Training/Qualifications
Laine Theatre Arts

Professional Work including:
As a performer includes
– War and Peace Coliseum
– La Cava Bromley & Piccadilly Theatre
– The Pajama Game Victoria Palace
– Hey Mr Producer Lyceum
– Cats New London & UK Tour
– Sunset Boulevard Adelphi

Choreograhic work includes
– No One in the World, A Chorus LIne, MGM and The Styne Way (all London Palladium)
– The Ultimate Knees Up, Cinderella and Mother Goose (all Hackney Empire)
– The Fleet’s In (Theatre Royal Drury Lane)
– Carousel (Guildhall at the Barbican)
– Resident Choreographer at the Miss Saigon School.
– Resident Choreographer for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium)Resident Children’s Director on The Sound of Music and is Resident Choreographer on the UK Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Training/Qualifications
ARAD Ballet
AISTD Ballet, Tap, Modern, National

Professional Work including:
FILMS:
– Pure Hell at St Trinians
– Wonderful Life
THEATRE
– Music Man (West End)
– Sail-Away (West End)
– Old Time music Hall (Leeds)
– Cinderella (Stockton)
– Summer Season (Blackpool)

Choreography work includes- The Wizard of Oz, Dick Whittington, My Fair Lady and Anything Goes.

Gill has also appeared in various TV Commercials

Theatre Experience

ALRA, TRINITY COLLEGE LONDON 1984 – 1987

NATIONAL YOUTH MUSIC THEATRE 2005-2006
Executive Director to Jeremy James Taylor

ARTS EDUCATIONAL, CITY UNIVERSITY 2009-2011
BA (Hons) Performance Studies

BWA Resident Musical Director/Director
Producer/director: 42nd Street, Bugsy Malone, Godspell, Little Shop of Horrors, The Wiz, Honk, Rock Nativity, Seussical, Into the Woods.

ACTING
Barnum, Anything Goes, Music Man, Le Cage Aux Folles, Brigadoon, Annie Get Your Gun, 42nd Street, Follies, Kiss Me Kate, Oklahoma

BWA TRUST (Charity) 1984 – CURRENT
Chair of the BWA Trust

PROFESSIONAL SINGER 1986
Jersey -runner up to Shane Ritchie for Variety’s “Best Newcomer” Award

Training/Qualifications
LISTD Ballet
RAD TC
Murilova Ballet School, Bournemouth, Arts Eductaional Schooland ISTD Teachers Course Bedford
RAD Ballet Examiner

Teaching Posts include
Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts
Brit School Croydon
Principal of Italia Conti Associate School Bow
Joy Waite Theatre Dance School
Tiffany Theatre College
Technique Dance Academy Crawley

Professional Performances include
Dublin City Ballet
London City Ballet
Vienna Festival Ballet
Irish National Ballet
ENO London Coliseum
Technique Dance Academy Crawley

Tim Clark is also an RAD Ballet Examiner

Adam was most recently seen in SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS at the Landor, directed by Robert McWhir. He can also be ‘seen’ exercising his puppetry skills in the movie MUPPETS MOST WANTED for Disney, directed by James Bobin. Other theatre credits include THE MUSIC OF LEE FREEMAN for the Landor, directed by Jennifer Tang; a stint as Boq in WICKED for Playful in the West End, directed by Joe Mantello; PETER PAN for First Family; AVENUE Q for Cameron Mackintosh/Bath Theatre Royal, directed by Jason Moore; A SLICE OF SATURDAY NIGHT at the Upstairs at the Gatehouse, directed by John Plews.

Adam is a graduate of Arts Educational’s Musical Theatre programme.

Adam Trained at The BWA and BRIT before going to Arts Educational

he is currently teaching singng at PPA in Guildford, he has also taught at Urdang, Arts Ed & Reynolds performing Arts Colleges.

Sadie’s early training began at White Lodge and later at Bush Davies. Following graduation in 1989, Sadie worked in various pantomimes, dance on-board Q.E.2 for Jean Ann Ryan Productions and was also principle dancer with Opera North. Theatre credits include ‘Carousel’ both at the Royal National Theatre and Shaftesbury Theatre, West End and a year UK tour of ‘Oklahoma’.

Sadie holds the fellowship status of the ISTD Imperial Ballet & Modern Theatre Faculty, as well as Licentiate Tap and Associate National.

