Training: It Works

Julie & Richard are vocal coaches & consultants to the stars- coaching drama school level, Olivier Award winners, stars of Wicked, Hamilton, Jamie, Come from Away, Waitress and more. Vocal Balance is highly acclaimed and they are two of the industry’s leading West End vocal coaches. We have been\ privileged to have had them on board as our vocal consultants from day 1

Jonathan is a director whose most recent credit is for The Last Five Years (Southwark Playhouse). His previous credits include on man Hair (UK Tour), An American In Paris (Dominion Theatre) & many more.

Stagebox members have unprecedented access to training, masterclasses and mentorship from leading film, television and theatre casting directors.

Stagebox members have worked with representatives from:

Lucy Bevan Casting (Matilda Film, Cruella Disney, Artemis Fowl and more)

Nina Gold Casting (The Crown for Netflix, Game of Thrones, Star Wars and more)

Rob Kelly Casting (Mallory Towers, Almost Never, The Lodge and more)

Jill Green Casting (Dear Evan Hansen, Aladdin, Lion King and more)

Theo Park Casting (Paddington, Vanity Fair and more)

Jo Hawes Casting (Les Miserables, Mary Poppins, Oliver and more)

Rory Okey for Dan Hubbard & Reg Poerscout Edgerton (Jingle Jangle, Rocketman and more)

Kahleen Crawford (His Dark Materials and more)

Pearson Casting (Six The Musical, Rent and more)

Jim Arnold Casting (Wicked, Prince of Egypt and more)

Amy Wright Casting (The Next Step, Anne with an E, The Time Travellers Wife and more)

Pippa Allion Casting (Book of Mormon, Tina, Come From Away and more)

Keston and Keston Casting (NBC’s The Grinch, A Christmas Carol, Nativity! and more)

Debbie O’Brien Casting (Annie, Thriller, Bodyguard and more)

Gill Charnock Casting (Hollyoaks, Evermoor Chronicles and more)

Victor Jenkins Casting (Broadchurch, Des, Fleabag and more)

Sophie Holland Casting (The Witcher and more)

Faye Styring from Emmerdale (ITV)

Sarah is a Tony Award and Broadway Choreographer whose recent credits include Frozen on Broadway, Saturday Night Live, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. She has choreographed and coached stars like Charlize Theron, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Neil Patrick Harris, James Corden, Carrie Underwood, Seth Mc Farlane, Hugh Jackman and Beyoncé. Her love for all things dance shines annually in The Kennedy Center Honors, The Tony’s and The Oscar’s. Sarah has performed in numerous Broadway and West End musicals including Cinderella, Chaplin, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying with Daniel Radcliffe. She was also the Dance captain on Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes and Kristen Chenoweth. Sarah has also worked on the 81st Academy Awards with Hugh Jackman and Beyonce as Assistant Choreographer.

Matt is an Olivier nominated choreographer. His recent & upcoming credits include Fiddler on the Roof (West End), (UK/International Tour) Footloose (UK Tour), Memphis (UK & International Tour), Oklahoma (Chichester Festival Theatre), Assistant Choreographer on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC),

Jane is an associate choreographer and her recent credits include Fiddler on the Rood (West End), Oklahoma(Chichester Festival Theatre), Gypsy (West End), Groundhog Day (Old Vic), The Bodyguard (International Tour), Gypsy (West End), The Producers (International Tour)

Adam is a choreographer crossing film, theatre and television. Recent credits include Cruella for Disney, Rocketman directed by Dexter Fletcher and Ready Player One directed by Steven Spielberg and The Kid Who Would Be King for 20th Century Fox.

Jaye is an associate choreographer and her recent credits include: How The Grinch Stole Christmas (UK Premiere), Matilda (West End), Half a Sixpence (West End), Oliver! (Leicester Curve), The Producers (UK Tour), Ghost (UK Tour), Singin in the Rain (Chichester Festival Theatre) & 42nd Street (Leicester Curve).

Ashley is a British writer and director. Ashley was winner of The Directors Guild Award and was the Resident Director on the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time in the West End. Ashley has held Resident Director positions at the Lyric Hammersmith and The National Theatre.

Jo is a choreographer & director and is currently resident directing 42nd Street at Theatre du Chatelet. Previous credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang where she worked with over 300 children across the UK, White Christmas, Sweet Charity, Crazy for You, Barnum and Sunset Boulevard.

Marianne is a leading voice, accent and dialect coach. Marianne has recently been a coach at the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Court and has 12 years of experience in television. Marianne graduated with a masters in voice studies from Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and she has a world-renowned institution for voice training

Dexter Fletcher is a Hollywood film director. Dexter Fletcher is best known for Press Gang – as well as directing Eddie the Eagle and Rocketman and finishing off Bohemian Rhapsody. Dexter worked with our members for an online masterclass.

