Cast & Staff

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Charles Rice

[Baritone]

Anglo-French Baritone Charles read Politics at Leeds University working as a TV Writer/Producer for the BBC and ITV before retraining at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio.
In the UK he has appeared with the Royal Opera House, English National Opera, Wexford Festival, Grange Festival, Aldeburgh Festival and English Touring Opera in roles such as Figaro in The Barber of Seville, Sid in Albert Herring, Ned Keene in Peter Grimes and Maximilian in Candide.
International engagements have included Robert Cecil in Gloriana (Teatro Real Madrid), the title role of Eugene Onegin (Angers Nantes Opéra), Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hyogo Performing Arts Center), Marcello in La bohème (Opera Theatre Company Dublin) and HARLEKIN in Ariadne auf Naxos and SILVIO in Pagliacci (Opéra de Toulon). A frequent guest of Opéra de Lyon he sang in their world pemiere of Benjamin, dernière Nuit.
Plans include Carmina Burana with Liepaja Symphony Latvia, Lancelot in Camelot (London) and the title-role in Thomas’s Hamlet (Nantes and Rennes).

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Alex Otterburn

[Baritone]

In his first professional season Alex garnered unanimous critical acclaim in numerous roles. From Eddy in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Greek (Edinburgh International Festival), Harlequin in Ariadne auf Naxos (Scottish Opera and Opera Holland Park), to Pallante in Agrippina (Grange Festival), Alex distinguished himself as a young artist with phenomenal versatility.
A former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist, this season Alex joins English National Opera as a Harewood Artist making his mainstage debut as Squibby in Iain Bell’s new opera Jack the Ripper conducted by Martyn Brabbins. Elsewhere he takes his celebrated portrayal of Eddy in Greek to the Brooklyn Academy of Arts, marking his US operatic debut, as well as making his debut at Opera North as Cascada in Giles Havergal’s production of The Merry Widow under Martin André. In concert he returns to the Edinburgh International Festival for Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles, accompanied by James Baillieu and Philip Moore.

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Dan Shelvey

[Tenor]

Liverpool born tenor Dan was a member of the National Opera Studio in 2017-18, where he worked with companies including Opera North, Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera. He recently retrained as a tenor, having previously studied and performed as a baritone. In the 2018-19 season he will make his Royal Opera House debut as Baldr in the world premiere of Gavin Higgins’ new opera The Monstrous Child.
Recent highlights include the role of Ecclittico in Haydn’s Il mondo della Luna (New Chamber Opera), in which he was described as “a name to watch” (Seen and Heard International). As a baritone he sang the role of Marchese d’Obigny La traviata (Glyndebourne) in 2017 and as a soloist in many of the UK’s leading concert venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Colston Hall and the Bridgewater Hall. He was a Countess of Munster recital artist in 2014-2018 and a Jerwood Young Artist at Glyndebourne in 2013. He is an alumnus of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, before attending GSMD he graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music with a First Class degree.

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Katie Deacon

[Actress, Dancer]

Katie trained at Central School of Ballet in London, First Class BA(Hons) in Professional Dance and Performance.
Theatre credits include Cassandra and Understudy Demeter/Bombalurina/Gumbie Cat in CATS (International Tour), Original West End cast of An American in Paris (Dominion Theatre), Lady in Waiting (Featured Actress) in the Royal Ballet’s Elizabeth (Barbican), Jemima/Understudy White Cat/Dance Captain in CATS (RCCL), Ginger Rogers in a new immersive performance Welcome to the Grand (Jazz House Theatre), and Spirit of Night/Dance Captain in the London Premiere of Out Of This World (All Star Productions). Workshop credits include Swing in Immersive Nutcracker (Will Tuckett).
Other credits include Soloist and corps de ballet roles with Ballet NDB (Czech Republic), English National Ballet and The National Ballet of Ireland.

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Jessica Walker

[Mezzosoprano]

Alongside her busy career as both cabaret artist and opera singer, Jessica has been devising, performing and writing new work, both alone and in collaboration with others, since 2010. Her recent projects include Not Such Quiet Girls, a new commission commemorating the end of WW1 for Opera North, her play All I Want is One Night (in London, Manchester and Brits off Broadway, New York) and an accompanying CD of French cabaret songs. Recent performances include her critically-acclaimed solo shows The Girl I Left Behind Me and Pat Kirkwood is Angry, the Tom Waits project Mercy and Grand (Adelaide Festival), and a recording of WW1 songs, Enter the Peace Broker. Her stage work across Europe includes Gwendolen in Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest, Nurse/Harriet in Sunday in the Park with George (Théâtre du Châtelet), Nerone in The Coronation of Poppea, Gloria in One Touch of Venus, The Little Arab Julietta, Gigi School for Lovers and Peep Bo in The Mikado.

