narrator of Garden Rescue (BBC1), Wonka! (Warner Bros), Matilda the Musical (Netflix) and The Final Bow (short, Kutay Kollectiv).
Creative work includes: Choreographer of Stranger Sings! (Southwark Playhouse), Choreographer of Claus: The Musical (World Premiere, The Lowry) and Lucinda is currently working as a dramaturg on 2 new musicals in development.

Grace Carter
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Grace Carter
Grace trained as a Pianist at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, later studying as a Repetiteur on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
Having spent her initial studies working so frequently with singers, Grace began her own training as a soprano at Trinity Laban, going on to receive an International Opera Awards Bursary whilst at the Dutch National Opera Academy.
Biography
Recent performances include Dutch National Opera, Oxford Lieder Festival, Mozarthaus- Vienna, Musiekgebouw aan t’Ij – Amsterdam and the Britten Pears Young Artist programme at Snape Matings. Grace was a recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon/ Universal Music in Paris for an album of operas arranged for five female voices.
Grace currently teaches at Mountview, LAMDA and Bird College as well as at Trinity Laban. She is a certified Vocal Health First Aider and is currently training with Anne Marie Speed as an Estill Master Trainer. She has been a regular accompanist for the International Opera Awards Young Artist masterclasses and has lead workshops for Opera Holland Park.

Hollie Cassar
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Hollie Cassar
Originally from Malta, Hollie trained at BodyWork Company Dance Studios, Cambridge, where she was the winner of the award for Outstanding Musical Theatre Artist, and the Royal Academy of Music, funded by the Malta Arts Scholarship and the Janatha Stubbs Foundation.
Hollie is an established actress, singer and dancer, having performed in London’s West End and across the UK in various hit musicals including Cabaret (Kit Kat Club at the Playhouse); On Your Feet! (Original London Cast, London Coliseum & UK Tour); Crazy for You (Watermill & UK Tour); The Sessions: The Beatles at Abbey Road (Royal Albert Hall & UK Arena Tour); The Ballad of Rudy (Manchester Royal Exchange); Hot Stuff (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); West Side Story (Cork Opera House); Fame – The Musical (Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage).
Alongside performing, she has worked as a writer, director, choreographer, musical director, musical supervisor, musician, and vocal arranger, in addition to being employed as a singing teacher at a number of the UK’s leading performance institutions.
Biography
Hollie’s creative credits include Musical Director for The Choir of Man (Arts Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Tampa Straz Center, Niagara Avalon Theatre, Coventry Assembly Garden Festival, Edinburgh Festival, Daegu International Music Festival, Norwegian Escape & Norwegian Encore); Musical Director & Vocal Arranger for A Very Bublé Christmas (Kilworth House) and A Grand Night for Singing (Swansea Grand Theatre); Show Musical Director for Jack and the Beanstalk (Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch); Tap Choreographer for Beauty and the Beast (Watford Palace).
As a songwriter, Hollie’s music has been compared to the likes of Sara Bareilles and Regina Spektor. Hollie’s single “Violet” was played on BBC Radio 2, by Phil Williams sitting in for OJ Borg, and BBC Radio Kent on Abbie Mac’s BBC Music Introducing programme. Hollie has co-written and recorded the vocals for several Dance and Latin tracks with producer Tony Brown, which feature in numerous episodes of the Netflix Docuseries, Hype House. She has also written the book, music and lyrics of brand-new musical, YOU, ME & the rest of the world, which featured at West End Live in 2024.
A multi-instrumentalist, Hollie possesses an ATCL Diploma in Solo Piano, in addition to playing the saxophone, guitar, drums, double bass, clarinet, accordion and ukulele. She was awarded the Trinity College London Silver Medal for Piano in both 2004 and 2006, and was nominated for Outstanding Female Dance Performer at the Latin UK Awards in 2019. In 2024, Hollie was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music by the Honours Committee. Associateship is awarded to alumni of the Academy who have distinguished themselves in the music profession and made a significant contribution in their particular field.

