Student Success


Student Success

We are delighted to have many of our Theatre School students performing in London's West End, in local events in Berkshire, adverts, films and on TV. Some of these students have also gone onto full-time Dance, Drama and Singing training at Drama and Dance Schools.

Here are just some of our success stories:

Emma Lainsbury- Deb in The Greatest Days- Cruise line 2023/2-24

Lydia Regnes & Phoebe Pittaway- High wycombe Panto Sleeping Beauty 2023/24

Emma Lainsbury- Production singer on P&O-Cruise line 2022/23

Daisy Macdonald Kingsclear Performing arts starting 2023 

Aimee Gunter- Slave of the ring- Wokingham Panto 2023

Olivia Bull- Dancer- Wokingham Panto 2023

Elizabeth Young & Isla Hartley- South Hill Park Panto Sleeping Beauty 2023/24

Phoebe Pittaway- Reserve team The Hexagon Panto 2023/24

Chloe Davison, Eden Tia Okwee, and Imogen Hutchinson- Arla Dairy/Cravendale commercial shooting March and April 2023

Liberty Petty 1 year Foundation Musical Theatre Mountview, 3 years Musical Theatre PPA, 3 years Musical Theatre Arts Ed recall and attending Italia Conti Foundation course in Musical Theatre to start September 2023

Abbie Undrell 3 years Musical Theatre course at Chichester University 2023 intake

19 students perform at Disneyland Paris April  2023

Georgia Wenstrom Studying at Kingsclear Performing arts Musical Theatre to start 2023, offered places at Arts Ed Acting Pathway, & Arts Ed Dance Pathway Foundation courses 2023 start.

Taylor Roark 3 Year Acting Course East 15 2023

Aiyana Otway- Fitzgibbon, Connie and Oliver Voss Wasma 2023 soloists The Hexgon Reading 

Sophie Bidgood Baby Louise  in "Gypsy" 2023 at The Mill in Sonning

Harley coles Newsboy in "Gypsy" 2023 at The Mill in Sonning

Olivia Cox High School Musical South Hiill Park Theatre 2023

Aimee Gunter Cat in Dick Whittington Wokingham Panto 2022/23

Jessica Widdicombe chorus Wokingham Panro 2022/23

Emily Widdicombe chorus in Wokingham Panto 2022/23

Toni Di Gangi Dick Whittington in Wokingham Panto 2022/23

Lydia Regnes Hexagon Panto 2022/23

Maddie Crofts PPA  3 years Acting  2022

Winner of The Abbey Drama Scholarship Lucy Kean

Christmas sports direct advert Maddie Crofts 

Daisy McDonald Read College intake September 2022 Musical Theatre

Millie Dryden ACM College intake September 2022 Music Production

Emily Widdicombe Wokingham Panto 2021/22

Aimee Gunter Wokingham Panto 2021/22

Lydia Regnes Wokingham Panto  The Cat in Dickk Whittington 2021/22

Zoe Kelsall Wokingham Panto 2021/22

Jessica Widdicombe Wokingham Panto 2021/22

Abbie Undrell- 2 years Musical Theatre at Artemis South Hill Park

Charlie Kristenson Diana Award for #CheerUpCharlie Award winning anti bullying campaigner, Actor, Singer, Presenter, Model and Singer

Liberty Petty Places at Drama schools: Funded place at Read College 2 years Musical Theatre course and Artemis Studio 2 years BTEC Performing Arts and  Reading College 2021.

Alice Kearsley Places at Laines, London Studio Centre and Bird College Musical Theatre course 2021 intake 

Taylor Roark Arts Educational Acting Course for 2021 intake

Chloe Zarb East London Arts and Music course 2021 intake and Chichester University 

Josh Wenstrom  Chichester University (Drama) 2021 intake  

Evie Brooke Perrin Matilda Film recall

Aiyana Otway Fitzgibbon Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Jessica Widdicombe Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Hanneke Morse Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Aimee Gunter Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Lydia Regnes Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Zoe Kelsall Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Lauren Cloney Wokingham Panto 2020/21

Abigail Undrell South Hill Park BTEC Performing Arts at ARTEMIS Studios 2020 intake

