Andy was a stand-up comedian, actor/director and part of a BAFTA winning team and has had EdFringe Firsts. He has taught, taken masterclasses and directed at many institutions such as the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. His book The Excellent Audition Guide is a best seller. He has helped 400+ people into drama schools, and coaches actors including Vanessa Kirby, Viveik Kalra and Maxim Baldry.

Adam Milford is a stage actor, director, West End collaborator, and educator who has been working in theatre since 1993. His credits include UK tours, classical and contemporary productions, and international projects, and for the past 14 years has run Theatre Workout, the leading producer of theatre workshops in London's West End.

Annabel Thomas is Head of Development, UK&I Arts at Trinity College London, leading on supporting arts teachers to engage with Trinity's suite of arts qualifications. Prior to her current role she has held positions in Learning and Outreach teams at The National Theatre, Rambert Dance Company and regional arts organisations. She has been a school governor at primary and secondary levels.

Director of Music at ELAM (East London Arts and Music) and Founder/Managing Director of Rap Club Productions C.I.C - is an award-winning educator and youth leader. He has also been recognised for his work supporting young people at risk of youth violence.

Mike Simpson is the Musical Director of Inspire-works, a Trinity College London examiner and author of Rhinegold Education’s Teach & Play world-music series. He is also a trained REMO HealthRHYTHMS facilitator, Rhythm2Recovery facilitator, Mental Health First Aider and an Associate of the Royal Society of Public Health. In 2020, Mike authored the #BodyPercussion #RecoveryCurriculum which has been used by approximately 200,000 children over 1,500 schools in 24 countries.

After studies at the Royal Academy of Music and the University of London, Paul Harris has now established an international reputation as one of the UK's leading educationalists. Paul writes frequently on music education and is in great demand as a workshop and seminar leader around the world.

Ali Warren brings over 30 years of Drama teaching experience to this session. She is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and a Founder member of Open Drama.

Cheryl Stapleton is the founder of Learning Through Theatre. She trained at Ècole Philippe Gaulier in physical theatre, masks and mime and now specialises in storytelling and commedia dell’arte. She also delivers communication & leadership workshops and specialist CPD for teachers internationally. She is passionate about enabling others to achieve.

Alexander Pullinger is a freelance classical singer, teacher and LGBTQ+ advocate. In his choral and opera work, he has become increasingly aware of the prejudice faced by gender non-conforming singers. He is currently conducting funded research on obstacles faced by trans singers because of gendered expectations attached to voice type.

I am a professional violinist and member of the first violins in the City of London Sinfonia. In 2017 I developed a Music & Mindfulness program within the orchestra and independently using live music, mindfulness techniques and guided meditation. I am an experienced workshop leader and performer.

Annie Sheen (Music) and Kate Barden (Drama) are educators, youth workers and creative, trauma informed practitioners. Having worked in both formal and informal settings, they are passionate about co-curating work with young people. Join them as they share music and drama activities using the PACE model.

Annie Sheen (Music) and Kate Barden (Drama) are educators, youth workers and creative, trauma informed practitioners. Having worked in both formal and informal settings, they are passionate about co-curating work with young people. Join them as they share music and drama activities using the PACE model.

Barbara Houseman is an acclaimed voice and acting coach and theatre director who has worked extensively in the West End, with the RSC, the Young Vic and Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Her books, Finding Your Voice and Tackling Text, are an invaluable resource for actors and teachers. In collaboration with Digital Theatre+, the world’s leading educational platform for the performing arts.

Chris and Josh are the founders and owners of Songbug; a company dedicated to song writing and singing workshops in primary schools as well as liturgical music for faith primary and secondary schools. Between them they have many years of experience working with all key stages and have travelled the country to work with many schools in order to enhance the musical provision and experience for children. They are both experienced and talented instrumentalists and composers and the Songbug website they have developed is a resource tool for teachers to stream and download songs, which they have composed, to be used both in the classroom and in extra-curricular performances.

Chris and Josh are the founders and owners of Songbug; a company dedicated to song writing and singing workshops in primary schools as well as liturgical music for faith primary and secondary schools. Between them they have many years of experience working with all key stages and have travelled the country to work with many schools in order to enhance the musical provision and experience for children. They are both experienced and talented instrumentalists and composers and the Songbug website they have developed is a resource tool for teachers to stream and download songs, which they have composed, to be used both in the classroom and in extra-curricular performances.

CJ Hazel is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and teacher. Since graduating in 2001 he has worked as a solo performer, MD, composer, arranger and accompanist in a variety of theatre, jazz and classical groups, including Giffords Circus, Tayo Aluko and Friends, Spotlight Theatre (Hunts) and The Barefoot Doctors.

Claire Cordeaux is BAPAM CEO, a UK charity for performing arts health. She worked in healthcare management and is a musician.

Dr Sarah Upjohn is a physiotherapist with a EdD on injury risk in young musicians. A bass player, she works at Purcell and runs BAPAM specialist performer clinics.

