All our students love to dance, sing, act and performย andย manyย of our students go on to complete their dance & performance training at the very best vocational colleges in the country followed by successful careers in the industry in West End,ย National and International productions. ย ย We areย proudย that so many ofย our students who go on to teach chose to return to JSTA either as permanent or guest teachers and help pass on their experience to the next generation.ย
Please get in touch and share your news with us as weย love to hear news about all of our students and where they are now.
Recent Past Students
Jonathan Carlton
Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
Kinky Boots (Richard, u/s Charlie Price) (West End)
Kinky Boots (Charlie Price) (Norwegian Cruises)
Pippin, (Pippin) (Southwark Playhouse, London)
The Hired Man, (Seth) (Union Theatre, London)
Max Bowden
Eastenders (Ben Mitchell) BBC
Waterloo Road (Justin Robinson), BBC
Casualty (Kash Ryland)
Doctors (William King)
Birdsong (Tipper) (UK Tour)
Billy Elliot (Billy)
Kate Chambers
Oxford School of Drama
The Mousetrap, (u/s, Mollie Ralston, Miss Casewell)
15 Dogs, Radio 4
Stepping Out, Frinton Summer Theatre
Coriolanus (Valeria) Rose Theatre, London
Jess Keable
London Studio Centre
The Addams Family, (Swing & Cover Morticia & Alice) UK Tour
The Producers, The Royal Exchange, Manchester
Guys and Dolls (Kilworth House Theatre)
42nd Street (Ensemble/2nd Cover Maggie) (West End)
42nd Street (Ethel) (Chatelet Theatre, Paris)
Ryan Brown
Central School of Ballet
Swan Lake, Beauty and the Beast, Giselle, Romeo & Juliet, Snow Queen, Don Quixote, Nutcracker – Oleg Danovski National Opera and Ballet Theatre, Romania
Zorba, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Giselle, Carmen, Romeo & Juliet – Romanian National Opera, Romania
Georgia Pemberton
Bugsy Malone, Louella, UK Tour
Miss Peregrineโs Home for Peculiar Children (Fiona), 20th Century Fox
Bugsy Malone, Blousey Brown, Lyric Hammersmith
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, West End
Gypsy, Baby June,ย Chichester Festival Theatre
Matilda The Musical,ย West End
Les Miserables,ย Young Eponine, West End
Natasha Mould
Laine Theatre Arts
The Wizard of Oz, (1st Cover Glinda) (Leicester Curve)
9 to 5 (1st Cover Doralee/Margaret) (West End)
Me and My Girl (Mrs Worthington) (Chichester Festival Theatre)
Grease The Musical (Cha Cha) (UK Tour)
Hairspray (Tammy) (UK Tour)
Seven Brides for Seven brothers (Martha) (Regents Park Open air Theatre)
Cats (Jemima, 1st U/S Rumpleteazer) (West End)
Cats (Jemima, 1st U/S Rumpleteazer) (UK/Europe Tour)
Strictly Confidential (Dance Captain) (UK Tour)
Strictly Come Dancing, (Assistant Choreographer), BBC
Francessca Williams
Performers College
Teacher, Laine Theatre Arts
Kismet, FK Films
Disney Performer, Tokyo, Shanghai, Disney Sea
Vegas, The Show, Norwegian Cruise Lines
Hannah Varnham
Laine Theatre Arts
We Will Rock You, (West End)
We Will Rock You, (Royal Carribean Cruises)
Mamma Mia, (UK Tour)
Tango Moderno (UK Tour)
Mamma Mia (2nd Cover Sophie) (UK Tour)
Aladdin, Qdos
Dick Whittington, First Family Entertainment
Kelly Ewins
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
Assistant & Resident Choreographer (Moulin Rouge) (West End)
I Can’t Sing (XFactor Musical)
Matilda, Dance Captain (West End)
Singing in the Rain – (Ballet Girl [Cyd Charisse] (West End)
โFameโ (UK Tour &ย West End)
Grease, (West End)
โWe Will Rock Youโ – (West End)
Never Forget (Take That Musical) – (UK Tour)
Mamma Mia – (International Tour)
Street of Dreams – Manchester MEN)
Other credits include, Guys and Dolls, Pippin, White Christmas, Surprise Surpise, Generation Game, Children in Need.