Nadine Cox
Singing Teacher
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Nadine Cox
Nadine has a PG Cert (Distinction) in Vocal Pedagogy from The Voice Study Centre and The University of Wales Trinity St David. She also has a BA Hons Degree in Modern European Studies and French and a Deug Lettres Modernes from The Sorbonne University in Paris.
Her research specialism and interest is the vocal health of undergraduate performers in full time Musical Theatre training.
She is a proud associate of renowned singing teacher Mark Meylan, having been trained and mentored by him. She is an active member of the BVA, AOTOS, The Musician’s Union, Equity and Spotlight.
She runs a successful private online singing studio and has students working across the entertainment industry. She is also a resident singing teacher at Emil Dale Academy. She has been been a singing teacher for nearly 30 years alongside her performing career.
Biography
Performing roles include: Social Worker in The Enfield Poltergeist (Apple TV); PC Rook in Wonder.land (National Theatre); Fellowship / Senses and Wit: TOUCH in Everyman (National Theatre); Ms Mason in Cool Rider (Lyric Theatre); Clare in Bare (The Greenwich Theatre); Sister Berthe in The Sound Of Music (Regents Park); Mamma Mia (Prince Of Wales and Novello); Maxine in Stepping Out, The Play (Union Theatre); Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre); Shenshen in Wicked, Original London Cast (Apollo Victoria Theatre); Mrs Bixby in Seven Brides For Seven Brothers (UK Tour); The Full Monty, Original London Cast (Prince Of Wales Theatre); Judith in Elegies (Bridewell Theatre); The Narrator in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (UK Tour); Mona Kent in Dames At Sea (Prince Regent Theatre).
Other roles include: Madame Delila and Mrs Thatcher in Dr Who – The Ultimate Adventure (Audio, Big Finish Productions); Mother in Little Women (Workshop).
Recordings: Muppet voiceover artist for Sony PS3, Little Big Planet (Sony), Love Never Dies (Really Useful Group); Elegies For Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Okai Collier)

Jenny Coyle
Module Leader
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Jenny Coyle
Module Leader and Academic Supervisor
BA Musical Theatre Performance
As the Module Leader for Creative Research Pathways, a second-year module in the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance, I oversee a practice-led research project that allows students to explore the diverse roles available within the musical theatre industry. This involves organising and facilitating workshops with visiting industry professionals. So far, we’ve welcomed a variety of experts, including Jake Brunger, Priya Patel Appleby, Grace Currie, Kate Marlais, Alice Eklund, among others.
Additionally, I provide academic supervision to third-year students for their dissertation unit, the Creative Research Project.
Biography
My name is Jenny Coyle and I am a Music and Performing Arts Specialist based in Liverpool. I am a musician and singer, and I have extensive experience in Higher Education, specialising in Performing Arts and Vocational Training. I have a Masters in Musical Theatre, gaining the Research Excellent Prize from LJMU in 2019, I also have a PGCE in Further Education and Training, and BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre from The Arden School of Theatre.
I am also the Course Leader of the BA (Hons) in Professional Practice (Top-Up), the Masters in Creative Arts Practice, and the Masters in Creative Arts Education at Italia Conti.
Outside of my educational work, I am a musician and producer, and I also work with a variety of artists, creatives, and musicians on their professional development, providing guidance, mentorship and consultancy for projects and their career pathways.

Billy Cullum
Dance Teacher
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Billy Cullum
Billy Cullum trained at the Arts Educational Schools London gaining a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.
Dedicated to nurturing the next generation of performers, Billy teaches at esteemed conservatoires such as Arts Educational School of Musical Theatre, Emil Dale Academy, Italia Conti, and Urdang Academy. His commitment to fostering new talent inspired him to establish KIPA: Kingston Performers Academy, a theatre training ground that cultivates emerging young artists.
Biography
Recently, Billy has been involved in the development of new musical works, including THE CREAKERS by McFly’s Tom Fletcher, and SYREN, penned by Olivier Award nominee Anoushka Lucas and Jess Edwards. He played opposite Sir Ian McKellen in MOTHER GOOSE and in the role of Nicholas in the Old Vic Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. Billy workshopped the choreography and appeared in the Netflix musical film MATILDA, directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographed by Ellen Kane. Billy’s screen debut was playing the role of Hector in Russell T Davies’ IT’S A SIN for Channel 4/HBO.
Billy originated the lead role of Alex in the critically acclaimed world premiere of LEAVE TO REMAIN at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, a production written by Matt Jones (Doctor Who) and Kele Okereke (Bloc Party). He also understudied the role of Seymour in the Olivier Award nominated production of LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and played the role of Mark Cohen in the 20th Anniversary production of RENT (London/UK Tour).
Following his graduation, Billy’s stage career varied with roles such as the Mad Hatter in ALICE IN WONDERLAND (European Tour), Moritz Stiefel in SPRING AWAKENING (UK Tour), and Jesus in GODSPELL (Union Theatre). His West End debut came in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of MATILDA THE MUSICAL at the Cambridge Theatre, followed by CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY under the direction of Academy Award winner Sam Mendes at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Billy gained a Broadway World nomination for understudying the role of Jesus in the Olivier Award-winning production of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre.
In addition to his stage work, Billy is an accomplished recording artist having release two studio albums. His recent releases have been featured on BBC Radio 2, and he has been recognised as a BBC Introducing artist, collaborating with prolific songwriters and producers in both London and New York City. His creative talents extend to choreography, where he has directed music videos for MTV, Urban Outfitters, and other notable artists.
Billy has also assisted with the casting process for West End shows such as Matilda the Musical, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Hairspray and many more.