David Allen is Artistic Director of Midland Actors Theatre. He undertakes regular schools projects with a particular focus on drama and history. He has published numerous articles and books including "Performing Chekhov" and "Stanislavksi for Beginners." He runs the website www.mantlenetwork.com and the Facebook group, "The Commission Model of Teaching."

Emily Penn has led youth music organisation NYMAZ's flagship online music education initiative Connect: Resound since 2014. She brings over 20 years experience of working on innovation and inclusion focussed arts and culture programmes, including previous roles at Arts Council England, arts organisations and local authorities, and as a freelance cultural consultant, trainer and producer

Geoff Smith is Head of Drama at Malbank School and National Trainer for the NASUWT.

Helen is an internationally renowned consultant, trainer, author and speaker in Physical activity/movement in Early and Primary Education. Her training style is energetic, passionate, and highly motivational. She has been working as a dance and movement specialist for over 19 years and continues to work directly with children. Helen is respected globally for her valued contribution to raising the profile of early years physical activity.

Kim Jackson delivers Applied Theatre events in a range of professional contexts including educational and corporate settings focusing on communication and behavioural change. His methodology has been developed to respond to the diverse demands and needs of the schools, companies and organisations he has worked with.

We are Disney Teaching Artists, which means we are professional actors, singers, dancers, artists, but we also love to share the world of theatre with students of all ages. Today we will learn actual content from a Disney on West End show.

Dr Pippa Wheble is a GP, with a Masters in Performing Arts Medicine. She is also a musician and conscious breathing expert. She runs a specialist clinic for performing artists and weekly drop-in sessions supporting performers to achieve health and well-being. She is a trainer for BAPAM specialising in injury prevention, performance anxiety, mental health and resilience

I am currently taking a break from teaching to study for an MA in Playwriting. Before this, I was Head of English in an international school in London, and taught English and Drama for 9 years. I have a keen interest in innovative pedagogy and have published two books for English teachers with Routledge; Teaching Grammar Through Literature (2018) and Teaching Nineteenth Century Literature (2019).

Talvin Singh, OBE, is a producer and composer and tabla player, known for creating an innovative fusion of Indian classical music and drum and bass. Best known as a tabla player and the father of modern Asian electronica music, he has won multiple awards including the prestigious Mercury Prize in 1999

Emma Tompkins is a Theatre Designer and Educator. Her workshop practice covers set, costume and puppetry for ages 12 - 18+. She works with schools and further education, and is a set and costume design facilitator for secondary schools with the National Theatre. As a designer she has designed over 40 productions including work at the Hampstead Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith.

I have been teaching music for 17 years and currently work as Director of Music for Windsor Learning Partnership. I work in 4 schools and teach GCSE & A-Level Music. I write a Music Education Blog and sit on the MTA Committee.

Touchstone specialises in drama workshops for learners with autism.
Their work includes projects/partnerships with The National Theatre, The RSC and many SEND schools around the UK. Projects include a collaboration with the National Theatre, based on their production of “The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night-time”.

Martin's studies began in 1970 with Eric Gilder, followed by undergraduate study at Trinity College of Music with Anthony Lindsay, Simon Young & Christine Croshaw. In addition to his extensive work as composer, pianist and musical director, Martin is the head of singing at Mountview, London.

One of the UK’s leading jazz educators and an authority on improvisation, pianist and composer Richard Michael can look back on a distinguished career that began as a child playing in his father’s Scottish country dance band. These early stages proved to be the building blocks in a career that has seen Richard awarded the British Empire Medal for services to music education in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2012. He was Jazz Educator of the Year in 2011 in the Parliamentary Jazz Awards, and many of his students have gone on to become leading jazz musicians.
Richard is author of the recently published book Jazz Piano for Kids, published by Hal Leonard Europe

Trudi Rees is Director of The School, London - a conservatoire drama school in Islington. Trained originally in classical ballet, she enjoyed a successful dance career before retraining as an actress. Her extensive work includes West End, regional theatre, television and as a director of The Poor School for 20 years.

Ula Weber is Head of Events for Sing for Pleasure (SfP), a national choral organisation which encourages the enjoyment of better singing in class and choir. She is a regular tutor at SfP conductor training weekends and leads workshops in schools and community settings around the country and abroad.

Jess Thorpe is an Associate Director (Engage) of Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre. She is aalso co-Artistic Director of the creative partnership Glass Performance through which she developed long term creative projects for young people such as award winning performance company Junction 25 and Polmont Youth Theatre, the first youth theatre in a Scottish prison.
Jess is Lecturer in the Arts in Justice at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland where she designs and delivers creative projects in prisons and with communities affected by crime. Jess has published a large number of articles around the use of the Arts in socially engaged contexts and in 2019 released her first book 'A Beginners Guide to Devising Theatre' co-written with her long time collaborator Tashi Gore for Bloomsbury.