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CAST & CREATIVE

Meet our insanely talented team, find out what their favourite songs and musicals are and gain some inspo for your next visit. 

Izzy Bates – Piano/Vocalist

Michael Webborn – Piano/Vocalist

Sofia Klimovsky – Singing Waiter 

Ellie Watts – Singing Waiter

Francesca Fenech – Piano/Vocalist

Melissa Gall – Singing Waiter

Melissa Cavanagh – Host

Leigh Pollard – Singing Waiter

Elinor Morris (she/her) – Manager

Tim McArthur – Host

Chrissie Perkins – Host

Chris Bartlett – Host

Ailsa Hutchison – Host

Clare Cordell – Host

Izzy Bates – Piano/Vocalist

Training: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts 

Credits include: Ensemble/Vocal Captain in Zorro (Charing Cross Theatre, London, 2022, and Hope Mill Theatre, 2020); Fairy Fortywinks in Sleeping Beauty (King’s Lynn Corn Exchange); Clothilde in A Foreign Field and Flora in Poppies (Selladoor); Mimsie in Summer Holiday (Bolton Octagon); Bo-Peep in Red Riding Hood – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto (New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich); Mrs Pankhurst and Nurse in Oh! What A Lovely War (Oldham Coliseum), Fairy Aubergine in Jack and the Beanstalk (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre); Laura and Lesley Gore in Leader of the Pack (Waterloo East Theatre); Jill in Jack at the Beanstalk (Theatr, Clwyd, Mold).

Musical Directing Credits include: Over 50 shows for Saga, TUI, Thomson, P&O for Live Business; Bridget Jones’s Diary – A Parody (London Fringe); Our Day Out (Towngate Theatre, Essex), Associate MD Rent (Wyllotts Theatre, Potters Bar), The Full Monty (Wyllyotts Theatre, Potters Bar).

Go to song: Anything ABBA or Carole King

Favourite Musical: Carousel / A Little Night Music 

Insta: @izzy.n.bates // Twitter: @IzzyBates

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Michael Webborn – Piano/Vocalist

Training:
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland / Trinity Laban
Credits include: The Clockmaker’s Daughter (Composer), Yeast Nation (UK Premiere), Blood Brothers (UK Tour), Animus (Composer), Putting it Together (Hope Mill Theatre), [title of show] (London Premiere), Next Thing You Know (London Premiere), Curtains (European Premiere)

Go to Song: Under the Sea

Favourite Musical: Merrily We Roll Along

Twitter: @michaelwebborn

Instagram: @mwebborn

TikTok: @mwebborn

Sofia Klimovsky – Singing Waiter

Training: American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NY

Credits include: Guys and Dolls (Dutch Apple), I Like it Like that (Off-Broadway), Copacabana (London Cabaret Club), Queen of Roses (London Cabaret Club), Welcome to America (Washington DC), Aladdin (Pantomime)

Go to song: Don’t Rain On My Parade- Funny Girl

Favourite Musical: Hamilton

@sofia.klimovsky

Ellie Watts – Singing Waiter

Training: Urdang

Credits include: Paramount Plus Commercial (Tap dancer), Beauty and the Beast (Pantomime), Everlasting Lily Workshop, The Disappearance of Jay (TV- Bright Branch Media), The Drowsy Chaperone (Urdang)

Favourite Musical- Legally Blonde

Favourite song to sing – Saving All My Love

@ellieewatts_

Francesca Fenech – Piano/Vocalist

Training: BA Acting course at The Italia Conti Academy in 2011 after moving to London from Malta.
Since graduating she has worked as an Actress, Musical Director, Vocal Coach as well as a Cabaret Pianist and Vocalist.
MD credits include: ‘Is He Musical?’ (UK Tour and online stream), ‘David Copperfield’ at the Barn Theatre, ‘Nanna’s Bolognese’, ‘Immigration Crisis – The Musical’ and ‘Bahar’ (all for Prickly Pear Productions).
Acting credits include Lady Lavender in ‘The Unconventionals’ (Vault Festival 2023), Scarlet Bag in ‘Waiter, There’s A Murder In My Soup!’ (Fat Rascal Theatre), The Wolf Queen in ‘Beauty and The Beast’ (The Key Theatre, Peterborough) and Tracy Turnblad in ‘Hairspray’ (Gordon Craig Theatre).
She is currently on the Vocal Balance Teacher Training Programme and over the past decade has taught at The Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, Spirit Young Performers Company, The Young Actors Theatre Islington and Stagecoach Woodford. 

