Madeline Charlemagne

EURYDICE

Madeline Charlemagne trained at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Work in theatre includes Hex at the National Theatre; The Secret Life of Bees at the Almeida; Kick at Lyric, Hammersmith; Carousel at Regent’s Park; and 42 Balloons at the Vaudeville.

Dylan Wood

ORPHEUS

Dylan Wood trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and Dance School of Scotland. His work in theatre includes No Love Songs at Dundee Rep; The Bunker and 549: Scots of the Spanish Civil War for Wonder Fools; Sherlock Holmes and the Poison Wood and Teddy (also on UK tour) at the Watermill; Aladdin at Macrobert Arts Centre; Moorcroft and Underwood Lane for Tron; Meet Me at the Knob for A Play, a Pie and a Pint; Cinderella for PACE; Orphans at the National Theatre Scotland; Close Quarters at Sheffield Theatres; Electric Eden at Shanghai Arts Festival; and King Lear and Snow Queen at Bristol Old Vic. TV includes Dog Days, Unfair, Midsomer Murders, Sister Boniface and Casualty. Short film includes Perambulations of a Justified Sinner.

Trevor Dion Nicholas

HADES

Trevor Dion Nicholas’ work in theatre includes Next to Normal at the Donmar and in the West End; Big River on US tour; Bat Boy: The Musical and Side Show at London Palladium; Bonnie & Clyde The Musical at Theatre Royal Drury Lane; as well as Hamilton and Disney’s Aladdin (also Broadway; What’s On Stage Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical) in the West End. Other theatre includes The Wiz, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ragtime, The Little Mermaid, Into the Woods and Little Shop of Horrors. TV includes All Star Musicals, The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti, Moley, The Show Must Go One, Strictly Come Dancing, Christmas at the Snow Globe, The Americans, Sunday Night at the Palladium, Royal Variety Performance and Disney’s Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall (Emmy Award). Voice work includes Scrooge: A Christmas Carol.

Melanie La Barrie

HERMES

Melanie La Barrie’s work in theatre includes & Juliet (originating the role of Nurse; WhatsOnStage nomination) at the Stephen Sondheim on Broadway and the Shaftesbury, West End; productions of Fiddler on the Roof, Romeo and Juliet, White Christmas, Guys and Dolls, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The Sunshine Boys; and Matilda (Broadway World nomination), Mary Poppins, Daddy Cool, Wicked, Les Misérables, Dick Whittington, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, The Lorax and Ragtime in the West End. Original cast recordings include & Juliet, Matilda, Mary Poppins and Daddy Cool. TV includes Casualty and EastEnders. Film includes London Road.

Rachel Tucker

PERSEPHONE

Rachel Tucker’s work in theatre includes Sunset Boulevard at the Savoy Theatre (as Norma Desmond), Come From Away in the West End and on Broadway (2019 Olivier Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical and 2020 WhatsOnStage Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical), Wicked in the West End, on Broadway and as part of the London 10th Anniversary Cast (as Elphaba), Communicating Doors at the Menier Chocolate Factory, The Last Ship at Neil Simon Theatre, New York and Bank of America Theatre, Chicago, Farragut North at Southwark Playhouse, We Will Rock You at the Dominion (As Meat), Wild About You at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, John and Jen (as Jen; 2022 OFFIE Award for Best Lead Performance in a Musical) and Songs for a New World at London Palladium.

TV includes Call The Midwife (BBC), Hope Street (BBC), Informer (BBC1/Neal Street productions). Film includes Wicked, Prison (Sun Days) and Frayed (Horizon Film).

Concert includes Sideshow at London Palladium, Do You Hear the People Sing? at Sydney Opera House/Melbourne Arts Centre and The Hollywood Bowl and New Year’s Concert at Japan Theatre Orb. 

Bella Brown

FATE

Bella Brown trained at Arts Educational School, graduating in 2023. Productions while training include A Chorus Line and Catch Me If You Can. Her work in theatre includes Rock Follies at the Minerva, Chichester; and Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends at the Gielgud.

Allie Daniel

FATE

Allie Daniel trained at Mountview, and currently teaches vocal technique at The Urdang Academy. Her work in theatre includes How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at Southwark Playhouse; As You Like It at @sohoplace; Happy Meal at the Traverse and on UK tour; Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park; Priscilla, Queen of the Desert on UK tour; Millennials at Turbine; and RENT at Hope Mill. Concerts include backing vocalist for Ariana Debose at London Palladium; and Peter and the Wolf with Triorca at Cadogan Hall.

Francessca Daniella-Baker

FATE

Francessca Daniella-Baker trained at Laine Theatre Arts. Her work in theatre includes The Lion King on international tour; My Fair Lady at London Coliseum and on UK tour; Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at London Palladium; Robin Hood at the New Victoria, Woking; and Snow White and Cinderella at The SEC Centre, Glasgow. TV includes His Dark Materials and All Star Musicals. Other projects include The Lion King in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall.