Huw Evans is a Musical Director and is currently associate musical director for Come From Away (Phoenix Theatre). His previous credits include, Big Fish (The Other Palace), Funny Girl (UK Tour), Assassins (Menier Chocolate Factory), Evita (Dominion Theatre & UK Tour), Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible).

In November 2015 Joseph co-founded and opened Hope Mill Theatre – an independent theatre venue in Manchester – along with his husband Will. The venue has placed itself on the map for its ambitious in house producing of Musicals and has won numerous awards including the Stage Fringe Theatre of the Year 2018. Productions include; Parade, Spring Awakening, Pippin (Southwark Playhouse), Yank (Charing Cross Theatre), Little Women, Putting It Together and Rags (Park Theatre), MAME (Salisbury Playhouse/ Royal & Derngate), HAIR (UK and European Tour), RENT (Hope Mill Theatre). Directing credits include; The Exonerated (Hope Mill Theatre), Proof (Hope Mill Theatre), We’ll Always Have Paris (Oldham Coliseum – Short play), Cinderella & Jack and the Beanstalk (Clonter Opera Theatre). Observer Director on West Side Story at The Royal Exchange. Joseph was set to direct the European Premiere of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella the musical, which has been postponed.

Most recently Jonathan was MD for The Lion King (UK tour) and Associate MD on The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre, London. A selection of his previous credits also include, assistant MD for Oklahoma! (National Theatre at the Lyceum); Guest Conductor for Matthew Bourne’s The Carman(Old Vic); and was MD for Crazy for You (UK National tour).

Martha is a theatre director and dramaturg. As Associate Director to Trevor Nunn, productions include: Fiddler on the Roof, Love in Idleness (West End/Menier Chocolate Factory), The Bridges of Madison County (Menier Chocolate Factory),Agnes Collander (Theatre Royal Bath) and upcoming ‘Identical’, based on the story of the Parent Trap. As Director: St Anne Comes Home (Actors Church), Agatha (Park Theatre, workshop), The Phase (The Warehouse, workshop) Macbeth, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night (The Young Shakespeare Company, UK & International Tours); As You Might Like It (Rosemary Branch Theatre); Wolf (The Bunker Theatre); Between the Sheets, When I Wake (Waterloo East Theatre), Love and Money (Studio Theatre, Norwich), The Psychosocial Gathering (Edinburgh Festival Fringe), Spring Awakening: The Musical (Studio Theatre, Norwich)

Helen is a choreographer whose credits include: Memphis (Shaftesbury Theatre), Matilda – The Musical (Cambridge Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Novello, Prince of Wales Theatre), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Fame (Aldwych Theatre), Rent (Garrick Theatre). She has worked across the TV & Film industry in productions such as Britain’s Got Talent (ITV), Sunday Night at the Palladium (ITV), The Laurence Olivier Awards 2014 and 2015 (ITV), Sounds of the Musicals (Channel 4), Mamma Mia 2:Here we go again! and many more.

Lindsay Atherton is a choreographer whose credits include: Hairspray (UK Tour) Starlight Express, CATS (London Palladium). She is also the co-founder of the choreographic company, Magnetic Movement.

Neil MacDonald is a musical director. Neil was the associate MD on Sister Act (UK Tour), Grease (UK Tour), Cilla The Musical (UK Tour), and White Christmas (West End, Dominion Theatre)

Movement Director/Choreographer from the inspirational Tellers Company. Taylor has also recently choreographed Bring It On for Urdang Final Year Showcase. Taylor’s movement spans many styles, including musical theatre, jazz and urban contemporary. He enjoys telling a story with the body and connecting others with the art of movement. Allowing professional’s to connect to the ark of storytelling.

Ewan Jones was the Choreographer on the 2nd season of the major NETFLIX series SEX EDUCATION.

Ellie is currently the Associate Musical Director for Six: The Musical (Arts Theatre, London / UK Tour). Her previous work includes playing keys for Jersey Boys (Prince Edward Theatre, London), MDing the Frankfürt premiere of The Last Five Years.

Claira Vaughan is a choreographer, creative director, associate choreographer and mass movement director for stage, screen and large-scale events. She was the Assistant Choreographer for BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (Fox Studios), she worked as Mass Movement Assistant Choreographic London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing ceremonies. She also has extensive credits across theatre, tv and film.

Associate Choreographer on BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL and has worked extensively across the industry.

Sam is the upcoming Resident Director in Bring It On: The Musical (London and UK Tour). His other theatre credits include: Annie (UK Tour), Flashdance (UK Tour). He has also worked across the entertainment industry for brands such as The MTV EMAS and the BRIT Awards (as a dancer for Rita Ora), The X Factor for ITV and many more.