Khiley Denman
Dance Teacher

André Fabien Francis
Lecturer in Dance
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André Fabien Francis
Andre is a Contemporary Dance Teacher, Creative Teacher and Tutor for the Centre for Advanced Training in Dance.
Before joining the faculty at Trinity Laban: Centre for Advanced Training as a Dance Teacher, André played Seaweed J Stubbs in Hairspray for The Grange Park: Pimlico Opera; and then simultaneously played Issachar in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at The London Palladium – alongside Alexandra Burke, Linzi Hateley & Jason Donovan – and most recently played Richie Walters in the Made At Curve production of A Chorus Line. During this time, André was headhunted to join the Faculty at Trinity Laban: Music & Dance, as a freelance choreographer and as a Technique Lecturer on their Honours Programmes.
Biography
While successfully auditioning for the Council for Dance, Drama and Musical Theatre: Aspiring Dance Mentoring Scheme, Under the direction of Liz Dale – Director of Dance at ISTD – and Hannah Dye – Head of Programming for Breathe Arts and Freelance Producer for English National Ballet – André was scouted to join the Centre for Advanced Training (CAT) Programme at The Place: London Contemporary Dance School. After nearly 3 years, André graduated from The Place: CAT accepting a fully funded place at London Studio Centre (LSC). During his time at LSC André took some time out to attend The Ailey School – the training ground for the world renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre – Summer Intensive in 2013, before returning to LSC where in 2014 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Following graduation, André joined the ensemble of The Lion King, Germany where he was trusted with the responsibility of teaching Company Class. On returning to the UK André joined the West End Production of Wicked in the prestigious Ribbon Boy Track before going on to play Paul in Kiss Me Kate at The Watermill Theatre choreographed by Oti Mabuse – for which André was the Dance Captain and was nominated for the BroadwayWorldUK: Best Supporting Actor Award.
Having worked in the Arts industry for two decades, André has danced, taught, assisted, created work and been mentored both nationally & internationally. Working with world class artists, theatres and organisations including: Richard Alston, Denzil Bailey, English National Ballet, Thea Barnes (1952-2018), James Bennett, the Southbank Centre, the Olympic Ceremonies, Royal Academy of Dance, Artistry Youth Dance, Nikolai Foster, the Royal Albert Hall, Rebecca Howell, Richard Jones, Ellen Kane, Trinity Laban, Paul Liburd, Oti Mabuse, Mandy Montanez, Alex Parker, Joan Peters, Richard Roe, Jane Sanig, Tamara Saringer, David Shrubsole, Judine Somerville, Christian Storm, the CDMT, Disney Theatrical Productions, Eric Underwood, Antoine Vereecken, Buddy Watkins, Nikki Woollaston and Sadler’s Wells. Which André continuously utilizes to inspire his work in the studio, on stage and off stage.

Dominic Hamilton
Lecturer in Dance
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Dominic Hamilton
Creative Producer, Choreographer, and Educator with a diverse portfolio spanning media production, performance, and education.
Known for blending innovative storytelling, cutting-edge choreography, and entrepreneurial vision, he specialise in crafting captivating narratives through visual and physical mediums. With a track record of leading creative projects, mentoring emerging talent, and collaborating with esteemed organisations, he brings a unique perspective to the intersection of dance, media, content and education to BA Dance & Musical Theatre at Trinity Laban.