Jessica Kirton
Arts Educational
Shout (West End)
Love Never Dies (1st U/S Meg) (West End)
Batman Live (1st Cover Harley Quin) (US Tour)
Chicago, (June), (Leicester Curve Theatre)
School of Rock, (West End)
Cinderella, (Original Cast) Really Useful Group Ltd
Phoebe Henderson
Performers College
New Jersey Nights (UK Tour)
Puttin’ on the Ritz (Spirit Productions)
P&O Cruises
Princess Cruises
Joanna Gregory
Bird College, Guildford School of Acting,ย American Musical Theatre Academy of London
Angelina Ballerina The Musical, (Angelina), Australianย Tour
Rebecca Edwards
Central School of Ballet
Ballet West, Romeo and Juliet (China Tour)
Ballet West, Swan Lake, (Scottish Tour)
London Ballet Company.
Laura Pyle
Bird College
Carnival Cruise Lines
Francesca Small
Tiffany Theatre College
Celebrity Cruise Line
Cunard Cruise Lines
Brit Awards, Dancer
Silent Witness, Dancer
Ellis Prior
Tiffany Theatre College
Warner Leisure
Nicole Reeves
Bird College
Billy Elliot, (West End)
Carnival Cruise Line, Dance Captain
Cinderella, Dance Captain, (The Hawth Theatre)
Peter Pan, Dance Captain, (The Hawth Theatre)
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, (Octagon Theatre)
Laura Marshall
Bird College
Disneyland, Paris.
Warner Leisure.
Rachel Chapman
London Studio Centre
Associate Choreographer – The Choir of Man
Choreographer – Brit Awards, O2 Arena
Choreographer – Bor Productions
Pineapple Dance Group, Jonathan Ross Show
Britain’s Got Talent
The Royal Variety Show
Jazz Dance Company
Ombrascura Dance, Brit Awards 2018
Sorsha Talbot-Hunt (Sorsha Seven)
Performers College
Signed with Alpha Music & Records releasing –
‘So Completely’ and ‘Proud of Me’, the latter charting in the top 10 in โBlack Music Chartsโ and โClub Music Chartsโ in the UK.ย
Aladdin, (The Octagon, Yeovil)
Olympic Games, London
Fame, (Italian Tour)
The Railway Children, (Cadogan Hall, London)
Snow White, (Princes Theatre, Clacton)
Alexandra Risbridger
Laine Theatre Arts
P&O Cruises, Oceana.
Mini Musicals, Germany.
Head of Jazz (MGA Academy, Edinburgh)
Assistant Choreographer (Ricky Jinks, Mandy Montanez, Murray Grant)
Miss Alex is currently a freelance teacher working at JSTA teaching Jazz Technique and Jazz Choreography
Alison Brown
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
โSpirit of the Dance Companyโ, Lead Irish (UK & USA)
Carnival, Costa & Celebrity Cruise Lines. UK Summer Seasons.
Miss Alison is currently aย freelance teacher working at JSTA teaching Tap, Modern & Ballet
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
‘Half a Sixpence’ (West End)
‘Gypsy’, (Delores, U/S Louise) (Chichester and West End)
‘From Here To Eternity’ (West End)
‘The Pajama Game’, (Charlene) (Minerva Theatre, Chicester and West End)
‘We Will Rock You’, (1st U/S Meat & 1st U/S Scaramouche) (West End)
โHigh School Musicalโ, (1st U/S Gabrielle) (Apollo, Hammersmith)
โCarouselโ (1st U/S Louise, 2nd U/S Carrie) (UK Tour)
‘Hairspray’ (1st U/S Penny Pingleton) (West End)
Kiera Marner
Bird College
Flashdance (UK Tour) & (Korean Tour)
Billy Elliot (UK Tour)
Top Hat The Musical, Carnival UK
Megan Placito (Davies)
Arts Educational Schools London
Doctors, BBC
Father Brown, BBC
Lili Davies
Bird College
Penny Dreadful (Vanessa Ives) (Showtime, Sky Atlantic)
Emma Kelly
Guildford School of Acting (Scholarship)
โMamma Miaโ, (West End)
‘High School Musical’ UK Tour (Sharpay Evans)
‘The Full Monty’ (Frankfurt)
The Vagina Monologues (Understudy UK Tour)
Absent Friends (Understudy West End)ย
Elisha Sherman
Laine Theatre Arts
Wicked, (Ensemble), (UK Tour)
Regent Seven Seas Cruises
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, (Bride Sarah) (UK Tour)
Lauri Owen
Performers College (Scholarship)
โPeter Panโ, (Tiger Lily, Woking)
Mamma Mia,ย Feature Film
Samantha Hale
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
โWickedโ – (Germany)
Emma Barnes
Performers College
Lead vocalist in UK and abroad.
Backing singer with Nigel Kennedy.
Modelling
Lisa Close
London Studio Centre (Scholarship)
โJesus Christ Superstarโ – (UK Tour)
Joanna Rapley
London Studio Centre (Scholarship)
โGreaseโ – (UK Tour)
Jodie Kelly
New Tricks : BBC, The Bill : ITV
Carlie Varnham
Millenium Collegeย (Scholarship)
P&O World Cruise
Carribean Cruises
Hannah Kirton
Guildford School of Actingย (Scholarship)
Pursuing her music career.
Lara McAllen
Touring UK and abroad
Four UK TOP TEN singles with Angel City
Now writing and recording her own songs.
Claire Toms
Performers College (Scholarship)
Spirit of The Dance Company'(UK, Monaco, India, China, Brazil, Greece, Spain)
Openwide Production Company –ย Mardi Gras – Ibiza
Emma-Jane Holt
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
‘We Will Rock You’ (West End)
‘Footloose’ (European Tour)
‘The Rat Pack’, (West End)
The Royal Variety Performance
Sarah Lock
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
โSpirit of the Dance Companyโ, Dance Captain (UK & USA)
Francesca Milone
Arts Educational, Londonย (Scholarship)
Contracts to dance abroad in casinos/theatres in Italy, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, Portugal, Tenerife for 4 years. Production Executive for Avalon TV Ltd;
Have I Got News For You, Frank Skinner, They Think It’s All Over, Harry Hills TV Burp.
Shelley Robinson
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
UK Summer Seasons. International Tours.
Tamsin Sessions
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
Uk Summer Seasons In And Carnival Cruise Lines
Helen Fifield
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
Royal Carribean Cruise Lines.
Kelly Nutt
Laine Theatre Arts
Celebrity Cruise Lines.
Sasha Callis
London Studio Centre
Grayboy Entertainment
Emma Smith
Performers College
The Bodyguard, UK Tour
Come What May, UK Tour
New Jersey Nights Tour
Thriller Live, West End
Ella De Vivo
Performers College
We Will Rock You, European Tour
Saturday Night Fever, Royal Carribean Cruise Lines
Peter Pan, Qdos
Hooray for Hollywood, Spirit Productions
Laura Kent
The Musical Theatre Academy
Beauty and the Beast, VPA Productions
Seussical The Musical, The Pleasance Theatre
Lystritata, Valdesiga Productions
Pennyworth, Season 2, Warner Bros
Jessica Henderson
Performers College
Thomson/Island Cruises
Katie McHardy
Arts Educational (Scholarship)
Oklahoma (UK Tour)
Samantha Osborne
Royal Carribean Cruises
Colette Mitchell
Haven Holiday Productions
Past Pupils Yet to Graduate
Calista Manders
Elmhurst Ballet School
Paradigm Adam-Bradford
Drama Studio
Jemma Enright
University of Chichester (BA Hons Musical Theatre)
Lohen Carey-Houghton
Italia Conti
Other Past Students
Laura Butterfield
Wilkes Academy
Daisy Cox
Arts Educational Schools London
Guildford School of Acting, Musical Foundation Course
Molly Parker
The Mountview Academy for Theatre Arts
Nicole Reardon
Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Leah Ellis
London Studio Centre
Ellie Beth Aldridge
The Brighton Academy
Katie Pritchard
Urdang Academy
Melanie Pearce
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
Ellie Benton
Masters Performing Arts
Robin Grahame
London Studio Centre
Emma Docker
Laine Theatre Arts (Scholarship)
Leanne Reid
London Studio Centre (Scholarship)
Sade Atille
Central School of Ballet (Scholarship)
Chantelle Atille
Central School of Ballet (Scholarship)
Michael Gibbons
Royal Ballet School
& Elmhurst Ballet Schoolย (Scholarship)
Matthew Williams
Elmhurst Ballet School (Scholarship)
Christie Goddard
Amy-Beth Gomez
Arts Educational
& London Studio Centreย (Scholarship)
Danielle Stanforth
Central School of Ballet (Scholarship)
Gabriella Eason
Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance
Jessica Rowley
Millenium Performing Arts
Tiffany Peterson
London Studio Centreย (Scholarship)
Ashley Goddard
Tiffany Stage Academyย (Scholarship)
