Showbiz Academy.Offering young people a fun, relaxed and constructive atmosphere in which to develop communications skills.Acting, Singing, Theatre school, Drama School, Performance, Hip Hop, Jazz, Ballet, Poole, Dorset, South Coast, Bournemouth, Summer School, Showbiz, Entertainment for kids, Weekend activity, Swish of the curtain, Stagewise, Stagecoach, Theatre, Musical theatre

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

		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

		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

		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.

Showbiz Academy St Mary’s Longfleet Church Centre, Kingston Road, Poole

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