Claire

Aoife Miskelly

[Soprano]

Northern Irish soprano Aoife studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Her career now takes her across Europe with recent appearances at major houses including the Royal Opera, La Monnaie, Aix-en-Provence, Oper Köln and Welsh National Opera. Her roles include Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Gilda in Rigoletto, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Despina in Così, Servilia in Clemenza di Tito, Musetta in La Boheme, Polissena in Radamisto, the title role in Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Snow Maiden, Thérèse in Poulenc’s Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Eliza in My Fair Lady and on her last appearance in Japan, Helena A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is also a keen interpreter of new music: amongst her contemporary repertoire are premieres and works by Mark-Anthony Turnage, Gerald Barry, Jonathan Dove and Detlev Glanert. Future plans include the title role in The Cunning Little Vixen for Welsh National Opera.

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Stephen Richardson

[Bass-baritone]

Stephen has created roles in many important contemporary works including Thomas Adès’ The Tempest (Royal Opera); Tan Dun’s Orchestral Theatre II: Re‚ and Tea (Suntory Hall‚ Tokyo); Barry’s The Triumph of Beauty and Deceit‚ The Importance of Being Earnest and The Intelligence Park; Tavener’s Eis Thanaton‚ Resurrection‚ The Apocalypse and Fall and Resurrection (City of London Sinfonia‚ St Paul’s Cathedral); and the British premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale (ENO).
Recent and upcoming engagements include Hotel Manager and Duke Powder Her Face (Irish National Opera‚ Nevill Holt Opera)‚ King of Hearts in Unsuk Chin’s Alice in Wonderland (Los Angeles Philharmonic and The Barbican)‚ Baron Ochs Der Rosankavalier (Bolshoi and Opera North)‚ Dansker Billy Budd (Rome Opera and Opera North)‚ Hobson Peter Grimes (La Scala‚ Royal Opera‚ Opera North and Aldeburgh)‚ Sarastro The Magic Flute‚ Daland The Flying Dutchman, Lady Bracknell The Importance of Being Earnest, Timur Turandot and Powder Her Face (Northern Ireland Opera)‚ The General Silent Night (Opera North)‚ Bartolo and Rocco Fidelio (Garsington Opera)‚ Rocco (Bridgewater Hall with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Garsington and Winterthur Festival) and Frank Die Fledermaus (Korean National Opera).

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Hilary Summers

[Contralt]

Her three-octave range has excited the attention of many composers, and she has created roles including Stella in Carter’s What Next? (Berlin State Opera), Irma in Peter Eötvös’s Le balcon (Aix-en-Provence) and Miss Prism in Gerald Barry’s The Importance of Being Earnest (Los Angeles Philharmonic and Linbury Studio in London).
A fine interpreter of the Baroque repertoire, in opera she has specialised in Handelian heroes such as the title role in Giulio Cesare, but her repertoire ranges from Mars in Legrenzi’s Il divisione del mondo to Baba the Turk inThe Rake’s Progress and Mrs Sedley in Peter Grimes.
Recent and future highlights include Mother Goose in The Rake’s Progress (Aix-en-Provence and Netherlands Opera), Diana Orsini in Ginastera’s Bomarzo (Teatro Real), Cornelia in Giulio Cesare with Christian Curnyn and Early Opera Company, concerts with ORF Radiosymphony Orhestra, The King’s Consort, La Serenissima, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and Finnish Radio. In the 2018-19 season she will make her debut appearance at Teatro alla Scala singing the role of Nell in the world premiere of Kurtag’s Fin de Partie.

