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Send us Fan Mail Leon studied at Guildford School of Acting. Leon's theatre credits include: Sandra Bollock - Everybodys talking about Jamie (Apollo Theatre) West End, Babkak/Cover Genie - Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre) West End, Audrey II (Voice of the plant) - Little Shop Of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse & Mercury Theatre Colchester), Queen Of Hearts - Alice In Wonderland (UK tour), Kin...

Send us Fan Mail Steven's television and film credits include: Jeff Cullen (Regular) in Coronation Street & Just Rosie (ITV), Ken Beasley (Regular) in Bernard’s Watch (Carlton), Gregg Blake (Regular) in London’s Burning (LWT), Ed Russell (Regular) in Bugs (Carnival / BBC), Captain Barker in The New adventures of Robin Hood (Warner Bros), Drew in Doctors (BBC), Scott Bridges in Holby City...

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Send us Fan Mail From training as a 13 year old at Italia Conti school, Lee has had an illustrious career performing in theatre before becoming the successful multi award winning choreographer and director that he is now. Lee has directed: Once on this Island (Southwark Playhouse); Eurovision (Iceland); Legally Blonde (Monaco) Lee has choreographed : Ghost (Stuttgard, Germany); Fiddler on the Roof...

Send us Fan Mail Alex made his West End debut in the RSC/Opera North production of Showboat at The London Palladium in 1991. Shortly after this he joined the London production of Buddy at The Victoria Palace Theatre. In 1992 Alex joined the American touring company of Buddy and performed at The White House in the presence of President & Mrs George Bush. On his return Alex took over the role of...

Send us Fan Mail Jai won the fifth season of Britain’s Got Talent, capturing the hearts of a nation with his powerhouse vocals, natural charm, and versatile song interpretations.  His debut album Believe was released with Syco Music in 2011 and the popularity of the track, ‘To Where You Are,’ led to McDowall being invited by its original singer, Josh Groban, to jointly perform the song at Glasgow...

Send us Fan Mail After training at the  London Studio Centre and then a successful performing career, Nikki went on to direct and choreograph for productions including: Hairspray (Pimlico Opera); Barrie Humphries Weimar Cabaret (Barbican); Sweet Charity (Pimlico Opera); Anton and Erin (2015 thru 2020 tours); Les Miserables (Pimlico Opera); Porgy and Bess (Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen); Ballroom...

Send us Fan Mail Dr John Rigby studied orchestral conducting at the University of Huddersfield and the Royal Northern College of Music. He gained his PhD from King’s College London having researched the cultural resonances of Franz Lehár’s ‘Berlin’ operettas during the Weimar Republic. He also holds an honorary Doctor of Arts from Edge Hill University in recognition of his work in musical theatre...

Send us Fan Mail Nikki Belsher was trained at the Jeannine Greville Dancing Academy. At 11 she made her West End debut in the musical Annie at the Victoria Palace. By the time she was 15 she had followed this with two further seasons in Annie , a season with Kids International at the Dominion and the leading role of Morgana in Tin Pan Ali at the Edinburgh Fringe. She left school at 16 to join the...

Send us Fan Mail Gareth is a Welsh composer, arranger, conductor and musical director. He has worked extensively in London's West End on musical productions and also conducted orchestras worldwide including the BBC Concert Orchestra , Welsh National Opera Orchestra , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Pasdeloup orchestra, RPO Concert Orchestra , Queensland Symphony Orchestra , ENB Sinfonia, Orchestre d...

Send us Fan Mail At 18 Laurretta joined English National Ballet under the Directorship of Wayne Eagling.  After 6 months she had the opportunity to dance the Principal role of Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis in Mary Skeaping's Giselle at the London Coliseum.  Following the success of this role Laurretta got to perform the Pas de Trois in Suite En Blanc along side Vadim Muntagirov and also particip...

Send us Fan Mail Matthew Cole is an OLIVIER AWARD NOMINATED Choreographer and is the founder of LONDON THEATRE RUNWAY . A musical theatre training and connectivity programme for industry professionals. www.londontheatrerunway.com His forthcoming productions include: FOOTLOOSE UK Tour - 2021, IDENTICAL (based upon The Parent Trap) Directed by Trevor Nunn, Music by George Stiles and Lyrics by Anthon...