Ashley Kate Hughes
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Ashley Kate Hughes
Ashley teaches Singing at the Trinity Laban Conservatoire to students across Musical Theatre Masters, Degree and Foundation courses.
Alongside this, Ashley teaches 1-1 Singing at the Arts Educational School Sixth Form and mentors year 13 students in preparation for their Higher Education audition preparation.
Biography
In 2019 Ashley began teaching at the Guildford School of Acting, GSA, across Masters, Degree and Foundation courses. She had her own cohorts of Musical Theatre Foundation students and currently teaches the Masters, MFA’s, Degree & Foundation Actor 1-1 Singing lessons. Ashley achieved her Singing Teacher Fellow status through GSA in 2021 gaining a Fellowship in Higher Education, FHEA.
Ashley runs her successful teaching practice, AK Vocal Training for a range of clients in theatre, television, film and bands. Clients also include those preparing for professional auditions and Drama School places.
She has been the resident Singing & Vocal Coach at Queen Mary’s College since 2004, leading Singing technique and performance classes, audition workshops and show prep along with 1-1 tutoring.
Ashley was one of the first to graduate from the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) in 1999 with a BA (hons) Degree in Music, Performing Arts. Alongside performing and recording as a Singer Songwriter under management between Dublin and London, Ashley was teaching Singing throughout these years carrying on from her classical based training while brought up in Dublin, Ireland.
BA(hons) Degree, Music Performing Arts (LIPA)
FHEA, Singing Teacher Fellow (GSA)

Zoe Zimm Ho
Singing Teacher
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Zoe Zimm Ho
Zoe Zimin Ho is a theatre-maker and voice, singing, and dialect coach. She was born in Singapore and has roots on the East Coast of the United States, where she graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. She has over 10 years
of experience performing professionally in New York City, regional New York, and internationally. Zoe’s research interests include diversity and inclusivity in institutional voice training, and the transposition of nature onto voice. She will graduate with an MFA in Voice Studies: Teaching and Coaching from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2025.

Mark Iles
Dance Teacher
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Mark Iles
Mark has taught on the Musical Theatre course at Trinity Laban for 4 years and has choreographed and directed multiple projects.
Mark trained at The Central Ballet School and Arts Ed London. After graduating in 2003, he worked as a professional performer for 15 years. Performing credits include: Original West End cast of Elf the Musical (Dominion Theatre): Original cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane): Lord Battersby in Me and My Girl (Kilworth House Theatre): The Diction Teacher in Singin’ in the Rain (UK tour): Angel in Rent (English Theatre, Frankfurt): Molina in Kiss of the Spider Woman (Emery Theatre, London): Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (UK tour): Oliver! (London Palladium).
Biography
Mark has also worked as a choreographer and director since 2010. Credits include: Peter Pan for BYMT, The Last Five Years and Tin Pan Alley for Cosson’s Performing Arts, Cautionary Tales for Youth Music Theatre UK, Milk Milk Lemonade, for Ovalhouse, Stepping Out, and Legally Blonde for Reynolds Performing Arts, and Romeo and Juliet for Arch 468.
In 2011, Mark received a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Professional Practice: Musical Theatre Education, from Middlesex University as well as receiving his PTLLS and DTLLS teaching qualifications. He has taught Jazz Dance, Ballet, Musical Theatre, Physical Theatre and Clowning on a variety of vocational courses and helped establish Cosson’s Performing Arts, where he was Head of Dance for 3 years, creating and developing course content and pedagogy.
Since 2022, Mark has also been the Lead Producer for An Tobar and Mull Theatre on the Isle of Mull and has produced and co-produced a variety of productions for the organisation including Our Carnal Hearts, In the Weeds and Morag, You’re a Long Time Deid.

