Live It 2017!

Sunday 15th October, 2017
Northbrook Theatre, Worthing

We raised £2500 for our charities!

A massive thank you to everyone who supported this show. The whole production team are so appreciative to each and everyone of you who helped us to raise this amazing amount of money.

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Charities we supported…

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Featured Cast…

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Northbrook Theatre
Littlehampton Road
Worthing
West Sussex
BN12 6NU

 

Trevor Mann Baby Unit
Worthing Hospital’s SCBU

Western Sussex Hospitals provide a wide variety of paediatric services and facilities dedicated to children that ensure they are treated in friendly, reassuring surroundings by health professionals who are specially trained in their care.

All our children’s clinics are run by a team of paediatric consultants and all children’s nursing care is supervised by a registered children’s nurse.

Parents/carers and the child are consulted throughout their hospital stay to enable them to have a say in decisions affecting their treatment and plan of care.

Cancer Research UK
Ndana Kaseke

Ndana always had a passion for entertainment. She started at Northbrook College studying on the National Diploma course in Performing Arts. She went on to study on the Foundation Degree in Musical Theatre where she featured in musicals such as Sweeney Todd, The Wild Party and was understudy for Mabel in Fame. Ndana graduated with a B.A. Hons in Theatre Arts in 2009.

After studying, Ndana had a few appearances on TV such as ‘Take Me Out’ with Paddy McGuinness and Channel 4’s ‘Come Dine With Me’

For her 30th birthday, Ndana took part in a Comedy Course and has since performed 3 successful and funny shows. She hopes to continue performing Stand Up comedy as well as acting, whilst working alongside charities to help raise awareness. From Worthing, Ndana has recently moved to London to help chase her entertainment dream

Dean Kilford
Compere

Dean is delighted to be back hosting for Live It 2018.

Dean has been fortunate enough to perform on stage in various shows around the world, most notably playing the role of Eddie in the West End and UK Tour of Blood Brothers.

After a brief break from the arts where Dean was Venue Manager at St. James Theatre (now The other Palace), you will now find Dean on your screens and hear him on the airways as a freelance sports broadcaster for the BBC.

Dean has hosted many events over the years and is thrilled to be returning home, to where it all began at Northbrook College and know that you will have a fun packed, entertaining evening ahead of you.

You can get in touch with Dean:
Twitter: @Dean Kilford

Terri Geal

Millenium Performing Arts

Terri trained at Glendale Theatre Arts and Millennium Performing Arts. She appeared in Pride and Predjudice for Working Title Films and was a featured dancer on the Lenny Henry Show. Other work includes Kagel – Comedy and Catastrophe for the Royal Academy of Music and the workshop productions of Little Women and Area 51 – the latter winning a Cameron Mackintosh Award.  

Terri is the Curriculum Leader for the FE theatre department at Northbrook Met. Choreography for Glendale Theatre Arts has recently won 4 golds at All England National Finals and a Gold medal at the Dance World Cup, held in Paris.

Madison Horne

London School of Musical Theatre

Madison is delighted to have been asked to be a part of Live It this year to help raise money for these wonderful charities and have the opportunity to perform alongside the amazing array of talent she is sure you will see tonight. Madi spent the past year training at the London School of Musical Theatre and graduated this summer with an agent, MB Management. She is just beginning to find her feet in the big wide world of Theatre but is very excited to escape from the hustle and bustle of London for one evening to come back and sing on her home turf!! She hopes you have a magician evening, enjoy the show!

Lauren Eira-Marie

Southern Theatre Arts Centre & BAPA

Lauren auditioned for drama school and was accepted to BAPA (Bristol Academy of Performing Arts) she was lucky enough to have many opportunities while at drama school one of these included taking part in a Christmas special that was aired on ITV1 West Country. After drama school Lauren went on to gain a degree in Musical theatre at Southern Theatre Arts Centre ,now the MET. Where she played leading roles. Since completing her education Lauren has continued to perform and has won theatre singer of the year two years in a row. More recently Lauren has been working as a performer for Thomas Cook . Lauren continues to fuel her passion for performing by being part of the fantastic Kompact Theatre while attending various auditions in London.