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Anna Dennis

[Soprano]

Described by the Times as a “delectable soprano and a serene, ever-sentient presence”, Anna’s notable concert performances have included Britten’s War Requiem (Berlin Philharmonie), Thomas Adès’ Life Story accompanied by the composer (Lincoln Centre), major roles in all three Monteverdi operas with Sir John Eliot Gardiner 2018, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under Masaaki Suzuki and Haydn’s Schöpfung with Orchestra Ensemble Kanazawa, Japan. Recent operatic roles include: Paride in Gluck’s Paride ed Elena (Nuremberg Opera), Katherine Dee in Damon Albarn’s Dr. Dee (ENO), Emira in Handel’s　Siroe (Göttingen Händel Festspiele), Bersi in Andrea Chenier (Opera North), Ilia in Idomeneo (Birmingham Opera Company), Pamina in The Magic Flute (Lichfield Festival) and Strawberry Seller & Strolling Player in Death in Venice (La Scala). She has created roles in premieres of Francisco Coll’s Café Kafka (Royal Opera/ Opera North/ Aldeburgh), Jonathan Dove’s The Enchanted Pig (Young Vic), Edward Rushton’s The Shops (Bregenz Festspiele/ Royal Opera House), and Will Tuckett’s Pleasure’s Progress (Royal Opera House).

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François Testory

[Singer, Dancer, Actor]

François trained in Brussels at the Maurice Béjart School: Mudra. He then became a principal member of the Lindsay Kemp Company with whom he has performed many time in Japan.
He has also performed in Japanese productions the title roles of Nephilim and Salome Directed by Keikou Hyo with Mio Takaki, Eisuke Sasai and Hinokawa Okami in Sussanoo directed by Haruhiko Jo with Ninja (Johnny and Associates), Miyuki Tsurugi and Ran Otori.
As actor, dancer, singer, he has collaborated with a diverse array of companies and directors such as: DV8, Ballet Rambert, Gecko Physical Theatre, Punch Drunk, Jane Campion, Terry Gilliam, Neil Bartlett. He has sung, Njegus in The Merry Widow, Goro in Mme Butterfly, Franz in The Merry Widow and in musicals: Sarrazine, Night After Night and The Bar by Nicolas Bloomfield. He has produced two solos Empire, a song and dance Vanitas and the Electro Oratorio Medea Written In rage. He appears singing on various albums The Ape of Naples (Coil), the Messe de Notre Dame Graindelavoix early music polyphony ensemble, A Pot Of Powdered Nettle by Daniel O'Sullivan (Grumbling Fur), Massimo Pupillo (Zu), and his own electro album Sarrazine.

[Conductor]

Graduated from Kyoto City University of Arts. Studied under Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa. Winner of the 1989 International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors. He has performed for top class orchestras around Europe, including the Orchestre de Paris, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, Berlin Philharmonic, and NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. From September 2015, inaugurated as music director of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, with a history of over 100 years in Austria. His achievements are numerous and his opera productions include La traviata at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 2003, Madame Butterfly at the Chorégies d'Orange in 2007, Peter Grimes at the Teatro Regio Torino in 2010, Carmen in 2012, and Le nozze di Figaro in 2015. He is the artistic director at the Hyogo Performing Arts Center and chief conductor at the Siena Wind Orchestra. Many CDs of his performances have been released, and his newest is his eighth CD as conductor of the Tonkünstler Orchestra, Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 (released May 2018). His written works include "How I Became a Conductor" (Shincho Bunko), "A Life of Waving a Baton - How Conductors Carve Time" (PHP Shinsho/PHP Bunko).

Official fan site : http://yutaka-sado.meetsfan.jp

[Stage director/ Set & costume designer]

Antony is a Royal Designer for Industry. He is a member of the British Team of Designers who won the Golden Triga at the 2003 Prague Quadrennale for Un Ballo in Maschera, and in 1991 for the 1989 RSC Hamlet starring Mark Rylance. Winner of Set Design Award for Opera, International Opera Awards 2013.
Opera Direction and Design includes: Hansel and Gretel (Royal Opera), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre), Powder Her Face (Irish National Opera), Lohengrin (Welsh National Opera/ Polish National Opera/ Greek National Opera), The Ring Cycle, Manon, King Priam (Nationale Reisopera Holland), Fiddler on the Roof ,Wonderful Town, Rusalka, Queen of Spades, (Grange Park Opera), Ariadne auf Naxos, Rusalka, The Knot Garden, Aida, Samson and Dalilah (Scottish Opera).
Design includes: Katya Kabanova (Royal Opera), Macbeth (Theater St Gallen), La Finta Giardinera (Glyndebourne and Teatro alla Scala), Ein Reigen (Vienna State Ballet), The Gambler (Royal Opera), Alice, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker (Scottish Ballet).