Darren John
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Darren John
Darren trained at Italia Conti Academy, East 15 Acting School and the University of West London where he achieved his Masters degree in music.
Musical Director credits include: MSC Cruises (Bor Productions); Cinderella (Trinity Theatre); Madagascar the Musical (UK & International Tour); Pop Factor: The Live Concert (UK Tour); High School Rocks (UK Tour); and Nickelodeon’s sitcom Genie In The House. Darren is also
musical supervisor for Michael Quinn Productions overseeing world wide acts such as ‘The Rollerboys’ and ‘The Jersey Quartet’.
Biography
Theatre credits include: The Book of Mormon (UK/International Tour); Annie (UK Tour); Madagascar the Musical (UK Tour); Sunset Boulevard (UK Tour); Annie (Cork Opera House); Starlight Express (Germany); Saturday Night Fever (Frankfurt); Grease (UK Tour); An Evening of Dirty Dancing (UK Tour); Taimid Seanachai (Toronto, Canada); High School Rocks (UK Tour); Zombie Prom (Landor, UK Premier); Peter Pan (Derngate); Snow White (Hawth); Dick Whittington and Aladdin (Gala); and the Royal Masonic Variety Show (Prince Edward).
Film and Television credits include: Wicked: Part One; Axe Gold Commercial; Clive in Nickelodeon’s hit sitcom Genie In The House; and dancing for Tim Minchin’s Canvas Bags video. Darren is passionate about the voice. He is a qualified Vocal Health First Aider, has completed his Advanced Professional Diploma in teaching contemporary singing through The Voice College, and teaches at institutions including The Miskin Theatre and Trinity Laban Conservatoire.

CJ Johnson
Teaching Staff - Singing
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CJ Johnson
CJ is a West End theatre, film/TV actress, vocal and acting coach, based in London. CJ has taught at Trinity Laban for 5 years as singing teacher to CertHE, BA and MA students. As a vocal and acting coach, CJ has taught at many of London’s leading conservatoires and was a vocal coach on the X FACTOR. She is also experienced in puppetry, physical theatre and facilitates workshops in all areas of performing, globally. She is a Creative Director for Arts International, with residencies in schools across in Europe and the UAE. CJ has also facilitated independent projects across Central America, bringing music and puppetry to children on the streets and hosting live music events.
Biography
CJ has starred in countless West End plays and musicals including 42ND STREET (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), SMALL ISLAND (Olivier, National Theatre), 101 DALMATIANS (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Royal Exchange), OLIVER (Cameron Mackintosh Tour), RENT (Duke of York’s), PIAF (Donmar/Vaudeville Theatre), WOMAN IN WHITE (Palace Theatre), THE THREE MUSKETEERS (Rose Theatre), CHESS (Oslo), THE KING AND I (tour), SINATRA WITH THE NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA (UK tour and London Palladium), JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (Frankfurt), ZIPP! (Duchess Theatre).
Workshops include HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD, PINOCCHIO (NT), & JULIET, PUMP UP THE VOLUME, THE ENORMOUS CROCODILE, THE BUTTERFLY LION, THE IRON WOMAN, THIS IS A LOVE STORY, HEEL, LITTLE BEASTS, THE PIED PIPER.
As a singer, CJ has toured globally as a soloist, including Tokyo, Shanghai, Macau, San Francisco, Paris, Dubai, Milan for clients such as Swarovski and David Beckham. She has appeared with opera band Amici Forever and Incognito Artists. She also sang for the QUEEN’S GOLDEN JUBILEE (Buckingham Palace).
Her TV and film credits include CALL THE MIDWIFE (BBC), THE MYSTERY OF MARILYN MONROE (NETFLIX), GALAVANT (ABC), SMALL ISLAND (NT LIVE), BEYOND THE FENCE (SKY ARTS). She starred in the short film MOUSIE (set in 1936 Berlin and starring as Katharina) winning several film festival awards including BEST ACTRESS at the SOCIAL FILM FESTIVAL ARTELESIA. She plays Stina in new award-winning comedy TV series THE PLAYERS. She appears in the RICHARD RODGERS CENTENARY GALA (BBC4/Theatre Royal Drury Lane).
As a recording artist, CJ appears on THE LIGHT PRINCESS Original Cast Recording (Universal/Tori Amos) and has recorded demos for BBC and SKY including OTHERWORLD and PSYCHOBITCHES. Her vocals were also used for THE HURLY BURLY SHOW (Garrick Theatre). As a voiceover artist, CJ has a list of credits including the voice
of ITV PLAYER, narrator for YOU ARE AWAKE (Channel 4) and playing characters for BILLIE AND THE GHOST (DISNEY).
She is also a qualified yoga and meditation teacher and loves to bring an essence of mindfulness to all of her teaching.
Training: ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC (PGDip), Winchester University (First Class BA (Hons) Drama, Theatre and TV); Estill Voice Method Levels 1&2 (Anne-Marie Speed); Meisner technique (Actor’s Centre, London); Yoga and Meditation instructor (200hr East & West RYS Yoga Alliance).