Sadie has been teaching for 18 years and has now been appointed an Examiner in both the modern and ballet theatre faculties.

Lily trained in Cape Town, South Africa, at The Reddam House Academy of Dance. Where she trained in ballet, tap and modern, although ballet was always her primary focus. Moving back to the UK she did a foundation in musical theatre at Performance Preparation Academy in Guildford before moving to London to attend university at The Royal Academy of Dance where she will graduate with a BA (Hons) Ballet Education and the Licentiate programme (LRAD) in the summer of 2022. Lily is excited to be joining the BWA team and using her passion for ballet to inspire that same passion in young children. 

Daisy Smalley-Nicholson graduated from The Brit School Of Performing Arts And
Technology with three distinction stars in dance, drama and singing. She then went on to graduate from Performers College with a level 6 Trinity College Diploma in Musical Theatre where she also achieved her DDI qualifications in Modern and Tap alongside her Trinity College Diploma. She then returned back to BWA to further her teacher training and achieved both her DDE qualifications in ISTD Modern and Tap. Since graduating, she has worked as a performer in variety of venues:-Disneyland Paris as a Parade Performer and Dancer, Singer and Dancer in hotels abroad and many touring pantomimes, However, she discovered a passion for teaching, dance, drama and musical theatre, whilst working with students in dance schools, nurseries and primary schools. She feels very fortunate to be working with students who are RAD ballet associates, worked with The London Children’s Ballet and have recently received
scholarships for schools: – Tring Park School for the Performing Arts and Surbiton High School. Many of these have inspired her to make the decision to focus on teaching as a career, where she has been able to grow and develop her skills, as an effective dance and musical theatre teacher. She is dedicated to enabling students and adults to achieve their full potential in dance and performing arts and through this she is able to continue to learn and further her qualifications and experience.

Lucy trained at The Betty Wivell Academy, attended The Brit School of Performing Arts and went straight on to complete a three year degree course at London Studio Centre as a Seedtime graduate (musical theatre).

Some of her performing experience includes performing in front of 5000 people at the O2 Academy Brixton for the ‘Carter and The Unstoppable Sex Machines’ final gig, perform in an Anya Hindmarch fashion week show, take part in the Miley Cyrus Madame Tussauds London wax work unveiling trailer and play various characters in a production of Legally Blonde at the Pleasance Theatre.

Lucy has an immense passion for teaching and choreography, in which over the last four years, has taught at various schools in London, back at The Brit School and has choreographed many routines that have entered various festivals, gaining high marks and many medals.

Training/qualifications:
MSc Dance Science
MSc Neurocognition, Education & Learning
Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies (RAD)
Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance (ARAD)

Originally from Mexico, Ana trained in ballet under the Royal Academy of Dance methodology since she was young, graduating from Advanced 2 in 2007. She danced professionally with Ardentía Compañía de Danza, based in Mexico City. She is very passionate about education and ballet teaching which she has done for over 17 years, having taught internationally across Mexico, Japan, and the UK. She studied a Masters in Dance Science at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and is also an independent dance science lecturer and mentor for ballet teachers.

Training/qualifications
MSc Dance Science
BA(Hons) Ballet Education
Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Dance (LRAD)
ISTD DDE: Modern, Tap, Imperial Ballet

Having always had a flair for creativity, Anne-Marie started her training at the Betty Wivell Academy of Performing Arts at a young age in various forms of dancing, singing, acting and teacher training. Her passion for all of these led her to complete many exams to high levels, perform at numerous dance festivals, competitions, in both dance and choreography, and shows at places such as the National Theatre and Fairfield Halls. She has completed 2 years at the BRIT School on the Musical Theatre course, as well as an A Level in English Literature. Now, she continues the Musical Theatre path by studying a BA Hons 3-year degree at ArtsEd and she is more than thrilled to teach at BWA alongside this training.

Anna trained at Guildford School of Acting and has a BA (Hons) Musical Theatre.
Anna has worked with a variety of children from different age groups, teaching Drama in Schools, Various Theatre Workshops and coaching young performers in Acting, Singing and Musical theatre.
We are delighted Anna has joined our BWA Teaching Team in April 2022 and will be running the Drama Department through LAMDA Exams and organising our Annual Drama Workshop.