Musical Director: Debbie King CT ABRSM CSAK (adv. cert.)
Debbie is passionate about singing and music education. She trained at the London School of Musical Theatre and Maurice Lane Academy of Musical Theatre. In 2009 she completed the Associated Board for the Royal Schools of Music Certificate of Teaching. She is Kodaly trained having achieved advanced Kindermusic training from Colourstrings. With her Music Teacher training she has specialised in teaching music to children, the Kodaly and Colourstrings methods.
Debbie is Head of Music at Warlingham Park School (2-11years) where they have been awarded the Platinum Sing Up Award (the 1st School in Surrey to achieve this fantastic award). She also teaches for Kent Music, and privately, is a lead tutor for Glyndebourne Sing Up Newhaven Project. Debbie sings in the Sevenoaks Philharmonic Society and with the Paddock Singers. As well as singing she plays the piano, flute and saxophone.
Debbie has been performing since she was 4 years old. She has performed in many productions, most recently in “Knight Crew” at Glyndebourne. A documentary of the process was shown in July 2010 on BBC2 called “Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne”. She is currently in rehearsal for a Glyndebourne concert and an Opera for Brighton Early Music Festival.
Director: Antonia Rolph PGCE BA Hons
Antonia is a qualified teacher who loves performing in and directing plays. She has run her own Theatre-in-Education company, craft and design workshops and children’s parties. She is currently on the steering committee of the Henley Youth Festival and has a passion for promoting Performing Arts in Education.
Mary Whiting
Mary has been involved with youth theatre for about 8 years performing with the Sackville Children's Choir and Theatretrain. She has performed at many venues including; The Royal Albert Hall, Theatre Royal Drury Lane and The London Palladium. She is currently at the Central School of Speech and Drama studying Drama, Applied Theatre and Education. She is addicted to musicals and regularly performs for all the local musical societies. Mary has been singing for over 13 years, studying grades, choral music and musical theatre.
Marketing: Cindy Hedmann
Cindy has many years experience in running events and publishing but her passion is marketing and she particularly enjoys the creative elements from design through to creating websites. She was proud to win the CMP Marketer of the Year in a company of over 6,000 staff. Cindy recently helped Warlingham Park School in their marketing, creating a brand new image, literature plus a new website and created WPS TV - filming and producing fun videos of various events viewed through the website. She also runs a trampolining club, Rock Steady Crew, with her husband and has coached hundreds of children over the club’s 25 year history and is now starting to coach some ex members’ children! Cindy is a member of Royal Russell Amateur Dramatics Association helping with marketing and behind the scenes.
Technical Team: Joy Bench and Tracy Prior
Tracy has worked in London's West End for over 20 years - she brings to The Talentz a wealth of experience and creativity.
Joy is accomplished in Props and Wardrobe.