Nicole Johnson
Singing Teacher
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Nicole Johnson
Nicole is a music director, pianist, and vocal coach across Musical Theatre and Classical Art Song. She studied at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (BMus) and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (MPerf), also gaining an LTCL in Vocal/Instrumental Teaching (Trinity College). As a vocal teacher, she has Estill training (Levels 1&2) and is a Vocal Balance Accredited Teacher (Level 2).
Nicole has worked as a vocal coach at London Studio Centre, Arts Ed, Trinity Laban, LAMDA, and as a staff accompanist at the Guildhall School. As a pianist she has played on West End shows (‘Frozen’, ‘Wicked’, ‘Mamma Mia’), Off-West End shows (‘Just For One Day’, Old Vic; ‘ABBA Voyage’, ABBA Arena) and regional theatre (‘Miss Saigon’, Sheffield Crucible). She also holds MD credits for ‘Murder For Two’ and ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ (both Barn Theatre, 2022), and AMD credits for ‘White Christmas’ (Sheffield Crucible), and ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ (Trinity Laban).
With singer Emily Gray, Nicole also recorded an album of English song, ‘The Silver Swan’, released with Covivium records in 2022.

Charlie-Jade Jones
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Charlie-Jade Jones
Charlie-Jade graduated from the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in 2015 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Musical Theatre and Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music in Singing Teaching. She made her professional debut with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in Anything Goes: A 50th Anniversary Celebration of Cole Porter. Further performance highlights include the European Premiere of Blitzstein’s No For An Answer – part of the Grimeborn Opera Festival at the Arcola Theatre, the 80th Anniversary of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the 10th Anniversary of Love Story at Cadogan Hall and Jason Robert Brown’s Parade at Frogmore Papermill. Additionally, she has sung for various recordings at venues including Abbey Road Studios, for outreach projects with Opera Holland Park and for solo recitals.
Biography
Since her time at RAM, Charlie-Jade has maintained both a steady performance career and a successful teaching career. She is currently the Associate Teacher of Singing at LAMDA, and teaches across the BA & MFA Professional Acting, MA Classical Acting and MA Musical Theatre programmes. She also teaches on the BA Musical Theatre programme at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and prior to these appointments taught on the BA Actor Musicianship programme at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts and on the BA Musical Theatre programme at Laine Theatre Arts. She runs her private studio for professional voice users, The Practice by Charlie-Jade, teaching singing and supporting singers’ health. She adopts a person-centred approach to her teaching and continues her own professional development collaborating with specialist clinicians, including a voice specialist ENT, and observing them in clinic.
Her experiences as both a student, singer and teacher, alongside a keen interest in singers health and psychological perspectives on the voice inspired her to accept a place to study the MSc in Performance Science at the Royal College of Music from which she graduated with Distinction in 2023. Her MSc research investigated experiences and perceptions of health and wellbeing within a drama school context and the findings inspired her to pursue doctoral research. Supervised by Professor Aaron Williamon and Dr Anna Detari, Charlie-Jade’s PhD research will investigate health literacy in drama school students, staff, and graduates, before working with her own research findings, current literature, and clinical experts to develop a health intervention for this educational context.

Blair Kelly
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Blair Kelly
Blair Kelly is a vocal coach and lecturer specialising in contemporary commercial music, musical theatre, spoken voice and drag and cabaret performance. Blair teaches singing on the Popular Music and Musical Theatre programmes at Trinity Laban and is the founder and Artistic Director of Errata: London’s Queerest Choir with an additional interest and specialism in working with drag and cabaret performers. He is an Estill Master Trainer and is trained in Body-Based Voice Pedagogy.
Biography
He holds an MA Theatre and Performance and a BMus (Hons) Popular Music Performance. Blair’s research interests include queer utopian performance, trauma and voice, Bourdieu’s theory of practice and education, disability in performance and rehearsal and has presented his research at the 10th Estill World Voice Symposium in 2021, the Voice Geek Conference 2019 and has published a chapter in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Education: Perspectives and Practices. Blair is a performance artist and songwriter, releasing his first album in 2014, and writing and performing a solo stand-up experimental cabaret in 2018. He is currently working on combining live art with rock music in an experimental performance exploring queer magick and mythology. He has worked as a Vocal Director on a range of shows and is currently the Vocal Consultant on a number of fringe productions in London. Blair is passionate about working with and coaching queer, trans and non-binary performers and has extensive experience of facilitating a safe learning environment for clients and colleagues from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Amy Lawrence
Dance Teacher

