Adrian Decosta Rose Bruford College Lilian Bayliss award West End Young Vic The National Theatre The Royal Shakespeare Company Titus Andronicus

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1 Natalie Bray Natalie graduated from Drama Centre London in Since then she has worked as an actress in theatre and film, with work including 'Miranda' in The Tempest for the Drayton Theatre and the 2015 feature film 'Allied'. Since 2015, Natalie has been a member of Effort Productions Company, writing and performing 'character solos' using Yat Malmgren's theory of Character Analysis and Movement Psychology. The company has been resident at the St James Theatre and is currently resident at the Tristan Bates Theatre. Outside of teaching at Rose Bruford College and Mountview, Natalie is a sought after professional audition coach, coaching clients privately for film roles and drama school auditions. In 2016, Natalie co-founded Double Yay Productions, an all-female production company creating a producing original comedy for TV and online platforms. The company's flagship project is 'Nutritiously Nicola!', which Natalie wrote and in which she plays the titular character. The series is currently in production and is due for release in Spring 2018.

2 Adrian Decosta Adrian Decosta graduated from London s leading drama school Rose Bruford College. He gained the Lilian Bayliss award for acting potential. Adrian has graced London s West End in shows for the Young Vic, The National Theatre and The Royal Shakespeare Company. Adrian has played major roles in Titus Andronicus and A Taste of Honey at The Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh. Adrian also worked on a series for BBC Radio called the Music teacher. Adrian s film credit includes Jab Tak Hai Jaan by the late Bollywood director Yash Chopra. Adrian is now one of the faces of the Coca Cola campaign for a Schweppes Commercial worldwide. Adrian has been part of the TNT family for over 3 years, having played the title role as Dr Martin Luther King in Americas Dreams and nightmares for the last two seasons, he took on the role of director for the show. Adrian played Mercutio In Romeo and Juliet for TNT s National Tour of China. Adrian is a strong believer of giving something back. He has used the skill set which he gained through training at Rose Bruford College and work in the industry to run Acting Techniques and Confidence building Workshops. Adrian also volunteers with LIPA Academy, a company formed by a fellow actor that provides Acting classes for children. It teaches children from 4-18 years old basic Acting techniques, singing and dancing. A script is then built around the skills and abilities of the children, which they then perform in a Professional Theatre. Adrian has previously run a Shakespeare Masterclass for the Acting Foundation Students and currently delivers audition practice in Sidcup and Folkestone.

3 Federay Holmes Federay trained at Guldhall and is an actor and director and Literary Associate of the Factory. She has worked for many years with students at Central School, RADA, Niagara University and Birmingham University. She is Visiting Associate Director for the Dutch Factory in Amsterdam for whom she has directed several Shakespeare plays. In 2015 she directed the Sonnet Walks for Shakespeare s Globe and will be returning as director in 2016, Shakespeare s Anniversary Year. Recent television and film work includes Jim Loach s Oranges and Sunshine, The Widower, New Tricks and Holby City.

4 Colin Hurley Colin Hurley (born 1957) is an English actor and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Shakespeare's Globe company, specialising in performing the works of William Shakespeare. On leaving school in 1969 he spent ten years working in repertory theatres around the United Kingdom. He then studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama, graduating in Since graduating Colin has been a regular performer at Shakespeare's Globe. His stage roles here include The Golden Ass (2001-2), Lucio in Measure for Measure (2003-4) ), and Sir Toby Belch in Twelfth Night in the West End (2012) and on Broadway (2013). TV roles have included Peak Practice, Holby City and Flowers on Channel 4. His film roles have include Grandpré in Henry V (1989), Blake in Black Pond (2011), and Lavatch in All's Well That Ends Well (2012). Colin also wrote the plays House and Shuffling Off which were performed at the New Grove Theatre and also has written two short films, Bruised Fruit and Billy Badmouth.