Glendale Theatre Arts

GLENDALE THEATRE ARTS SCHOOL

Originally opened during the 1940’s by her mother, Wendy Merson, Glendale Theatre Arts is under the personal supervision of Mandy Chapman F.I.S.T.D. Mandy has choreographed numerous shows and pantomimes & Summer Seasons. both professional and amateur. During 1990 she took 43 children on a performing tour of America, culminating with performances at Disneyland, California.  Glendale is regularly asked to prepare and audition singers, dancers and actors for professional shows on behalf of directors and choreographers. Performers trained by Mandy have appeared in nearly every smash-hit musical in the West End including the opening casts of ‘Lord of The Rings’, ‘Mary Poppins’ and the acclaimed ‘Book of Mormon’ and she had the proud privilege to watch a former Glendale pupil on stage in the lead role of Glinda, in ‘Wicked’. Glendale juniors have appeared in the London productions of ‘Billy Elliot’ and ‘Oliver’ and numerous tours including the ‘Sound of Music’.

In 2011 Glendale participated in the Dance World Cup held in Paris and against 28 countries came back with no less than 19 Gold Medals and the overall award for ‘The Most Outstanding Group’.  Further Golds followed in Austria in 2012 and in 2013 the event came to Brighton. Some 120 pupils qualified for the Grand Finals and along with numerous Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, the school came away with the award for ‘The Most Outstanding Choreography’! As well as having active and vibrant professional-standard classes, the school also offers a wide range of classes designed to encourage and stimulate all levels and ages; from our wonderful ‘Little Stars Academy’ through to our extremely popular  all-male ‘ Boyzonly’ club. Drama, Singing and Musical Theatre also play vital roles, improving self-confidence and personal development, whilst ensuring that fun is always part of the process. Based in its own purpose-built studios, Glendale has a strong team of outstanding and dedicated staff, many of whom are professional performers, directors and choreographers themselves.

 

Met MT
Jack Lansbury
Performer

Jack trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts where he achieved his honours degree following on from his two years at Northbrook MET .
Whilst training at Mountview he played ‘Tevye’ in Fiddler on the roof , ‘Hugh Dorsey’ in Parade , ‘Marshall ‘ in Gas station Angel, ‘Clyde’ in Bonnie and Clyde and ‘Sonny’ in Grease. His professional theatre credits include ‘ Puck’ in A midsummer night’s dream ( Aldeburgh festival), ensemble in Cinderella and Dick Whittington (and his meercat ) Theatre Royal York and most recently in London’s West end avenue ‘Boq’ in Wicked.

Kompact Theatre

Kompact Theatre formed in 2009 with the idea of producing compact contemporary musical theatre. The company focus is on using material by contemporary composers who create work for smaller casts. The result is innovative work that often challenges the barriers instilled by traditional musical theatre. We premiered our first show ‘Catch Me I’m Falling’ at the Northbrook Theatre. This production was so well received that we were asked to add more dates and in October 2009 Kompact returned for a further run. In May 2010 Kompact were lucky enough to perform at Concorde 2 in Brighton for our production of ‘To Look Beyond…‘ as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. In 2010 the company decided to strip back their productions even further to become even more ‘KOMPACT’ and so presented an evening of alternative cabaret at the newly refurbished Brighton Ballrooms in November. With the success of this performance, we continue to perform our ‘Kompact Cabaret’ evenings at venues across Brighton and London. Kompact boasts an experienced cast and production team whose training includes East 15, ALRA, The London College of Music, Arts Ed, Royal Academy of Music, Mountview and STAC. Performance, production and directorial credits span stage and screen all across the UK, Europe and further afield in Japan, USA and Australia.

Our passion and commitment makes us who we are.

We are not trying to change the world through theatre, we are trying to spread a little Kompact love and we would love you to be a part of it.

David Croucher
Magician

David has been performing magic for 15 years and thoroughly enjoys what he does. He belongs to two magic societies:-

The Associated Conjurers of East Sussex & The Sussex Magic Circle

David is also a member of the actor’s union Equity and is fully insured

He loves meeting other magicians and sharing ideas. David puts lots of hard work into practicing magic and pays particular attention to the entertainment and routining aspects.

When he starts performing close up magic for a group who have just met him, he introduces himself and likes to get every persons name.

His magic starts fast and flashy, blending in to a slightly slower pace closing on a wow finish. He has been bitten by the magic bug as magicians say, and absolutely loves what he does!!

Visit David’s Website