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Dance Teacher

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Simon Masterton-Smith
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Simon Masterton-Smith
This year I’m celebrating 55 years in the entertainment industry! When I was a ‘serious’ singing student my singing teacher sent me for a pantomime audition. Got the job (still don’t know how) and that was my start. I’ve since worked in many different areas of the entertainment industry, notably Opera, Musicals, as well as Pantomime, Music Hall, Television drama and situation comedy, films and straight theatre. Glyndebourne Festival, Summer Season and my first West End Musical, Beyond the Rainbow, in which I played the village idiot! I even had a go as a Rock Ballad singer in West Berlin while auditioning for the Deutsche Oper and the Komische Oper! West End musicals include Evita, Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Roland Cassard), Sweeney Todd (Judge Turpin) and Aspects of Love (George Dillingham) – I did that one again in Lincoln.
Biography
I was a founder member of the New D’Oyly Carte Company at the Savoy: Yeoman of the Guard (Sgt Meryll), Iolanthe (Private Willis), Mikado (Pish Tush) and Pirates of Penzance (Sergeant of Police) (last one recorded), and spent several years at the Coliseum with English National Opera playing in Pacific Overtures (Shogun’s Mother) – coached by Stephen Sondheim! died and went to heaven!, Die Fledermaus (Frosch), Street Scene (Harry Easter) (there was a lovely young song and dance girl called Catherine Zeta Jones in the cast – I wonder what happened to her?), and Orpheus in the Underworld (Mars). All of those recorded as well.
Trips abroad include: Paris for Curlew River; the Batignano Festival in beautiful Tuscany, singing Il Ritorno D’Ulisse in Italian to an Italian audience (brave or what!), United States and Ludwigshafen with ENO, and Opera Omaha and Portland Opera for My Fair Lady (Col Pickering). Short National Theatre season at the Royal National Theatre in a new opera, Baby Doll as Archie Lee. With Modern Music Theatre Troupe I had some quick changes in Stephen McNeff’s The Waste land at the Covent Garden Festival (also in Hay-on-Wye where it rained so hard we couldn’t hear the orchestra in the big plastic tent!). Lots of great stuff with Music Theatre London Don Giovanni, Marriage of Figaro, Cosi Fan Tutte, Boheme, Falstaff, touring the Netherlands, and seasons at the old Drill Hall, London.
With Lincoln Theatre Royal I did Annie as well (Daddy Warbucks) and took that and Peter Pan (Captain Hook) to Malaysia, 6000 feet up a mountain. Also with them I was in a comedy called Five Blue Haired Ladies on a Green Park Bench (Marvin, William Morris and Richard) which did a season and a tour.
At the Players’ Theatre Club I was a Music Hall Turn and was often the Chairman, introducing the acts and interacting with the audience.
Most recently I’ve been working with Charles Court Opera, a vibrant young company, doing Pantos, Gilbert and Sullivan and avant-garde concerts, and had three summers in Buxton at the International G&S Festival As Mikado, Private Willis and Adam Goodheart (not all at the same time, though!).
I’ve got quite a long recording catalogue; and on TV Crackerjack (Crackerjack!)in which I was a jewel thief disguised as Cyrano de Bergerac, Get Well Soon (Doctor Waxman), and Cambridge Spies (Sir Clive Woodham).
Films for Capriol Films include Falstaff on location at a derelict Golf Course in Norfolk; La Boheme on location in a newly redeveloped part of Greenwich; Warlock: Some Little Joy (Augustus John), and Draw on Sweet Night (Anne’s Father). For Porterhouse Productions, Out of the Shadows (Dr Winston), this one with a Red Carpet Gala.
I’m on the Vocal Faculty at TrinityLaban Conservatoire in glorious Greenwich. Many of my past students have gone on to success in the West End and International stages, and in films and television. I still teach privately.
I’m so lucky having been able to meet and work with the greats of the entertainment industry, Sir Tom Allen, Leslie Crowther, Arthur Askey, Sir John Tomlinson, Lynda Baron, Michael Ball, Keith Warner, Anthony van Laast and Kenn Oldfield, to name but a few!

