CASSANDRA WEBSTER - B.A (HONS)
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PRINCIPAL
TUTOR OF DRAMA, MUSICAL THEATRE, SINGING & PIANO
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Cassandra has been performing for over twenty years, as a musician, singer, dancer and actor. At 19 years of age she gained a place at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London where she earned a B.A (Hons) in Musical Theatre.
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As well as the vast array of productions she was involved in during her three years of training, Cassandra has also been part of a variety of professional productions. Her work has allowed her to perform at many well-known venues, including The Royal Albert Hall, The Palace Theatre - Leicester Square, The Criterion - Piccadilly Circus and The Chelsea Theatre - London.
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Cassandra has also worked for the BBC and Channel 4 on various television productions.
Alongside her acting, Cassandra is also a songwriter and singer, who goes by the name CJodine.
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Cassandra has been teaching theatre arts for the past 15 years whilst continuing to perform. Her work within the industry alongside her passion for teaching and creativity means that she is able to offer a rich and rewarding training experience.
As well as teaching group classes, Cassandra is also able to offer private tuition in drama, singing and piano, following the LAMDA, ABRSM or RockSchool syllabuses.
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Cassandra holds an Enhanced DBS Disclosure, Advanced Safeguarding Children (Level 2), Designated Safeguarding Lead (Level 3), and Level 3 Paediatric First Aid qualifications.
LIBBI WHITTAKER​
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DIRECTOR OF MUSICAL THEATRE STUDIES, TUTOR OF DRAMA, MUSICAL THEATRE AND DANCE
Libbi has been involved at ReAct Academy since the age of nine, participating in Dance, Musical Theatre and Drama classes, and has taken part in over ten of ReAct's full-scale musical productions. During her time at ReAct Academy, Libbi has achieved several Merits and Distinctions in LAMDA's Musical Theatre and Drama exams and went on to gain a place on Runshaw College's Level 3 Professional Performance Programme in Musical Theatre.
Libbi's time on PPP consisted of full-time intensive training in Classical and Contemporary Acting, Singing, Musical Theatre, Ballet, Jazz and Tap. She also took part in many of their performances, ranging from plays and musical reviews to dance shows.
Libbi gained a distinction in level 3 musical theatre.
During her free time, Libbi also sings with the Manchester Survivors Choir, giving her experience of performing at large, well known venues such as the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, The Lowry in Salford and Parklife Festival. The choir also performed alongside the band Take That on their BBC documenatry, 'Take That: We've Come a Long Way".
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Libbi holds an Enhanced DBS Disclosure, Advanced Safeguarding Children (Level 2) a Level 3 Paediatric First Aid qualifications. Libbi is also a licensed chaperone with Lancashire County Council.
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SARAH HOLDEN
DIRECTOR OF DANCE STUDIES
Sarah is a fully qualified dance teacher, with qualifications with the IDTA and the UKA. Sarah has qualified with distinctions in Level 3 and Level 4 teacher diplomas, enabling her to teach multiple styles of dance. During her training Sarah completed exams at the highest Advanced 2 Level. She also has her Associate on Cheer Dance.
Sarah started teaching at the age of sixteen, and has experience in teaching multiple styles and ages. As well as teaching, Sarah has a lot of experience in professional performance, performing alongside the likes of Sheridan Smith, Jason Manford, Tommy Cannon, David Potts and others.
Sarah has completed three professional dance contracts in pantomime, performing in the ensemble and also stepping up to cover lead roles when needed.
Sarah has also worked two years abroad performing in 5 star hotels, where she performed in professional shows and musicals.
She also appeared as a supporting artist in the Netflix series “Stay Close”.
Sarah has danced since the age of two and it has always been a passion of hers. She cannot wait to pass her passion and professional experience on to the young future performs of ReAct Academy of Theatre Arts.
SOPHIE GORTON
TUTOR OF DANCE
ABBIE PHILLIPSON
TUTOR OF FILM PRODUCTION, DRAMA AND MUSICAL THEATRE
LIV ROBERTS
TUTOR OF DANCE, DRAMA AND MUSICAL THEATRE
Olivia has been involved in theatre since the age of four when she started dancing. Since then she has completed several ISTD dance exams in Ballet and Modern achieving merits. She also has completed grade 3-8 LAMDA and New Era drama exams in which she received Distinctions.
Olivia joined ReAct at the age of 11 where she took part in Ballet, Modern and Contemporary classes. She then moved on to study Dance, Drama and film studies at Cardinal Newman college leaving with a double Distinction* in 2021. Since then Olivia has been completing her Degree in Musical Theatre at ICTheatre Manchester. This consisted of full-time training in Acting, Singing Musical Theatre and various styles of dance including Jazz, Ballet, Contemporary and commercial to name a few.
Whilst at ICTheatre Olivia has worked with West End directors and choreographers on her Third year shows Made in Dagenham and The Addams Family.
During her free time, Olivia also ran BIMM Dance Troupe where she choreographed and ran weekly dance classes for her peers. BIMM Dance Troupe also took Olivias choreography to university dance competitions.
BRIDGET HOLDEN
TUTOR OF DANCE AND FITNESS
Miss Bridget holds advanced tap qualifications with ISTD, BTDA, and BBO dance examination boards. Through the years she has competed and performed both nationally and internationally.
She is also an Irish Dance champion, the highlight for her being part of the Boston USA international championships.
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Our class assistants are current or past students of ReAct Academy who have a fantastic knowledge. already of performing arts and how our classes operate. Those aged 13-15 have licenses to work through Lancashire County Council, and all our class assistants understand and follow our child protection policies.