Alice Kearsley Kingsclear Performing arts course- Dance Pathway 2019 intake

Imogen Pine Tour of the Sound Of Music 2019-2020

Emily Highams Four Children and IT (BBC)

Josh Gassparo SHP Panto 2019-2020

Liberty Petty Semi Finalist Berkshire Singer of the Year 2019

Disney land Troupe Woodley Carnival Dec 2019

11 students in the Wokingham Panto 2020

4 students in the SHP Panto 2020

30 students May Fayre Wokingham 2019

Imogen Mead, final recall for West End's Matilda 2019

Jaz Crawford final recall for "School of Rock" West end 2019

20 students performed at Disney Land Paris April 2019

Camberley Panto Ashleigh Chinnery 2018/19

Hexagon Panto Alex Hutson 2018/19

South Hill Park Panto Liberty Petty, Freya Griffiths, Taylor Roark, Susie Stevens 2018/2019

Wokingham Panto Isabella Jenkins, Imogen Mead, Olivia Perry, Lydia Hurley, Toni D Gangi

Freya Hall Laines 3 years Dance course 2019

Shelby Riches Italia Conti London 3 years Musical Theatre 2018

Emma Lainsbury Barcelona performing arts academy 3 years musical theatre course 2018

Twyford’s got talent winner Liberty petty 2018

Twyford’s got talent runner up Millie Dryden 2018

Twyford’s got talent audience choice Millie Dryden 2018

30 students May Fayre Wokingham 2018

Olympic Stadium March 30 students performed at the Rugby pre-match entertainment with Britain’s Got Talent winner 'Tokio Myers'  2018

Hexagon Panto Joshua Gasparro & Alexander Hutson performed as Michael & John in Peter Pan 2017

South Hill Park Panto Lottie Hatt and Susie Stevens performed in Beauty & the Beast 2017/2018

Woodley Winter Extravaganza 10 students performed 2018

Formula 1 60 students performed at the qualifying race day July 2017

May Fayre 30 students performed at the May Fayre in Wokingham 2017

Susie Stevens/Amy Wilding- Cinderella Panto South Hill Park Theatre 2016/17

Emma Lainsbury and Shelby Riches 2016 intake to Read College 2017/2018

Emily Highams National tour of Chitty Bang Bang 2016

Emily Highams Mary in the Secret Garden, West End 2016

Wembley Stadium 30 students  Rugby pre match entertainment Saracens V Harlequins championship  2016

Disneyland Paris 26 students performing in 2016

Emily Highams film A sticky Drama by Jon Rafman 2016

Amy Wilding - Kerry Ellis Singing Competition winner 2016

Alice Kearsley and Mia Pawsey  Kerry Ellis Singing Competition Runners up 2016

Isabelle Clover Panto Dick Whittington The Hexagon Theatre 2015/16

Amy Wilding Panto Sleeping Beauty South Hill Park Theatre

Filming for our Patron Matthew Stirling Aug 2019 18 students

Ascot Race day 2015 20 students

Les Miserables 2014 and 2015 Freya Griffiths as Little Eponine

Billy Elliott Currently Ryan May Miller as Tall Boy and Final 10 for Billy West End 2015

Cinderella Shelby Riches The Hexagon

Cinderella Alex Jenkins and Lauren Mann South Hill Park Theatre

Jack and The Beanstalk Bill Robinson South Hill Park Theatre

Cbeebies 60 of our Step 1 students performed on TV for Ballooniville

Her Majestys Theatre in London's West End  60 of our Step 3 and 4 students

The Great Western TV Advert Brooke Doig

Winner of The Stage Scholarships Rhys Bailey, Poppy Ward, Shelby Riches, Alex Jenkins

Winner of Bearwood College Drama Scholarship Rhys Bailey

Winner of The Abbey School Drama Scholarship Lauren Mann

Bronze Arts Award 20 students

Silver Arts Award  Kirsten Fox, Hannah Fox, Kayleigh Gillow and Poppy Ward

Gold Arts Award Poppy Ward

Oliver Oliver Widdis The Hexagon Theatre