[Lighting designer]

Lucy is a multi-award winning, critically acclaimed Lighting Designer. She is a two-time winner of the prestigious Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for Chroma (2008) and for Woolf Works (2015); winner of the 2013 TMA Achievement award in Opera for Lohengrin; and the 2004 Olivier Dance Award for 2 Human.
Opera credits include: Elektra (Goteborge Opera), Lohengrin (Greek National Opera, Polish National Opera, and Welsh National Opera), La finta giardiniera (Glyndebourne and Teatro alla Scala), Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh beach, Salomé and The Dream of Gerontius for ENO at The Royal Festival Hall.
Dance credits include: Obsidian Tear, + - Human, Afterite, Yugen, Multiverse and Autobiography with long-term collaborator Wayne McGregor; Threshold (Le Patin Libre), Infra (Australian Ballet), The Most Incredible Thing (Charlotte Ballet).
Theatre credits include; The Almighty Sometimes and Persuasion (Royal Exchange), Home I’m Darling, Husbands and Sons, Medea and Emil and the Detectives (NT), Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (Apollo), Oil (Almeida) The End of Longing (Playhouse). Other credits include: lighting design for Gareth Pugh’s Women’s Collection in London Fashion Week 2017 and Paloma Faith’s performance at the Brit Awards 2015.

[Choreographer]

Artistic Director Scottish Ballet 2002 –2012
Honorary Doctorate Royal Conservatoire of Scotland 2012
Recent new work: Eugene Onegin (Scottish Opera), Tipping Point (Joffrey Ballet), Ein Reigen (Vienna State Ballet), Subterrain (Rambert), The Grammar of Ornament (Tulsa Ballet), Alice (initially created for Scottish Ballet; recreated for Croatian National Ballet 2014), If Memory Serves / Courting the Senses (Royal Ballet of Flanders, Dance East and Aldeburgh Festival 2013), Guide to Strange Places (San Francisco Ballet) and Century Rolls (Polish National Ballet) and the ballets in the New Year’s Day Concert, Vienna, 2013 and 2014.
Ashley made his debut as Opera Director in 2013 at Nevill Holt Opera on La Boheme, in 2015 Orfeo ed Eurydice (Scottish Opera), in 2014 Carmen (Nevill Holt), in 2013 he choreographed Hippolyte et Aricie (Glyndebourne), Directed by Jonathan Kent.
Work for Scottish Ballet includes: The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Alice, Fearful Symmetries, Pennies from Heaven, The Pump Room, Walking in the Heat, 32 Cryptograms, Nightswimming into Day.

[Movement Director]

Lucy was a principal dancer with Ballet Rambert between 1970-85. During this time she performed as a guest artist with Rudolf Nureyev.
Her work as a Choreographer includes, Parsifal (Opera National de Paris), for Richard Jones, Ariodante (Lyric Opera Chicago), La fanciulla del West (Santa Fe Opera/ ENO) and Die Meistersinger von Nürnburg (ENO), Billy Budd (Frankfurt/ Gothenburg/ Amsterdam), Les Contes d’Hoffmann (ENO/ Bayerische Staatsoper), Lohengrin (Bayerische Staatsoper), Gloriana (Royal Opera/ Hamburg) and L’Heure espagnole/ Gianni Schicchi (Royal Opera) and, for director Antony McDonald, Hansel and Gretel (Royal Opera), Werther (Bergen National Opera), Powder Her Face (The Lyric Theatre, Belfast and Irish National Opera), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hyogo Performing Arts Centre), Ariadne auf Naxos (Scottish Opera and Holland Park), Fiddler on the Roof, Rusalka and The Queen of Spades (all Grange Park Opera), and The Importance of Being Earnest (Northern Ireland Opera).

Born in Sydney, William studied at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. He has danced as a soloist in both classical ballet and contemporary companies as well as at The Salzburg Festival. This has seen him perform roles in The Nutcracker, The Firebird, Cinderella, Romeo & Juliet and The Sleeping Beauty throughout Europe, Australia and Asia. William is based in London where he works in musicals (Kiss of the Spider Woman), short films, movies (Time to Dance), commercials and collaborates with both photographers and high-end designers for London Fashion Week.