Insta: @fran.fenech

Twitter: @franfenech

Melissa Gall – Singing Waiter

Training- Principal Academy of Dance & WAAPA- Perth, Western Australia 

Credits Include: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Crown Theatre, Perth & Regal Theatre, Perth), 

Little Shop of Horrors (Regal Theatre, Perth) Mamma Mia (Regal Theatre, Perth) Rocky Horror Tribute Show, Perth, 

Hercules, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid & Beauty and the Beast (Alpha Shows Regional Tours- Australia) 

Go to song – Hopelessly Devoted To You 

Favourite Musical: Wicked 

@melly_gal

Melissa Cavanagh – Host

Melissa was a contestant on series 5 of ‘The Voice UK’ after Boy George picked her to be one of the twelve artists on his team.

Over the years she has had the privilege of performing alongside wonderful artists such as Roger Daltey (The Who), Ruthie Henshall, Scott Alan, Jai McDowall, Christina Bianco & Jools Holland to name but a few. She also performs regularly with girl group Diva Fever.

Theatre credits include: Amanda in Zipp! 100 Musicals in 100 Minutes (Customs House, South Shields), Enchantress in The Little Mermaid (UK Tour) Fairy Bean in Jack & the Beanstalk (Little Theatre, Gateshead) and most recently Roles We’ll Never Play (The Union Theatre, London). 

Go to song: Don’t Lose Your Head – Six

Favourite musical: Rent

@melissacavz (TikTok, Instagram & Twitter)

Leigh Pollard – Singing Waiter

Training: Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts 

Credits Include (Lily Alternate, The Secret Garden, Ambassadors Theatre) (Nicole, When Midnight Strikes) (Rogers That) (The Other Masterclass, The Other Palace) (Eurovision your Decidion, Wonderville Haymarket) 

Go to song: Somebody to Love

Favourite Musical: Rocky Horror

@leighpollard96

Elinor Morris (she/her) – Singing Waiter

Training: Bird College

Credits include: The Sound of Music (Alexela Concert Hall), Bird Brigade (Workshop), Follies (Bird College), I Dare You (Music Video), West Side Story (Workshop)

Go to song: Somebody to Love – We Will Rock You

Favourite musical: Come From Away

Instagram: @elinormorris_

 

Tim McArthur – Host

 

Credits include: Eurovision Your Decision (Wonderville, West End), Assassins (Pleasance), Into The Woods (Cockpit), Sister Mary’s Playtime (NYC, New Jersey), Solo shows – 54 Below, Don’t Tell Mama’s The Tada Theatre (NYC), London Hippodrome and The Purcell Room. Resident Dame at White Rock Theatre Pantos.
Go to song: All That Jazz
Favourite Musical: Into The Woods
@mcarthur.tim

Favourite musical: Come From Away

Instagram: @elinormorris_

Chrissie Perkins – Host

Training: Millennium Performing Arts &  The Urdang Academy
West End credits include: Evita (Phoenix Theatre), Blippi the Musical (Lyric Theatre)
Other Credits include:  THE SOUND OF MUSIC (UK Tour), Serena in LEGALLY BLONDE (Aberystwyth) ; Soloist in ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER MUSICAL GALA (European Tour) Princessing in many Pantos & vocalist on many cruise ships. Snow White, DISNEYLAND PARIS.
Go to song – All That Jazz
Favourite Musical- Phantom of the Opera 

Instagram @chrissieperks

Chris Bartlett – Host

Training: London School Of Musical Theatre
Credits include: All Together Now (BBC One), Godspell (UK Tour), A Spectacular Night Of Queen (European Tour), The Remains Of The Day (Union Theatre) If It Only Even Runs A Minute (West End), Titty Bang Bang (BBC Three), Casualty (BBC One), Teachers (Channel 4), Newsrevue (Canal Cafe).
Go to song: From Now On (The Greatest Showman)
Favourite Musical: Mary Poppins or Avenue Q.

Ailsa Hutchison – Host

Training: Trinity Laban Conservatiore of Music and Dance

Credits include: Besty in ‘It’s Different For Girls’ UK Tour (She Productions) Mab in ‘The Clockmaker’s Daughter’, Chrissy in ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’

Go to song: This is Me – The Greatest Showman 

Favourite Musical: Six! 

@ailsahutchison

Clare Cordell – Host

Credits include: Quarter finalist on The Voice UK (Team Tom Jones), backing vocals and featured performer for multiple broadway artists such as Jeremy Jordan, Shoshana Bean, Cynthia Erivo, Natalie Weiss and Scott Alan, Sofar Sounds artist

Go to song : Poor Unfortunate Souls or This Is Me!
What is your favourite musical? – RENT 
@clarecordell