Joanne McShane
Dance Teacher

Sara-Louisa Parry
Singing Teacher
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Sara-Louisa Parry
Sara Louisa Parry studied singing at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Her first professional job was in the cast of Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre, Manchester and toured with the show to Dublin and Edinburgh. She was also a member of the cast in the 10th Anniversary concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1995.
Other credits include Phantom of the Opera (Ensemble) London. Evita (Ensemble) Spektrum Theater Oslo, Grease (Miss Lynch) UK tour.
Oliver! (Widow Corney), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Fairy Godmother), Wind in The Willows (Mrs Otter) Trinity Theatre,
Tunbridge Wells. Sara Louisa is based in London, regularly touring the UK as lead vocalist with the Neil Sedaka tribute show ‘Oh! Carol’.
Alongside a busy teaching practice Sara Louisa also works for Headliners as a Vocal MD aboard the P&O and Cunard cruise lines

Verity Quade
Music Lead
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Verity Quade
Verity is a seasoned West End performer, having played both lead and ensemble in a variety of musicals. A selection of her credits include: Carousel at the London Coliseum; Kinky Boots at the Adelphi Theatre; Sweeney Todd at the London Coliseum; Sunny Afternoon at the Pinter Theatre; Sister Act at the London Palladium; The Sound of Music at The London Palladium and Jerry Springer, the Opera at the Cambridge Theatre. She is in constant demand as a singing teacher and vocal coach at the highest level and works regularly as a musical director and arranger.
Biography
Verity is also an experienced session and concert singer and has sung backing vocals for Dionne Warwick and Josh Groban, performed in three Proms and a national tour with the John Wilson Orchestra, and was a featured vocalist in a collaboration with the English National Ballet at the Royal Albert Hall entitled Strictly Gershwin.

Jody Robinson
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Jody Robinson
Jody trained at the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music receiving scholarships to study at each. She works as an MD, Vocal Coach, Singing Teacher, Singer and Vocal Arranger. As a composer Jody has written for theatre, film, and dance. As a performer she has recorded for adverts, performed live on BBC radio and on stage in various musicals. She has taught in many top Musical Theatre institutions and now at Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance. As an MD her passion is creating vocal colour and precision in ensemble singing. MD credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hazlitt Theatre), Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tabard Theatre), ‘Til The Clouds Go By (tour), Half a Sixpence (New Wimbledon Theatre), Madagascar (TIE tour), The Snow Queen (Rose Theatre), Big Fish (Blackheath Halls), Beauty And The Beast (Rose Theatre), Persuasion (Oxford Playhouse), Loserville (Blackheath Halls), The Jungle Book (CFT) and Spring Awakening (CFT).

Howard Thompson
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Howard Thompson
Howard trained at the Royal Academy of Music and prior to this studied for a BA in Music from the University of York. He recently completed the PGCert in Performance Teaching at Guildhall School of Music and Drama and is now a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Howard has performed in a variety of opera, oratorio, recital and musical theatre engagements. His opera credits include Vater Hänsel und Gretel; Guglielmo Cosi Fan Tutte; Schaunard La Boheme; Mr Peachum The Threepenny Opera; Argante Rinaldo; Demetrius & Starveling A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Howard has also worked as a producer in regional theatre and ran education projects with The Theatre Chipping Norton.

Richard Hartley Wilson
Teaching Staff - Singing
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Richard Hartley Wilson
Richard Hartley Wilson trained at Middlesex University, gaining a BA (Hons 1st Class) in Performing Arts. He went on to study a Post Graduate Diploma in Musical Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music, where he was awarded the Mary Hammond award for acting through song. He also holds a PGCLTHE from Rose Bruford. Since graduating he has worked consistently as a singer and actor both in the UK and overseas. As a teacher Richard works at drama schools and conservatories across London.
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