Rebecca Collingwood

I am a singer and actor with many years professional experience in West End and regional theatres (inc. Much Ado About Nothing/Love's Labours Lost - RSC, Theatre Royal Haymarket, Malory Towers - Emma Rice, Wise Children, Precious Little Talent - Orange Tree Theatre). I am also part of the Nannying agency, Bea & Co. I’ve had extensive experience as a tutor as well as a child entertainer.

Rebecca is offering: tutoring, coaching & entertainment for kids + tuition in acting or singing

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Juliet Cowan

I am a TV, film and stage actress, and have played regular roles in comedy and drama productions from Skins, Fresh Meat and Cuckoo to Back to Life, PhoneShop and Pulling.

My special skill is helping to spot the gaps in an actor's presentation and helping with ‘branding’, which basically means finding your unique acting ability – and the one that is most saleable.

I am offering one-to-one sessions for actors and aspiring actors.

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Sarah Daukes

Sarah is a former dancer with the Royal Ballet. After graduating from RADA, she worked as an actor in lead roles in theatre companies including RSC, Out Of Joint and Citizens Theatre Company. Sarah currently coaches JPYA singers at the Royal Opera House in movement and performance. She also privately coaches students and professionals and has recently worked with principal dancers of the Royal Ballet. 

Sarah is offering performance coaching sessions.

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Simon Paisley Day

Simon is a theatre and screen actor, most recently seen as General Quinn in Star Wars 9 and Douglas Carswell in Brexit An Uncivil War. On stage his many roles include Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare’s Globe), Malvolio in 12th Night (National) and The Once-ler in Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax (Old Vic), which was described by the Guardian as ‘the best family show since Mathilda’.

Simon and his son Theo will be reading Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax.

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Faustomaria Dorelli

In 1996 Faustomaria opened the Innergy Yoga centre in West London where he taught the 'Art of Living' through the asanas of Hatha Yoga, the philosophy of Raja Yoga, the stillness of Meditation, the transcending heart of Kirtan Chanting and the selfless service of Karma Yoga.

Faustomaria teaches a 'Hatha Flow' involving the awareness of breath, as energy, to move into more complex asanas. He also leads monthly sessions of Kirtan, using the singing of ancient mantras to focus the mind and open the heart. Book yoga classes here: www.dorelli.co.uk

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Lucille Dweck

Lucille is a fine art painter who specialises in figurative paintings. She studied at St Martin’s and at the Byam Shaw School of Art (scholarship) in the 80’s and went on to teach life drawing at Byam Shaw. She also taught painting and drawing from direct observation and compositional pieces in art schools and privately.

Lucille will be offering a 3 week portrait painting course and still life drawing classes.

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Hattie Edmonds

After a ten year career as a music journalist for a German pop magazine, Hattie became the first in-house writer at Comic Relief, working in a team on comedy projects with Richard Curtis, as well as interviewing project users including Rwandan widows, women experiencing domestic violence and child carers. Her first novel Cinema Lumiere topped the Amazon fiction charts and her second The Spectacular Vision of Oskar Dunkelblick was described as “a beautifully crafted tale about a young man’s spiritual transformation.”

Hattie is offering sessions on: ‘Writing for Wellbeing’ and ‘Writing from the Heart'.

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Milly Ellis

A specialist voice coach for 20 years, Milly has worked alongside some of Britain's finest actors, including Sir John Gielgud, Sir Michael Gambon and Dame Helen Mirren. Since 2004 she has been coaching business leaders and managers in the UK, Europe and the Far East through her company Be Heard. She has also collaborated on projects with John Malkovitch, Willem Dafoe, Nicholas Cage, Miranda Richardson, the Royal Ballet and Sadler’s Wells as well as directing several documentaries for C4 and the BBC.

Milly is offering one-to-one mentoring to help you become an effective public speaker.

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Nathan Evans

Nathan is a poet and performer. His first poetry collection, Threads, was longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2017 and his work has been presented at major venues including Royal Court Theatre, Southbank Centre and Latitude Festival as well as on Channel 4. He is also a puppeteer and puppet-maker and has created puppets for Soho Theatre and run puppet-making workshops for Little Angel Theatre.

Nathan is offering puppet-making sessions for children and adults and he is curating personalised poetry readings for our Supper Sessions.

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Ailon Freedman

Ailon Freedman is an artist, comedian, clown and storyteller (secretly disguised as a yoga teacher). He has taught clowning internationally after developing his own humour-based workshops known as ‘Clown Healing’.

Ailon is offering Clowning, Games and Playfulness sessions (for kids of 7 +) as well as Clowning for Beginners for individuals and groups.

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Elizabeth Fremantle

Elizabeth Fremantle is a novelist, whose published works include Queen’s Gambit, The Girl in the Glass Tower and Sisters of Treason. As EC Fremantle her ‘electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller’ The Poison Bed was a Times Book of the Year. The Bookseller described her as ‘a major new voice in historical fiction,’ and People Magazine called her ‘a brilliant new player in the court of royal fiction.’

Elizabeth is offering creative writing classes.

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Richard Henders

Richard Henders is an Olivier nominated actor of over thirty years experience. He has worked extensively at the National Theatre, RSC, Donmar Warehouse and the West End, most recently performing in Company at The Gielgud.

Richard is offering one to one drama tuition. If you are preparing for an audition or simply wanting to give acting a go, Richard’s wealth of experience and knowledge with a kind and practical approach will help you unlock your potential as an actor.

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Gillian Higgins

Gillian Higgins is an international criminal barrister at the chambers of 9 Bedford Row. She is also the author of Mindfulness at Work and Home (Reddoor Press, 2019). She has pioneered work in mindfulness amongst her professional peers, rapidly building a reputation as a leader in the field. Gillian has taught mindfulness to members of the financial services, judges, lawyers, HR professionals, mediators, clerks, chefs and a wide range of other professionals.

Gillian is offering her new Everyday Mindfulness 8-Week Online Course.

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Peter Keserue

Peter Keserue is an experienced multi-instrumentalist who applies his musical skills to work in care settings, both with children in SEND schools and in homes working with residents with dementia. He runs projects using iPads which allows individuals and groups with little or no musical training, and with very diverse abilities, to create and perform high quality, meaningful music in a single workshop.

Peter is offering one-to-one sessions and training to teachers and music specialists.

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Chris Kingman

I am a trained carpenter and landscaper, and I recently moved with my cocker spaniel Olive into a shack on Seasalter beach near Whitstable on the Kent Coast.

I’m currently looking after my neighbour’s vegetable plot (while she is locked down in London), each week I will be sending a ‘vegetable patch report’: what’s surviving & what’s thriving!

I will also be documenting and narrating my coastal meanders with Olive to immerse the listener in our surroundings, describing all that can be seen, heard and even smelt!

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