Leigh began her career in Colchester many years ago! She was in the first ever Colchester Youth Theatre production of "The Crucible" at the Mercury Theatre when she was 16 and stayed with them until she went to Drama School. Leigh Attended Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London graduating with Honours and an agent!!
Professional work followed in theatre,TV and film. Leigh's theatre career spanned ten years working at some of the major theatres around the country. During which Leigh's TV credits included, "Juliet Bravo", "Grange Hill", "Lovejoy", "The Chief", and " Martin Chuzzlewit". Film appearances included "The Protagonist" (Danny Cannon - Director and producer for CSI TV series) and Lady Macbeth. Leigh has run her own Theatre Company and has toured a one woman Show. A very serious cancer diagnosis when her two children were young resulted in Leigh wanting to spend more time at home, which is when she discovered her talent and passion for teaching. (She's fit and healthy now!!)
Leigh has worked extensively at other Theatre Schools. However she often felt restricted by the rules and regulations of these establishments. She wanted a far more professional approach and atmosphere. She wanted to be able to take her students to new levels and nurture and challenge each individual. She wanted to work with like minded performers, and so was born. As well as teaching master classes in acting, breathing and voice and speech at Jollywood, Leigh is an accomplished writer and loves writing adaptations and original work for as well as encouraging students to write if they have a literary flair! She is also an experienced LAMDA coach.

Ann-Louise, or 'Annie' as her friends and colleagues have named her due to her petite size and red hair! has trained in Ballet, Tap, Modern Theatre Dance and Jazz since the age of three!! She joined a Youth Theatre, which led to a passion for acting as well as dancing. Annie performed in many plays including the National Youth Theatre's 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'
Annie's already many credits include 'Joseph' in the West End and 'Sleeping Beauty' for the National Youth Ballet as well as appearing in Channel 5's Gothic.
Annie decided to take her dance skills further and completed her BA (Hons) Dance at Bretton Hall - Leeds University and graduated with a 2:1 average. During her degree she had great success with her choreographies 'Into the Labyrinth' and 'Malkovich' further developing her love and flair for choreographing.
Since completing her degree Annie has taught all over Essex. She is very excited about becoming part of the future as it fulfils all of her dreams and talents. As well as the wide variety of dance styles, Annie loves working on contemporary dance performance skills…always challenging the creativity of the students.

Jo has a wealth of Musical Theatre experience, having played many leading roles in the West End and on tour. She has appeared in, 'Les Miserables, 'A Slice of Saturday Night', 'Annie', 'Oliver', Rocky Horror Show', 'Diva Fever', 'The Beggars Opera' and numerous other major productions!! Her Drama credits include, 'The Provok'd Wife', 'What the Butler saw', 'Twelfth Night' and 'Abigail's Party'.
Jo's TV and Film work include 'Goldeneye', 'Revolution', 'The Bill', 'Joint Account', Keeping Mum', 'Strange but True' and several commercials. She has also recorded the cast album of 'A Slice of Saturday Night' and been involved in studio and session recordings for over 20 years.
Jo has appeared in many concerts and musical theatre tribute productions. She has performed her one woman show in numerous prestigious venues - Pizza on the Park in Knightsbridge, The Millfield and Greenwich Theatres, and she is now part of the successful cabaret duo 'Drop Dead Divas'. Her vocal skills have also led her into voice over and dubbing work in which she regularly works, providing a huge variety of different voices and characters for cartoons.
With all her knowledge of voice, music and performance Jo now teaches on a regular basis. Her aims for her pupils are to enable them to liberate and develop their voices through learning fundamental techniques. She is a great believer in building confidence and breaking down inhibitions, mostly she strives to communicate the fun and pleasure of being able to use the voice properly. In 2010 Jo was invited to join the cast of Les Miserables at the O2. Being part of theatrical history was an amazing and very exciting experience for Jo. has allowed all of Jo's aspirations to come true!