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The BOOST BUDDIES
In addition to studying with fantastic, professional teachers, we offer something a bit special at BOOST. Uniquely, your child is supported by our very own BOOST BUDDIES system. This is unique to BOOST Performing Arts and is part of what makes our classes really special. Each group is accompanied throughout the morning by an under-graduate student of Performing Arts who is dedicated to helping your child get the most out of their classes. Buddies will inspire, encourage, demonstrate and generally help your child enjoy their classes to the full. All students are have been trained in performing arts by the Principal and are selected not only for their performing ability, but also their facility to interact appropriately with children and make learning fun. Many are moving from their degree training onto teacher training courses. Buddies are also routinely police checked and are continuously mentored by the Principal.
The Principal’s CV
Amanda Goldthorpe-Hall has been teaching children of all ages since her graduation from The Royal Academy of Music in 1995 where she was a scholarship student, gaining Bmus(Hons) and LRAM. She was one of the very first teachers for the newly franchised Stagecoach Theatre Schools in the same year and has taught for many independant and mainstream vocational schools and colleges since, alongside her professional performing career. Most recently she was Head of Performing Arts at Amersham & Wycombe College until stepping back into the West-End into the cast of The Sound of Music where she is currently playing the role of Frau Zeller. She is currently working on her PhD in The Singing Voice in the Context of Musical Theatre with the University of York and has teaching qualifications C&G 7407 stage 1 & 2.
Theatre
Lynne A Grand Night For Singing (The Byre, St Andrews), My Fair Lady (Larnaca, Cyprus), Fairy Stardust Jack & The Beanstalk (The Gordon Craig, Stevenage), Mrs Winthrop (cover) & Mrs Medlock (cover) in The Secret Garden (RSC Stratford Upon Avon & Aldwych, London), Carlotta (cover) Phantom Of The Opera (UK National Tour), Mrs Potts (cover) Disney’s Beauty & The Beast (Dominion, London), Evita (Zouk Amphitheatre, Beirut, Oslo Spectrum & UK National Tour), Carlotta Das Phantom der Oper (International Tour), Miss Mysticism Love Life (Barbican, Lost Musicals Season)
Directing Theatre
Elegies for Angels, Punks & Raging Queens (Jermyn Street & Regional Tour); Gypsy, The Wiz, Lucky Stiff, Godspell, Into The Woods, HONK!, Pippin, A Musical Revuesical.
Television
Maureen Prendergast The Sooty Show (CITV), Junge Hausfrau Teller (Deutsches TV)
Recording
The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (“So Long & Thanks for All the Fish”, movie soundtrack for Disney at Abbey Road Studios) The Secret Garden (Original Cast Recording), Des Phantom der Oper (Original Cast Recording), Something Special (Celebrity Charity Recording), Our Country’s Good (demo), Scheherazade (demo), Gameboy (demo)
She sometimes sleeps!
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