Jonathan was born in London and trained at The Royal Ballet Lower and Upper schools. After graduation he joined The Birmingham Royal Ballet. Then he was promoted to Soloist. During his 14- year -career with the company he has danced numerous roles in ballets by Ashton, Balanchine, Bintley, MacMillan, Van Manen, Cranko, Tharp and Wright. Other theatre includes being part of the original London cast of Wheeldon’s An American in Paris (Dominion) and dancing the role of Angel George in The King and I (London Palladium). He was also a featured dancer in Disney’s motion picture Nutcracker and the Four Realms.

Paul’s current and future plans include the title role in Candide (Komische Oper Berlin), Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Grange Festival), Guidobaldo in Schreker's Die Gezeichneten (Oper Zürich), Percy Bysshe Shelley in Michael Wertmüller’s new opera Didodati. Unendlich (Theater Basel), Melot in Tristan und Isolde and Flute in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Opéra de Montpellier), Les Enfants Terribles (The Royal Ballet), Don Curzio/Don Basilio in Le nozze di Figaro (Scottish Opera), and Raul in The Exterminating Angel (Royal Danish Opera Copenhagen).

Sebastian trained at The Royal Ballet Upper School after previously Elmhurst School of Dance, The Young Dancers Academy with Anna Du Boisson. West End credits include Swing/Assistant Dance Captain in An American in Paris (Dominion, Original London Cast). Other Credits include Ensemble/Understudy Riff in West Side Story (Royal Exchange Manchester), Swan in A Swan Lake, 2nd pas de trois in Agon, Petite Mort - 3rd duet in Sarabande & Sweet Dreams, Black and White Suite, Solo boy in Sleight of Hand, Dancing Gent in Manon, 3rd pas de deux in Without Words (The Norwegian National Ballet).

Alex trained at Elmhurst Ballet School and has performed with ballet companies in both Europe and America, most recently as a First Soloist with the Sarasota Ballet, Florida, USA. He has danced lead or featured roles in works by internationally renowned choreographers such as Frederick Ashton (Alain in La Fille mal gardée), Kenneth MacMillan (First Movement Principal in Concerto), George Balanchine (Rubies Principal in Jewels). Jerome Robbins (First Sailor in Fancy Free), Christopher Wheeldon (The American) and Twyla Tharp (Nine Sinatra Songs, Forget Domani). Most recently Alex toured China and Europe as Mr Mistoffelees in Cats.

Matt trained at Laine Theatre Arts. Theatre credits include Annie (Ed Mirvish Theatre, Toronto), Top Hat (Kilworth House Theatre), Big, The Musical (Theatre Royal, Plymouth & Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin), West Side Story (Kilworth House Theatre), War of the Worlds (Dominion), Elf, the Musical (Dominion), Sinatra (Palladium), We Will Rock You (Dominion & International Arena Tour), Disco Inferno (UK Tour), Television Credits include The Royal Variety performance 2017 (ITV), The Entire Universe (BBC), Eastenders (BBC).

Theatre, TV & Film credits include Fisherman in Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again (Movie), Male Dancer in Holland America Line, Amsterdam (Belinda King Productions) and Ensemble in The Lion King (UK & International Tour).
Dance credits include Apprentice at A.D. Dance Company with Holly Noble, White Rabbit in Alice in Wonderland with National Youth Ballet directed by Wayne Sleep, Ensemble in Back & Waltz in Swingtime with Dance Theatre of Harlem, Soloist in Interludes with Temple of Understanding Gala, Nutcracker Prince in Nutcracker with Ballet Theatre NY directed by Roman Baca.

Justin-Lee trained at Bird College, graduating with a First Class BA Hons. Theatre credits include Understudy Tony in West Side Story (Manchester Royal Exchange), Understudy Wally Strand in Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly), Understudy Mr.Z/Ensemble Original London cast of An American in Paris (Dominion), Understudy Mary Sunshine/Ensemble in Chicago (UK Tour), Ugly Sister in Cinderella (Cambridge). Ensemble in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (UK Tour), Aladdin (Cambridge), Understudy Tarzan/Ensemble Tarzan the Musical (Hamburg and Stuttgart), Ensemble in Beauty & the Beast (Kuala Lumpur), Dancer for both Take That and An American in Paris at the Royal Variety Performance.

Robin trained at Elmhurst and The Royal Ballet School. Theatre credits include The Snowman (Peacock), Strictly Ballroom (Piccadilly) and An American in Paris (Dominion). As a Soloist with the Polish National Ballet, he appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo & Juliet, Casanova in Warsaw, The Tempest, Adagio & Scherzo, Don Quixote, The Green Table, Soldiers Mass, The Nutcracker, Century Roles, Chroma, Concerto Barocco and Artifact Suite. Appearances with The Royal Ballet and The Birmingham Royal Ballet include La Valse, Cinderella, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake. Television credit includes Holst (BBC).