Send us Fan Mail Aria Entertainment was founded in 2012 by Katy Lipson. In 2017, Katy was awarded the Best Producer award by the Off-West End Awards and is a recipient of the Stage One Bursary and Start Up Award. She made “The Stage 100” in 2018, 2019 and 2020 for her work at Hope Mill Theatre and in 2021 for her work as a solo producer. Katy produced the UK Premiere Tour of The Addams Family and...

Send us Fan Mail Michael England was born in Colchester and went on to study at Huddersfield University. Since then he has embarked on a highly successful career as conductor, composer and musical director. In London’s West End, Michael has been Musical Director for Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, The Producers, Jerry Springer – The Opera (also BBC TV) and Doctor Dolittle. On t...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Ingram is a London-based actress whose musical theatre credits include Miss Jane in Floyd Collins (Wilton's Music Hall), Paulette in Legally Blonde (South Korea for The Curve) Grand High Witch in The Witches (The Curve and Tour) Medium / Aunt in See What I Wanna See (Jermyn Street Theatre), Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd (Twickenham Theatre), Stella in Follies (Opera de Tou...

Send us Fan Mail Some thoughts for the year ahead and wishing everyone hope and joy for 2021.

Send us Fan Mail As we finish 2020 and look forward to a more hopeful 2021, I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all my guests who gave their time up to be interviewed by me and sharing part of their life experiences within the performing arts world. I also want to thank all my listeners who have given me such wonderful feedback and I hope you will continue to carry on listening to my p...

Send us Fan Mail LaMichael Leonard, Jr. is from Tallahassee, FL, but resides in Paris where he has been the lead dancer and Master of Ceremonies at the world-famous Lido Cabaret since 2014.   He began his professional dance career with Martha Graham Dance Company, where he was a soloist, and made his international debut in Athens, Greece soon after earning his BFA from New World School of the Arts...

Send us Fan Mail Sasha Regan is an English theatre director. In 1998, she founded the Union Theatre , a small fringe venue on the premises of a disused paper warehouse on Union Street in the London borough of Southwark. She has been in charge of the theatre ever since. Her director credits include: Blondel (The Union Theatre); The Last Five Years (St. James Theatre, Assisted Jason Robert Brown); O...

Send us Fan Mail Mike Sterling is a much-in-demand performer with over 30 years’ experience encompassing West End theatre, television, radio, classical stage and recording.  He has worked alongside many superstars in various television programmes and UK tours, including Dame Shirley Bassey, Barry Manilow, Michael Ball and Engelbert Humperdinck. His West End credits include The Phantom in The Phant...

Send us Fan Mail Tim trained at Mountview before embarking on his successful career within the performing arts world. His directing credits include: Into the Woods, (Cockpit Theatre), Metropolis,Wonderful Town, A Little Night Music, Into the Woods, Days of Hope, She Loves Me, Follies . (Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre); NewsRevue (Edinburgh 2013, Canal Café Theatre, London 2013 and 2016), Sunny Sid...

Send us Fan Mail Nigel joined the Bristol Old Vic company at the Theatre Royal in 1983 where he stayed for three years working on 29 productions ranging from ‘RICHARD II’ to the musical ‘JUDY’ which he also worked on when it transferred to London’s Strand Theatre in 1986.    After a season on the Theatre Of Comedy production of ‘ROOKERY NOOK’ at London's Shaftesbury Theatre he joined the Oliv...

Send us Fan Mail Summer has been involved in the West End productions of Cats , Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , Guys and Dolls and The Boy Friend (for which she was nominated for the 2007 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Role in a Musical). During the Christmas season of 2006 she played the title role in the pantomime Dick Whittington and His Cat . She starred in The Drowsy Chaperone (for which she was...

Send us Fan Mail Keith Jack is best known for his appearance in the BBC1 Show ‘Any Dream will Do’, coming in second. Shortly after the program Keith joined the UK Tour of Bill Kenwright’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in which he played The Narrator. He then created the lead role of Charlie in the new musical Only the Brave , which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, followi...

Send us Fan Mail Graham is best known for his role playing Nigel Pargetter in the BBC radio series The Archers from 1983 until January 2011. After his character's death in 2011, Seed played himself as the villain in a Radio 4 pantomime who plans to bring down Radio 4 by releasing the Pips, but ultimately falls to his death whilst retrieving a banner, paralleling his Archers character. In addi...