Amber
Singing Tutor
Amber is a full-time musician working in function bands and original music. She recently recorded on the soundtrack for Marvels Black Panther Movie.
Ethan Brokenshire
Guitar Tutor
than has over 2 decades' of experience in playing guitar and a little under decades' worth of bass and ukulele playing as well. Ethan has been a session and gigging musician for the last 8 years using both guitar and bass and has been teaching for the last 6 years. Ethan is flexible with what students would like to learn from rhythm and basic chords as well as music theory and how to implement it into: reading music, developing lead playing along with solos and improvisation.
Eithne Browne
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Best known for her role in Channel 4’s Brookside as Chrissy Rodgers and Irene Stocks in Emmerdale. Eithne has numerous TV, film & theatre credits including Cold Feet, Broken, Secret State, Waterloo Road, and Mobile. She took over from Barbara Dickson in the West End production of Blood Brothers. Since then she has appeared at the Empire, Everyman, Playhouse, The Royal Court and numerous theatres around the world. She was named Merseyside Woman of The Year.
Duncan Cameron
Teens Actors House and Improv Tutor
Duncan began creating theatre for Fringe Festivals in Canada before moving to France to complete his studies at Ecole Philippe Gaulier. Since then, Duncan has worked on theatre around Europe, on projects ranging from street theatre, childrens theatre, cabaret, clown and bouffon, with companies such as Teatro Pomodoro, A Ship of Fools, Action Transport Theatre, Stuff and Nonsense and the Invisible Circus. Currently, Duncan is concocting a solo show called VIVA!!!, which he has taken to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and one day plans to go on an international tour.
George Caple
Guest tutor at The Actors House
George graduated from RADA in 2016 and is best known for his work with The Liverpool Everyman Theatre & Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre. Most recently he performed at Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre in ‘Homebaked’ an Original Musical.
James Cooney
Guest tutor at The Actors House.
James is best known for his work with The Royal Shakespeare Company. He has numerous TV, film & theatre credits including Hamlet (RSC), Cymbeline (RSC), Troilus & Cressida (RSC), Taming Of The Shrew (RSC), Measure for Measure (RSC), Silent Witness (BBC), The ABC Murders (BBC) to name but a few.
Dean
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Before moving to the Wirral, Dean ran his own theatre company from Cornwall “Trebiggan Productions” and has years of work as a course leader. He is also an auditioner for National Youth Theatre. He has recently worked at Shakespeare Globe Theatre, Big Fish, Kneehigh Theatre‘s Brief Encounter and Steptoe and Son, Sweeney Todd, Midsummer Nights Dream and the Liverpool Everyman Rep Company..
David Escobedo
Improv Tutor at The Improv House
David has been coaching and performing improv since 1994. Besides training at places like Second City and iO West, he has coached well over 20 independent improv teams. He has his undergrad in Performance and Directing from Cal State Long Beach, a Master’s Degree in Drama from the University of Chester, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Drama.
Robert Farquhar
Guest tutor at The Actors House
The playwright’s latest work at the Liverpool Everyman theatre was the critically acclaimed The Big I Am. Other major works include ‘Bad Jazz’(Broadway); ‘Dead Heavy Fantastic’ (Liverpool Everyman) and ‘Kicking Off’ (Winning Best Film / Audience Choice at the Raindance Film Festival).
Samantha Giles
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Best known for playing Bernice in Emmerdale winning her a TV Quick Award and a nomination at The National Television Awards.
Gina
Signing Tutor
With a Masters degree in Popular Music and many years performing all types of genres, Gina specialises in musical theatre and pop. She looks to build tone and personality within the voice to show off your true individuality whilst developing your performance skills and confidence!
Jess
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Jess Graduated from Royal Holloway UoL with a BA in Drama and went on to study Acting at the renowned Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Her professional Credits include work nationally and internationally, ranging from Shakespeare to Musicals; from New Writing to Bollywood. Cestrians will recognise Jess from the Storyhouse Summer Season 2019, playing Feste in Twelfth Night.
BAFTA award winning Noreen Kershaw
Guest tutor at The Actors House
She appeared as an actor as Life On Mars, Ashes To Ashes, and Brookside to name but a few, and was the first actress to play Shirley Valentine. As a director she has worked on Coronation Street, Broken, Our Girl and Call The Midwife.
Jamie Noall
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Mathew Pritchard
Singing and Musical Theatre Tutor
Mathew trained at LIPA and has worked as a composer and musical director. He has taught rep/acting through song/ensemble singing and musically directed in many drama schools including GSA, East 15 Acting School, Rose Bruford and, most recently, The Brighton Academy. As a musical director, Mathew has worked on productions of Chicago, Maggie May, Trelawny, Aladdin, Larkrise, The Diary of Anne Frank, Carousel, Richard Stilgoe’s Bodywork, The Pierglass and Cats. He works in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice on a new version of the musical Blondel for which he has provided additional music. He has worked on productions of Blondel in London and the U.S.
Mathew has a vast knowledge of musical theatre and is a skilled pianist. As a teacher, he specialises in: individually tailored repertoire covering all styles and genres; presentation and acting through song; audition preparation for drama schools and professional productions.
Alice Robinson
The Performers' Playground
Alice specialises in enlivening the play within our bodies through a combination of yoga, ball work, dance, game play and improvisation. Her approach will encourage a fitter, stronger and more agile body and mind ready for the demands of performance and creativity.
Bobby Schofield
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Best known for his work on BBC’s Anthony and the forth coming drama ‘ Time’ with Sean Bean & Stephen Graham.
Erin Shanagher
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Erin has numerous TV & theatre credits including Peaky Blinders, Scott & Bailey, Lego Batman: Movie, Shameless & Moving On.
Michael Starke
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Best known for his role as Thomas ‘Sinbad’ Sweeney which he played for 16 years in the soap opera Brookside. Michael has numerous TV, film & theatre credits including The Royal, Coronation Street, 51st State ( with Samuel L. Jackson ) and the Kenneth Branagh directed action thriller Jack Ryan.
Becky Webb
Acting and Improv Tutor
Rebecca is a performer, director, maker and clown. She trained at Circomedia in Bristol specialising in physical theatre and acrobalance. With her own company she has produced walkabout and street shows - including for Glastonbury Festival and Winchester Hat Fair - as well as working for companies such as Artemis Productions, Circus Malabaristas, The Bureau of Random Acts and Aardman Animations.
Peter Leslie Wild
Guest tutor at The Actors House
Peter has produced three series of the BBC 1 drama Doctors. As a director he has worked on BBC’s Archers and throughout his career has worked with many leading actors & writers. Peter also teaches at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Birmingham School of Acting.