Theatre credits include Follies (National Theatre), 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), My Fair Lady (Teatro di San Carlo), An American in Paris (Dominion), Kiss Me Kate (Grand Theatre, Luxembourg), Guys and Dolls (Savoy & Phoenix), Wicked (Apollo Victoria), The Book of Mormon (Prince of Wales), White Christmas (The Lowry, Salford), Call Me Madam (Union), Wonderful Town (UK Tour), The Wizard of Oz (Palladium), Chicago (Cambridge), Mary Poppins (UK Tour), Cats (UK Tour), Me and My Girl (UK Tour), Anything Goes (UK Tour), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace) and On The Town (London Coliseum).

Zoe was born in Cheshire and at the age of 11 went to The Royal Ballet School for 5 years　where she performed with The Royal Ballet in Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker, followed by Central School of Ballet for 3 years where she performed in Swan Lake with Northern Ballet. After graduating she joined The National Ballet of Ireland where she performed in Scherezarde, Romeo & Juliet, The Nutcracker and Carmen. She then performed in Phantom of the Opera (West end) for 2 years, worked with New English Ballet theatre working with several choreographers, performed in An American in Paris Understudy Lise Dassin (West end), a new contemporary musical, Vanara and an immersive production of Swan Lake (Odette). 

Bianca trained at the New Zealand School of Dance and started her career with the Royal New Zealand Ballet. Since moving to Europe her performance credits include Cinderella, Blaubart, Nixon in China (Mainfranken Theatre Wurzburg, Germany), Will Tuckett’s Immersive Nutcracker (R+D), Van Cleef & Arpels (Buckingham Palace and Royal Opera House). Manon, Eugene Onegin, Les Vepres Siciliennes, Faust (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), The Mikado, Faust (The Coliseum, ENO), Fiddler on the Roof (BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall), Onegin (Grange Park Opera), A Midsummers Nights Dream, La Traviata (Glyndebourne), Esmeralda’s Night Circus, Cirque Du Lumiere (Incandescence circus theatre company). Film/Television credits include Peter Jackson’s King Kong, Street Dance-3D, One Last Song (Sam Smith music video), Welcome to Karachi (Bollywood Film), The Tell-Tale Heart (Dance film UK).

Rachael has appeared in many Musical theater productions including We will Rock you (Dominion, West end), The Snowman (Sadlers Wells and Peacock), Phantom of the Opera (UK Tour), West Side Story (UK Tour), Cats (Asia Tour), Peter Pan (Dublin), Movin Out (Apollo Victoria). Film credit includes Masquarade dancer in Phantom of the Opera.

Layla is a graduate of The Royal Ballet School and London Studio Centre. As an artist with Scottish Ballet, she performed works including Alice, Cinderella, Nutcracker, Cheating Lying Stealing, Sleeping Beauty, Rubies, and Carmen. Layla also worked with English National Ballet in Swan Lake, Giselle, Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, and Sleeping Beauty. She performed in The Royal Ballet’s Cinderella and Peter & the Wolf, and in The Kirov Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty. Further theatre credits include Meg in Phantom of the Opera (West End), Olivier Awards (ROH), Van Cleef & Arpels (Buckingham Palace), Phantom of the Opera 25th (Royal Albert Hall/Cinema/DVD), Jeux -Dance-Connections, Oliver, Ragged Child (USA/Canada), and Liberty Bell in Stars & Stripes. Film/TV credits include Mamma Mia-Here We Go Again, Disney’s Nutcracker and the Four Realms, StreetDance-3D, Filth & Wisdom, Ballet Russes, Ertu Culture ident, Poirot - Dumb Witness, South Bank Show, BBC’s Margot, Marriott Hotel campaign.

Nicky trained at The Royal Ballet School and worked professionally with English National Ballet. After spending six years touring regionally and internationally she left to freelance as an Independent Dance Artist. Nicky has worked with choreographers such as Wayne McGregor for the BRIT Awards, Akram Khan, R&D for ENB Giselle and Liam Scarlett, appearing in Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four realms. Nicky was part of the original West End cast of Wheeldon’s An American in Paris. Nicky has assisted George Williamson for Embrace (Birmingham Royal Ballet) and Stina Quagebeure for Nora (ENB) both premiered at Sadlers Wells. She is currently Rehearsal Director for New English Ballet Theatre and runs Staffordshire Youth Ballet - a youth initiative for promising young dancers in her home town.

