Ryan trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in BA Musical Theatre, where he now heads the Junior Conservatoire programme of Musical Theatre. His performances whilst studying include; Little Shop of Horrors, Carousel and Spring Awakening (RCS), John Barrowman’s Concert Tour and BBC Children In Need: Rocks Scotland 2011 (Glasgow’s SECC). And as part of Susan Boyle’s UK Tour, The Olivier Awards 2011 (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London); and as a finalist in Stephen Sondheim Society Student of the Year Award (Garrick Theatre, London).
He has recently taken the role of Associate Agent with Infinity Artist Management managing the London office, with clients working across Film, TV and stage.
Credits as a performer include: Still Game Live 2: Bon Voyage (BBC), Bard in the Botanic’s season of Twelfth Night and Doctor Faustus, Somewhere in England (New Wimbledon Studio Theatre, London), Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (Macrobert Arts Centre, Stirling) and Sleeping Betty (Tron Theatre, Glasgow).
Anna has trained with The Television Workshop and The National Youth Theatre, she could be heard as the regular role of Rosa Makepeace in The Archers, as well as working alongside Lenny Henry in BBC’s ‘Danny and the Human Zoo’. Through her stage career she has worked with a variety of theatres such as The Royal Court, Birmingham REP and The Coventry Belgrade. Anna has also created her own work and has also enjoyed sold out shows at The Vaults festival and Brighton Fringe and was named as one of Funny Women’s ‘One’s to Watch’, during their annual nationwide competition. As a teacher Anna is now an associate for The National Youth Theatre as well as teaching at various youth theatres such as Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatre Peckham and Birmingham Hippodrome.
Natalie is a graduate of Kingston University where she gained a degree in Drama and Creative writing followed by a PGCE in Drama at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Natalie discovered her love for the arts in her early teens when she played the role of General Matilda Cartwright in the musical Guys and Dolls, since then her love for all genres of performance have grown from musical theatre to spoken word. Natalie has both performed in and directed a number of productions within school and at off Broadway theatres. Natalie is Head of Drama in a London secondary school teaching across KS3, 4 & 5.
Having been involved in the Theatre since a young age, Kathryn has grown up surrounded by musicals, plays, inspiring actors and motivational teachers and directors. Kathryn trained with the National Youth Theatre and since has been involved in a host of workshops with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Summer Bootcamps. She soon transitioned from musicals to plays and really found her love for acting. She continued this in her studies, achieving a BA Hons Degree in ‘Drama’.
Within her three year study she explored and worked under the influence of a variety of acting techniques including Strasberg’s Method Acting, Meisner’s Naturalistic approach and Artaud’s experimental portrayal.
Although her love for stage theatre is evident she has also been involved in productions with ITV, Channel 4 and most recently the award winning film ‘Suffragette.’ The last few years she has developed a huge passion for directing, having produced some contemporary plays including ‘Wasted’ by Kate Tempest as well as extracts from musicals including ‘Les Miserables.’ This led her to discover her love for teaching, in particular watching the progression in every child across all ages!
Harrison is an extremely passionate and dedicated dance teacher, who has experience both as a teacher and as a performer. His passion for dance derived from watching his favourite pop stars and learning their choreography at home! Harrison enrolled in hip-hop classes at the age of four and performed in countless talent contests across the country and at media events. At 10, Harrison was encouraged to enrol at Pineapple Performing Arts School where he received extensive training in street dance. Whilst studying for his BTEC Level 4 HNC Diploma in Performing Arts, Harrison was hired by The Dance Academy as their Lead Choreographer.
Harrison has choreographed numerous productions in theatres around Essex and has worked across multiple theatre schools in London as well as working with independent dance troupes on choreography for national competitions.
Roisin has had a love for the arts from a young age. Dancing since the age of 3, she developed her skills at dance competitions and theatre schools – much like ShowKids. Roisin has trained across different styles of dance from ballet to jazz, and whilst being surrounded by inspiring teachers she decided to specialise in Musical Theatre. Roisin completed a BA Hons Degree in ‘Musical Theatre and Performance’ at The Hammond in Chester. She hopes to continue teaching and inspiring children, like her teachers did for her!
Danielle trained on a full scholarship at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where she gained a National Diploma in Musical Theatre. Danielle has been teaching since she was 18 years old in dance, musical theatre and drama. Danielle choreographs and teaches for the Ambassador Theatre Group in Glasgow every year and has also worked in the creative learning department for ATG theatres delivering workshops.
Credits since graduating – Stand in Christina – ‘The Power’ ( Amazon Prime) Dancer in ‘ Rocketman ( Paramount pictures ) Dancer in Men in Black: International 2019. Scottish Torrie/ Dance Captain’ in The Sword & The Dope ( Waterloo east theatre). ‘Cheshire Cat’ – Alice in Wonderland ( London ) . Fabian – Twelfth Night Tour ‘Dancer’ – Let’s sing, Lets Dance for comic relief ( Whizkid Entertainment) . ‘Dancer’ – The Voice( ITV) , ‘Barmy’- Jack & The Beanstalk Pantomime ( Essex) . ‘Dancer’- The Vamps – Ant & Dec Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV) . ‘Cinderella’- Cinderella Pantomime.( Scotland) ‘Featured singer & Dancer’ Glasgow 2014 Opening Ceremony – Commonwealth Games ( Jack Morton Worldwide)
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