Lauren Azania

WORKER

Lauren Azania AJ King-Yombo’s work in theatre includes Close Up: The Twiggy Musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory; Disco Inferno on tour; and productions of The Magic of Motown on tour; Heartbeat of Home, Boogie Nights, The Wizard of Oz, Little Shop of Horrors, Robin Hood and Happy Ever After.

Tiago Dhondt Bamberger

WORKER

Tiago Dhondt Bamberger trained at Guildford School of Acting, where productions included Sweet Smell of Success, The Wind in the Willows, Curtains and The Burnt Part Boys. Work in theatre includes Moulin Rouge! at the Piccadilly; and The Witches of Eastwick at the Sondheim.

Beth Hinton-Lever

WORKER

Beth Hinton-Lever trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts after she studied Classical Archaeology and Classical Civilisations at UCL. Her work in theatre includes The Doncastrian Chalk Circle (Public Acts at CAST), As You Like It (Public Acts at Queen’s Hornchurch), Hadestown and Dick Whittington for the National Theatre; Macbeth at Shakespeare’s Globe; West Side Story and A Chorus Line at Leicester Curve; Living Newspaper Edition 3 and Maryland at the Royal Court; Millennials for MTFest/Turbine; Treasure Island at Derby Theatre; Reasons to be Cheerful for Graeae; Spring Awakening at Hope Mill; Dancehall and Sleeping Beauty at CAST. TV includes Disclosure, All the Light We Cannot See, The Suspect and Silent Witness. Film includes Wicked and Men in Black: International. Audio includes An Aeneid and The Blind School: Pioneering People and Places.

Waylon Jacobs

WORKER

Waylon Jacobs trained at the Arts Educational Schools London, where he received the BBC Performing Arts Bursary and the Gillian Lynne Award. His work in theatre includes The Last Five Years at the Minack; Treason at Cadogan Hall and at Drury Lane; Chicago on UK tour; Ragtime and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park; RENT for Tabard; The Screams of Kitty Genovese at Tete a Tete Opera Festival and the Edinburgh Festival; Sondheim at 80 for BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall; Riverdance at the Gaiety, Dublin; Dick Whittington at Chelmsford Civic; and Hamilton, Memphis, We Will Rock You (also world arena tour), Children of Eden and The Lion King in the West End.

Christopher Short

WORKER

Christopher Short trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Work in theatre includes Jersey Boys on UK and Ireland tour; Anything Goes on UK tour and at the Barbican; Forever Plaid Upstairs at the Gatehouse; The Lightning Road at the Actors Church; and The Prince of Egypt at the Dominion. TV includes The Olivier Awards (with Anything Goes), Dancing on Ice (with The Prince of Egypt) and Ball and Boe (also at the O2 Arena). Film includes The Prince of Egypt: Live from the West End. Recordings include the original cast recording of The Prince of Egypt.

Lucinda Buckley

SWING

Lucinda Buckley trained at Rose Bruford College, where productions included London Road, The Tempest, As You Like It and After the Dance. Work in theatre includes Dick Whittington at Chipping Norton.

Ryesha Higgs

SWING

Ryesha Higgs trained at The Ailey School, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Work in theatre includes Sinatra – The Musical in a world premiere at Birmingham Rep; We Will Rock You at London Coliseum; and The Lion King at the Lyceum. TV includes Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing, MTV European Music Awards and Asian MNET Music Awards.

Miriam Nyarko

SWING

Miriam Nyarko is an actor and R&B singer-songwriter. Her work in theatre includes Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Boy in the Dress and The Magician’s Elephant at the RSC; Our Town at Regent’s Park; and The Lion King in the West End. TV includes Almost Never (series one to three) and Moon Knight. Short films include Blackwool. Her first EP The Journey was released in October 2023.

Simon Oskarsson

SWING

Simon Oskarsson trained at Arts Educational Schools London. Work in theatre includes The Book Thief at Leicester Curve; Robin Hood. The Legend. Re-written, 101 Dalmatians and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park; Claus – the Musical at The Lowry, Manchester; Assassins at the Watermill and Nottingham Playhouse; Kärlek Skonar Ingen (Love Spares Nobody) at Gothenburg Opera House; Julia Capulet for Lilla Beddinge Teater; Kiss Me, Kate at Sheffield Crucible; Ögonblick as an LDMG scholarship residency; To Paint the Earth at Southwark Playhouse; and Return to the Forbidden Planet (nominations for The Stage Debut Award and an Offie) Upstairs at the Gatehouse. TV includes Lotta På Liseberg – Kärlek Skonar Ingen, The National Television Awards and So Awkward. Short films include Unity of Opposites and 03:03. Recordings include cast recording for The Book Thief, Dead or Alive and Knife of Shame. Voiceovers include Warthunder.