Amy trained at the English National Ballet School. Upon graduating Amy joined the English National Ballet Company and danced with the company for over four years. Her repertoire includes Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Romeo & Juliet, Paquita, Raymonda, Rite of Spring, Facing Viv, Drink to me with thine eyes, Trapeze. Musical theatre credits in the west end include An American in Paris, Sinatra, cover Meg in Phantom of the Opera, cover Judy in Movin Out, Phantom 25th Anniversary Concert, Le Vespre Sicilliennes (Royal Opera). Film/Television credits include Disney’s The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, Royal Variety Performance 2011,2012 & 2016 (ITV), Gigglebiz (Cbeebies), Concert for Diana with Take That (BBC).

Lucy trained at Laine Theatre Arts. She made her West End debut in 42nd Street at Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Theatre credits include The Variety Hall of Fame (London), Eugenius (London Palladium), Ensemble/Understudy Princess in Jack and the Beanstalk (The Hawth, Crawley), Cinderella (Bristol Hippodrome), Robin Hood (New Victoria Theatre, Woking). Additionally Lucy has been an Ambassador and Model for Capezio dancewear.

Olive trained at Arts Educational. Theatre Credits include Lorraine in Jersey Boys (UK tour), Thursford Christmas Spectacular (Thursford), Swing/Understudy Mary in Jesus Christ Superstar (UK Tour), Dance Captain/ Sister in Evita (Dominion Theatre/ UK tour), Della/ Doris in Save The Last Dance For Me (UK Tour), Olive’s Mum/Ensemble in 25th Annual Putney County Spelling Bee, Mother in Kiss of The Spider Woman, Mitzi Lee and Vocal Captain in Babes in Arms, Vocalist in Olivier Awards, Dance/Swing Captain in Crazy for You, Myrtle May in Harvey, Hedda in Hedda Gable, Mistress Quickly in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Olive would like to thank her friends and family for their constant love and support.

Katie trained at Associate of The Royal Ballet School and Tring Park School for Performing Arts. She joined Scottish Ballet Company under the direction of Ashley Page/Christopher Hampson and performed various productions/pieces for over 5 years which including Pennies from Heaven, Alice in Wonderland, Song of the Earth, Jiri Kylian's 14'20" and A Streetcar Named Desire. She has also performed with Matthew Bourne's New Adventures Company in Edward Scissorhands, The Car Man, Sleeping Beauty, The Red Shoes, Cinderella and Swan Lake, with Birmingham Royal Ballet in Still Life at The Penguin Cafe, The Nutcracker, with English National Ballet in Romeo & Juliet and The Nutcracker.

Daisy trained at Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance (1st class BA Hons). Performance credits include Lady Macduff /Witch in Macbeth (Mark Bruce Company), Medea (Lynne Page/Opera De Geneve), Guest dancer in Sea of Troubles Kenneth Macmillan celebrations at the Royal Opera House, (Yorke Dance Project), Lynne Page Dance, Christopher Thomas- Sadlers Wells young associate choreographer, Soloist (Peter Schaufuss Ballet), Peter Pan (Northern Ballet), Maria Stahlbaum in Will Tuckett's Immersive Nutcracker (R+D), Brook Street Band, Will Tuckett and Alasdair Middleton collaboration (R+D). Daisy is delighted to be making her musical debut in On the Town and thanks her family and friends for their endless support.

Joel most recently appeared in 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Prior to this he appeared in the Wicked UK and International Tour. TV and film credits include 42nd Street, The People’s Strictly (BBC1), The Generation Game with Mel & Sue (BBC), The Royal Variety Performance (ITV), and The Olivier Awards (ITV).

Andrew was a company principal at English National Opera for a five year period. He has also sung for many of the world’s leading opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera (Heinrich Lohengrin with Auguin), Royal Opera House (including Swallow Peter Grimes with Mackerras, Pietro Simon Boccanegra with Solti, Schwarz Die Meistersinger with Haitink), Hamburg State Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet (Paris), Opéra National de Bordeaux, La Monnaie (Brussels), Opéra National de Lyon, Grand Théâtre de Genève, San Diego Opera and Cape Town Opera.