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Tracy Osman - Principal & Dance Teacher (info@showbizacademy.co.uk)

* Worked in show business from an early age. Trained at Aida fosters and Arts Educational School. Acting, singing and dancing with Arlene Phillips
*   Extensive showbiz career includes:
Films: to name a few, Oliver, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and Top Secret
Theatre: Walt Disney show. Something Funny Happened on the way to the Forum (West End), OK Gershwin Show Royal Shakespeare Company.
Television: Top of the Pops, Breakers, Noel Edmunds show, pop videos and adverts
Singing: Worked with Johnny Hallyday (France), Steven Sondheim and Theatre.


Jan Crystie - Singing Teacher

 
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Studied at the Royal Academy of Music. Left with a degree and Diploma in singing.

*   Soloist Performer at the Royal Albert Hall
*   Worked with the English National Opera
*   Gained further teaching qualifications at Brettona Hall
*   Taught at Stagecoach for ten years
*   Has extensive experience teaching a wide variety of singing from Musical Theatre to Jazz, Pop and Classical


Nick Cooke - Acting Coach

 
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Nick has been on Stage in Television and Film for the past 15 years

*   Stage performances: Grease, Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma, Scrooge, Nicholas Nickleby, Oedipus The King, Chorus Line
*   Television and Film: The Magazine for Channel 5 and several independent films
*   He has worked locally in Musical theatre training. He has trained in Bournemouth with the National youth theatre.
*   Nick is currently designing a progressive training program for students which will be introduced in his classes
*   Nick’s enthusiastic approach inspires and gives confidence to young people to achieve their best

Catherine Gilquest - BA HON THEATRE, MEDIA DRAMA

 
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Catherine has been involved in drama and the performing arts of an early age having being involved in numerous performances, achieved LAMDA grades 1 - 5 (bronze, silver and gold medals) before studying and graduating from Central School of Speech and Drama in 2001.

*   Currently Head of Drama at the Purbeck School in Wareham. She joined us in September 2007 and has been a huge asset to the Showbiz Academy.
*   She also runs the Monday classes for LAMDA and the Saturday school.
 
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