Musical Theatre
The Musical Theatre days will take place on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March 2025 at Bishop Perowne CE College. Jessica Daley will be adjudicating and we will once again have workshops from West End performers. Entries for the competitive and non-competitive performances are now closed, but the workshops remain open until all places are filled. Workshop places are limited, so book early! The Severn Arts Music Box is also visiting between 1 and 4pm - all welcome to come and try a new instrument or have a go at creating music in the digital studio!
Workshops
The WCAF 2025 musical theatre workshops are for all ages and abilities - No experience necessary! The Senior and Intermediate workshops will focus on songs from Back to the Future and the junior workshop will focus on Matilda. The workshops will be led by Connor Lewis from West End Theatre Workshops who has appeared in both shows on the West End! The workshops will focus on singing for musical theatre, working on acting through song and movement. All workshops will take place on Sunday 2nd March.
Senior (school yr 10+): 12-2pm (including a Q&A session about auditions and preparing for life on the West End)
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Intermediate (school yrs 7-9): 2.30pm-4pm
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Junior (up to school year 6): 4-5.30pm
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The workshops will run alongside the competitive classes and we will ensure that competitors are able to compete without clashes.
Our Adjudicator - Jessica Daley
Training: Arts Educational Schools London.
Theatre: Britney in I Should Be So Lucky (UK Tour), The Wizard of Oz (London Palladium), Billy’s Mam in Billy Elliot (Curve Leicester), Betty Haynes in White Christmas (UK Tour), Christine Daaé in The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber (Curve Leicester), Eva Perón in Evita (International Tour), Lynette Pomeroy in An
Officer and a Gentleman (UK Tour), Frenchy in Grease (Dubai), Factory Girl/Cover Fantine in Les Miserables (International Tour), Ali in Mamma Mia! (West End), Tess in Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Stepping Out Theatre),
Baroness Elberfeld/Cover Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music (UK/Ireland Tour) and Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music (Woking).
Television/Film credits include: Wicked - Part 2 (Universal), Finalist in Over the Rainbow (BBC), Abba Vocalist for Michael McIntyre’s Big Show - Midnight Game Show (BBC) and Meryl Streep voiceover for RuPaul’s Drag Race UK VS The World (BBC).
Other credits include: Military Wives (Workshop), REPRISE: Curve’s Leading Ladies (Curve Studio); Little Bits of Light (National Theatre Workshop); I Should Be So Lucky (Workshop); Park & Bark Podcast (Spotify); The Self-Isolation Podcast (BBC Tees); Unusual Times Podcast (BBC Tees); An Officer & a Gentleman (Curve Leicester Workshop), Special Guest on Cunard’s Oliviers at Sea Week 2022 and Featured Soloist on Friday Night is Music Night - From Broadway to Hollywood Special (BBC Radio 2).
Jessica is a proud ambassador of her hometown Middlesbrough and a passionate teacher and advocate to younger generations exploring careers within the arts. She is qualified as a Mental Health First Aider (MHFAE) and is passionate about mental wellbeing within the industry.
