The Teaching Faculty

Read Dance & Theatre College is very proud of its excellent team of teachers, all of whom are exceptionally experienced in their field.

Our regular teachers on both the Foundation Course in Acting, and the Foundation Course in Musical Theatre, are frequently joined by guest teachers from across the Theatre industry, inlcuding visiting teachers from Arts Ed, London Studio Centre and GSA who help our students prepare for auditions.

We are also very fortunate to have an expert Board of Advisors to lead the college, who are made up of professionals from across the industry.

Additional members of the Theatre Faculty will be joining us throughout 2011 as we prepare for the launch of our Foundation Course in Acting in 2012, so keep visiting this page regularly or follow us on Twitter (@ReadCollege) to keep up to date.

To find out more about our teaching faculty, click on their names below...

Honorary Patrons
Craig Revel Horwood, Sally Ann Triplett

Board of Advisors
James Beresford (Shepherd Management), Alison Desbois (London Studio Centre, Head of Jazz and Tap), David Ashley (Arts Ed, Deputy Head of Music), Sean McNamara (GSA, Acting), James Hopson (Pippa Ailion, Associate Casting Director), Matthew Reeve
(Mountview, Senior Voice Tutor)

Helen Read (Director of Dance Faculty & Joint Chief Executive)
- Ballet, Musical Theatre, Body Conditioning

Sammy Fonfé
- Musical Theatre

Michelle Legg
- Jazz Technique, Commercial Jazz

Jackie Cullen
- Contemporary, Ballet

Eva Blanco
- Technical Jazz

Theatre Faculty

Jamie Read (Director of Theatre Faculty & Joint Chief Executive)
- Estill Voice Training, Private Singing, Acting (Voice)

Ellie Verkerk
- Ensemble Singing, Musical Theatre Repertoire

Seamus Allen
- Acting Technique, Improvisation, Acting Repertoire

Mark Woolgar
- Acting Repertoire, Rehearsal Technique

Regular guest members of the Theatre Faculty also include Stefan Bednarczyk, Nicky Jenkins, Philip Riley, Claire Greenway and Ben Stock.

 

“ It always amazes me how dedicated the teachers were to each and every one of the students, and how personal the tuition was. I
just simply wouldn’t be where I am now without them"
Sophia Nomvete - former student now appearing at the National Theatre, and previously in Our House, Fame and Footloose in the West End

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