Staff A-Z

Steven comes to Trinity Laban after being Head of Department for Creative Industries at Kingston School of Art, Kingston University and the Course Leader for Musical Theatre at the London College of Music, University of West London as well as teaching courses, guest lecturing and delivering masterclasses in Canada, Holland, Lithuania and South Africa.

He was also the Associate Executive Director of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. As a performer his credits include Scrooge (West End – Palladium and multiple tours), Doctor Dolittle (UK Tour), Flora the Red Menace (All Star Productions – Landor), 13 Days (Grimeborn Festival – Arcola Theatre) as well as many concerts, cabarets, operas, film and TV. Recordings include Dracula and an album of Sondheim duets, It Takes Two.

Steven is the founder of The Thriving Creative offering business and marketing training and coaching for creatives. He’s published in academic journals (Journal of Arts Entrepreneurship Education, Journal of Musical Theatre Educators’ Alliance) and in the press (The Stage, Drama Student Magazine) and is writing a book for Routledge on freelancing the creative economy.

He holds a PhD in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship from Goldsmiths, University of London and is a certified Mindfulness Teacher (UK College of Mindfulness Meditation).

Initially developing dance and theatre school provision, Victoria moved swiftly into further education and apprenticeships in performing arts and sport, with programmes receiving external recognition such as ‘Outstanding’ judgements (Adult Leaning Inspectorate), Beacon status for teaching and learning, and professional industry acknowledgement. This led to partnerships with higher education providers, and the development of the musical theatre provision at Trinity Laban.

As a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Trinity Laban Senior Teaching Fellow, Victoria is committed to access and participation, and the development of teaching and learning environments that support progression and achievement. Most recently, she has utilised her MSc in psychology to research the area of mental health and wellbeing in tertiary musical theatre education settings, identifying how programmes and interventions can be established to support the development of good mental health in educational setting, and when transitioning into employment.

Victoria believes that the student is the absolute centre of the learning journey, and that it is important to support personal development beyond the core curriculum outcomes, fostering the unique individual and personal identity within the learning community.

Victoria is a Trustee for a growing Multi Academy Trust in Kent and External Examiner for other Musical Theatre programmes across the UK .

Creative Outputs

Performance credits include: Aladdin, Cinderella and Humpty Dumpty (Millfield Theatre), A Chorus Line (MYT), Fran in A Christmas Carol (Terry Hawes Productions), Aida, MTV, Dream Team (Hewland International), 100 Years of Cinema (Mermaid Theatre), Lead vocalist and dancer for various cabarets.

Choreography Credits include: Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bugsy Malone, Oklahoma, Little Shop of Horrors, Dick Whittington, Wizard of Oz, Oliver, Corporate Events, Cabarets and College Showcases.

Tilly directed As She Likes It by Chloe Wade for a UK tour, opening at Greenwich Theatre in January 2024.   A Better Woman by Simon Mendes de Costa at the Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury, and The Greater Game at the Southwark Playhouse.  For MTA she directed Ting Tang Mine by Nick Darke, at the Courtyard, By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr, Welcome to Thebes by Moira Buffini, and Tess of the d’Urbervilles all at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre, and Boy’s Life by Howard Korder, The Love of the Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker and Our Mutual Friend at the Tower Theatre.  She also directed New Year’s Date by Simon Mendes da Costa, The Man From Clare by Jaki McCarrick, and Harry Is Asking by Katharina Rodda, all for Omniwrite at the Omnibus Theatre.  She’s directed many play readings for RADA and Women@RADA and is a director on the RADA Contemporary Drama Summer School since 2011.  

She was a writer on Paul Merton’s Radio 4 series Late, and her short film Domestic Flight played in festivals from LIFF to Palm Springs. She adapted Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens for the stage. She has written a full- length original screenplay The Angel and the Shark developed with Leopard Films.  She is currently working on a screen adaptation of a children’s novel.  

Tilly teaches acting at Trinity Laban on the foundation course and screen-acting at LSMT since 2001. She has also taught screen-acting at NYT, CPA, and was head of acting at MTA from 2013-2021.  

Since graduating from Bird College in 2016 and Royal Central School of Speech & Drama in 2018, she has held various producing and creative roles across productions at tiata fahodzi, Southbank Centre, Young Vic, Camden People’s Theatre and China Plate Theatre Company, and completed her first public-facing art commission in 2022.

Esmee currently trains and performs with the first London season of Waacking dance collective House of Suraj, led by choreographer Kumari Suraj. Alongside this, she also teaches across various performance degrees at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and at Performers College. Finally, she is currently in the process of creating her first portrait collection which brings to life the grounding ideas of her PhD.