Staff A-Z

Jess started teaching in 2013, and now runs the Youth Programme for Longfield Hall in Brixton, running drama and theatre-based workshops and classes for young people. She works in a freelance capacity for the Learning and Education teams at the Lyric Hammersmith, the Old Vic, the National Theatre and the Coram Shakespeare Schools Foundation.

Sue trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has a first class degree in Music and Drama from the University of Birmingham, with three years’ classical singing and piano training at the Birmingham Conservatoire.

Tom Baker (he/him) is a London-based theatre-maker, practitioner, and facilitator. He has taught and directed at some of the UK’s top drama schools, including the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Performance Preparation Academy (PPA), ArtsEd, Trinity Laban, and the University of Worcester.

Tom specialises in the approaches of Viewpoints and Composition, as well as Viola Spolin and Active Analysis. His teaching and research are focused on how actor-training can foster agency and autonomy through devised and participant-led creative practices.

Research interests and areas of supervision:

• Children’s theatre/theatre for young audiences 
• Arts education and musical theatre 

Billy Cullum trained at the Arts Educational Schools London gaining a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.

Recently, Billy has been involved in the development of new musical works, including THE CREAKERS by McFly’s Tom Fletcher, and SYREN, penned by Olivier Award nominee Anoushka Lucas and Jess Edwards. He played opposite Sir Ian McKellen in MOTHER GOOSE and in the role of Nicholas in the Old Vic Theatre’s A Christmas Carol. Billy workshopped the choreography and appeared in the Netflix musical film MATILDA, directed by Matthew Warchus and choreographed by Ellen Kane. Billy’s screen debut was playing the role of Hector in Russell T Davies’ IT’S A SIN for Channel 4/HBO.

Billy Cullum trained at the Arts Educational Schools London gaining a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.

Dedicated to nurturing the next generation of performers, Billy teaches at esteemed conservatoires such as Arts Educational School of Musical Theatre, Emil Dale Academy, Italia Conti, and Urdang Academy. His commitment to fostering new talent inspired him to establish KIPA: Kingston Performers Academy, a theatre training ground that cultivates emerging young artists.

Michael was born in Cleethorpes and began his career as a member of the acclaimed Swingle Singers. Since then, his international solo career has taken him throughout Europe, North America, Asia, the Caribbean and South Africa, performing with many of the world’s leading orchestras including the New York and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras; Chicago, Boston, St Louis, Oklahoma, Stavanger, Bangkok, Bochum, BBC and Sydney Symphony Orchestras; the Orchestre National de Lyon; Norwegian Radio Orchestra; MDR Symphonie (Leipzig); RTÉ Orchestra (Dublin) and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo.