Huge congratulations to Emily-May who played the role of Matilda in the West End in 2016. She began playing the lead role in the professional West End musical in March, and had a six month contract. She went through a lengthy audition period to get to this point – it started way back in April 2015 and only finished in December after seven trips to London where she had to sing both solo songs from the show, read parts of the script and learn a dance routine.

We couldn’t be prouder of her achievement, she was the first ever Cabaret pupil to perform professionally in the West End and Matilda is such a fantastic musical to be involved in. It was the most amazing adventure and a truly fabulous experience. Well done Emily-May!

Twenty of our students danced in Pop Factor at the Guildhall Theatre, Derby at the end of March 2015. They were backing dancers during the song ‘Happy’ and had just 2 hours to learn the routine when the choreographer visited our studio in February. We had a really fun night at the theatre and the show was a sell out!

In April 2014 12 of our pupils performed as the Lost Children in Enchanted Entertainment’s production of Peter Pan. They starred alongside Bobby Davro and Dani Harmer at The Guildhall Theatre, Derby. Six of the girls had speaking roles and Danielle also took on the role of Tinkerbell. They gave four fabulous performances and it was a really fun show to be involved in, well done!

Lilly, Ashleigh, Jessica, Elena, Mia, Eleanor and Emily-May successfully auditioned to be part of the children’s choir in the professional production of ‘Joseph’ at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham in October 2012. They sung beautifully and had a great week in the show which starred Keith Jack who was the runner up in the TV programme ‘Any Dream Will Do’.

Cristianna, Annabelle, Holly and Jessica successfully auditioned to appear in the professional production of ‘Oliver!’ at the Birmingham Hippodrome for six weeks during March and April 2012. The show starred Brian Conley and Neil Morissey as Fagin and Samantha Barks from the TV talent show ‘I’d Do Anything’ as Nancy. The girls were on stage for several acting scenes and they also joined the rest of the cast to perform three song & dance routines: ‘Food Glorious Food’, ‘Consider Yourself’ and ‘Who Will Buy’. It was an excellent production to be a part of – well done girls!

Our school provided nine girls to play the roles of Orphans in the UK Tour of ‘Annie’ when it came to the Derby Assembly Rooms in April 2011. We auditioned 45 of our pupils and they all worked really hard with their singing, dancing and acting pieces. Congratulations to Holly, Eleanor, Keely, Jessica, Elena, Annabelle, Ashleigh, Lauren and Cristianna who performed eight shows throughout the week, singing songs such as ‘Hard Knock Life’, ‘You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile’ and the famous classic ‘Tomorrow’. They gave excellent performances and we were very proud of them all!