5 Max Hutchinson Max trained at Rose Bruford College. His recent work in theatre includes: The Hound of the Baskervilles (ETF/Jermyn Street), The Comedy of Errors, A Midsummer Night s Dream and The Merchant of Venice (Propeller), An Ideal Husband (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Notorious Mrs Ebbsmith (Jermyn Street), NT50 Gala Celebration (National Theatre), One Man, Two Guvnors (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Murder On The Nile (Bill Kenwright/UK Tour), Anything Is Possible If You Think About It Hard Enough (Vaults), Twelfth Night (Young Shakespeare Company) and Much Ado About Nothing (National Youth Theatre).

6 Sylvie Lui Sylvie is a Chinese-Canadian actor & voice coach currently based in London, UK. She has been awarded a Masters of Fine Art degree in Voice Studies from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. Her previous studies include training a Canada's National Voice Intensive, Vancouver Film School and attaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech Communication from the University of Waterloo with concentrations in performance studies and Public/Digital Media, and a Fine and Performing Arts Option. Her expertise is in vocal performance for effective communication, impactful presentations, public speaking with clarity/resonance/articulation, interviewing & pitching skills and accent shifting/softening for your audience. She also specialises in intercultural communication for international audiences. In the past, she has voice coached plays and theatrical performances in Oxford, UK, including: The Three Musketeers (2015) & The Phantom of the Opera (2016). Presently, Sylvie teaches privately to corporate clients and acting students in London, UK and internationally (Russia, Romania, Luxembourg, Italy, India, Peru, Japan, Canada, USA). Her clients include professionals who work in executive, senior level management, entrepreneurs and other financial and sales positions at corporations including Deutsche Bank, RBC Capital Investments, Amazon, HSBC, Sony & other equity investment companies in London and internationally. She teaches voice at Bird College and other London drama schools and is the principle Voice/Speech Coach at Shout at Cancer Charity (UK) for laryngectomee participants. Sylvie is a member of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association (VASTA) and the British Voice Association (BVA).

7 Pat O Toole Pat started her career as a Stage Manager at Birmingham Rep before going to Arts Ed to train to be an actress. After leaving drama school she co- founded her own theatre company "Ideal Theatre Company" which commissioned and produced new writing, as well as working as a freelance director and acting teacher. She went back to University to study psychology and trained to be a counsellor. In the last 10 years Pat has been working as a Business Trainer with her own company as well as being an associate for CAPITA. She is now a Performance Coach, Facilitator and Trainer and has a wide range of clients in business and the arts. Pat has been a part time Senior Lecturer at Rose Bruford College since 1999 working with the Actor and Actor Musicians as well as delivering Professional Preparation and Development Modules for the school of DMTA. She is delighted to be leading the portfolio of Acting Foundation Courses.

8 Huw Parminter Huw Parmenter trained as an actor at Rose Bruford College and works consistently in film, tv and Theatre. Recently he has starred in British feature film CLOSE with Noomi Rapace and Indira Varma, KILLING EVE a BBC America Series written by Phoebe Waller Bridge and History Channel and Amazon series VIKINGS. He is also Co-Artistic Director of Internationally recognised theatre company Chaskis Theatre.

9 Bea Pemberton Bea Pemberton trained at Lecoq in Paris and as an Alexander Technique Teacher. Her practice combines the playfulness and rhythm of the European performance style with the necessary balance and freedom in movement that produces an authentic presence. She has worked as a performer, touring in the UK and abroad. She has directed numerous devised shows in the theatre, and circus. Currently directing and teaching musicians, opera singers and actors.

10 Darren Rapier Darren trained at Rose Bruford gaining a B.A Hons Theatre and has worked in Theatre, TV, Film and radio as a writer, director and actor. As a facilitator, writer and director he has worked on projects for the Royal Albert Hall, National Youth Theatre, Make Believe Arts, GLYPT, the Half Moon and a performance for Her Majesty the Queen. Currently he is working for BBC TV and teaching at Rose Bruford and Central school of Speech and Drama. He is artistic director of Spanner in the Works (production and workshop company) and director of Tualen Pictures.

