building confidence through drama
our teachers
Georgie Ashford
Founder & teacher
Georgie is an actress from Swindon. She attended Ridgeway School before securing a place at the renowned Performing Arts School, Tring.
She moved away at a young age to train here and pursue her dream. Upon leaving Tring, she secured a place at Arts Educational School, one of the top institutes in the country, where she completed her training and achieved a degree.
Her credits include:
- A Chorus Line (London Palladium)
- Singing In The Rain (Chichester Festival Theatre)
- Legally Blonde (Savoy Theatre)
- Showboat (New London Theatre)
- Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (The Aldwych Theatre)
- Oliver (Sheffield Crucible)
- Oklahoma (Chichester Festival Theatre and The Royal Albert Hall)
- My Fair Lady (The Royal Albert Hall)
- Kiss Me Kate (The Royal Albert Hall)
- Tick Tick Boom (The Bridgehouse Theatre)
- Barnum (UK Tour)
Linford Johnson
Founder & teacher
Linford is an Actor from Manchester. He began acting in his school years where he attended The Octagon Theatre’s Youth Theatre, before studying Musical Theatre at Pendleton College.
He then secured a place at one of the top Drama Schools in the country, Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts. Upon graduating he has had a hugely successful career.
His credits include:
- WarHorse (National Theatre Tour)
- Pinocchio (National Theatre)
- As You Like It (National Theatre Public Acts)
- Much Ado About Nothing (Norther Broadsides)
- The Glee Club (Out of Joint)
- Showboat (Sheffield Crucible and New London Theatre)
- The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Park Theatre)
- Macbeth (Iris Theatre)
- The Tempest (Iris Theatre)
- The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe (The Bridge Theatre)
Sam Richardson
Teacher: specialist in Dance
Sam grew up in Swindon and completed his professional training at Wilkes academy of performing arts.
Sam is currently part of angels dance academy where he has had the opportunity to become a world champion hip hop dancer as well as continue his training in a range of different styles.
His credits include:
- Dancer at corporate events
- Middlesbrough pantomime (2018-2019)
- Street Dance: against the odds ( E4 )
- The Dance Worlds- world champion (2022)
Amber Wollen
Teacher
Amber grew up in Swindon. She has always had a huge love for performing, starting at the age of 2 years old.
At 5 years old, she booked her first film Cherished (2005) starring Sarah Lancashire and Timothy Spall.
In 2017, she qualified to teach both ISTD Modern and Tap earning her Diploma in Dance Instructions (DDI).
In 2018, she moved away to London and trained in Professional Musical Theatre for three years at Bird College.
Since graduating in 2021, Amber has performed on 2 cruise ships as a lead vocalist, on Viking Cruises, as well as being appointed ‘Company Manager’.