11 Raymond Quiroga Raymi Ortuste Quiroga graduated from the BA (Hons) Acting course at Rose Bruford College with first class honours. Since then he has continued to train in the Meisner technique with a number of experts both from the UK and the USA. Now, Artistic Director of Chaskis Theatre -a transnational platform for outstanding contemporary playwrights from the Americas, dedicated to producing plays largely unknown to the UK- Raymi works collaboratively with playwrights from across the Atlantic, to share stories that transcend cultural and geographical boundaries. Chaskis approach to acting is rooted in the Meisner technique and Raymi has been leading the company in their ongoing exploration of the work. But there is also a physical aspect to his training, which seeks to marry this American technique with elements of Grotowsky's poor theatre. He calls it "Sandy meets Jerzy" and it has given the approach a unique perspective and interesting ethos.

12 Sarah Stephenson A graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Sarah has worked as a professional accompanist, opera repetiteur, Musical Director and vocal coach. Her work as an accompanist has seen her perform concert programmes at venues including St. Georges Hall, Fairfield Hall and London s Wigmore Hall. Sarah has also worked as a rehearsal pianist for companies such as the Northern Ballet, Leicester Haymarket Theatre and the Young Vic Theatre Company. As a freelance musician, Sarah has worked as a Musical Director for London fringe shows and the Edinburgh Festival and has been a vocal consultant to independent record label Deltasonic. Sarah has over twenty years experience teaching singing in some of the leading colleges and Universities in the UK, Including; the RWCMD, Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (Head of Vocal Studies), Rose Bruford (Actor & Actor Musician Programmes), Guildford School of Acting, Mountview, Doreen Bird College, Trinity College of Music, Drama Studio London, and Goldsmiths University. Sarah is a certified Master Teacher of the Estill voice training system and a Qualified Sound Healing Practitioner and Tutor for the College of Sound Healing. She runs Sound meditations and Sound workshops in East Sussex and London.

13 Glen Tillen Glenn is the Director and also actor for Quarter Too Ensemble who specialise in creating new, devised theatre that has toured in the UK and America. He currently lectures at Mountview Academy running s musicality module for the Actor-Musician BA. He has also tutored for IDSA and is frequently a Visiting Director for Rose Bruford College on the BA Acting and Actor-Musicanship programmes. Originally trained as an Actor-Musician at Rose Bruford College Glenn later gained an MA in Theatre for Young Audiences and has worked with many theatres, schools and communities directing participatory projects. As well as performing an Actor with Quarter Too he has performed with The London Bubble theatre company, Lost Banditos and Zero Culture.

14 Suzanne West Suzanne studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked as a professional actor before she started to teach both on behalf of RADA and for her own company. During her 20 year+ teaching and acting career Suzanne has achieved an MA in Directing as well as, more recently, an MA in Voice Studies from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Suzanne s passion is to help actors and students make the most of the language they ve been given and to use that language to develop a conversation between the playwright, actor and their audience. As well as dialogue coaching in films and production support in the theatre, she currently teaches voice and text at various Drama schools including RADA, Arts Educational, London Studio Centre, LSDA and The Court Theatre Company and is delighted to be Head of Voice for the Rose Bruford College Acting Foundation Course.

15 Alex Williams Alex graduated from Rose Bruford in 2001 and went straight into TV acting in some of the nations favourite shows. He then landed a regular role in Family Affairs and stayed there for a year earning nominations for best actor in the National TV Soap Awards. On leaving the show, he took a regular role in Casualty and then A Touch of Frost with David Jason. He began filmmaking and was lucky enough to be trained as a director by some of the best whilst on set as an actor, and then at London Film School. He has directed Music Promos for bands such as the Fratellis, Glasvegas, Nitro and The Heartbreaks whilst always writing, directing and editing well known commercials. His first film Initiation picked up many awards and was picked for the BAFTA soho shorts festival. He is currently editing his most recent film Soldier Bee starring Shauna Macdonald (The Decent, Howl) and George Newton (This is England, Dead Mans Shoes). He is an 'Actors Director' and a perfectionist who will always strive for the truth in any performance.