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A little about our Tutors and Directors...

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 Peter Chequer - Group Tutor & Director

                             SKILLS

                                  Singing range: Tenor.
                                          Good ear for dialects.
 
                                          Dance and movement: Modem, jazz, tap,
                                                         Choreographic skills, robotics, mime (very high standard),
                                          Clowning, juggling (balls and clubs), fire breathing,
                                          fire eating.
                              
                                          Sports: Swimming, football (county championship level),
                                                         Tennis, snooker, golf.
 
                                         TRAINING: Welsh College of Music and Drama: Diploma
                                                                                                     
                                         
                                         Mime: 2 years sponsorship from Welsh Arts Council
 
EXPERIENCE
 
Television
          

Company

Production

Role

Director

H.T.V.

Rock Solid

Johnny B.

Colin Steven

H.T.V.

Celtic Road

Greg

Colin Steven

Granada

El Cid

Trevor

Tom Clegg

B.B.C.

Eastenders'

Tony

Johnathon Wright-Miller

 

12 training films for MUTV

 

 

Plus 5 Commercials for Nambarrie Tea - Solo performer
 
Theatre
         

Theatre

Production

Role

Director

Liverpool Playhouse

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Cesare

Richard Lewis

New Victoria, Woking

Gamerave

Dutch

Bob Thompson

Watershed, New Zealand

Pinnochio

Pinnochio

Michael Mizrahi

Gateway, Chester

Bouncers

Les

Robert Slan

Gateway, Chester

Cain And Abel

Abel

Robert Slan

Royal National Theatre

The Wind in the Willows

Various

Nicholas Hytner

Royal National Theatre

Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

Various

Di Trevis

Royal National Theatre

Tales From the Magic Carpet

Lazy Jack

*Chris Barton

Queens, Homchurch

Bouncers

Ralph

*Richard Lewis

National Tour

Blind Alley

Terry

Chris Barton

Sherinan, Cardiff

West Side Story

Action

Lian Stuart-Ferguson

Harlow Playhouse

Nicholas Nickleby

Smike

Andy Graham

Amand Gerard Management

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Fickle Gruber

Richard Lewis

Pinto Theatre

The Tempest

Ariel

Chris Barton

Hull Truck Theatre

Bouncers

Les

Robert Sian

Also:
Snap Theatre Company - Company member for 2 years 
6 months - Also choreographer

Please contact us through our response form, or e-mail Peter on (beck.youththeatre@ukonline.co.uk) if you need to get in touch.

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ALEXIS NISHIHATA – Group 1 Tutor

 

 

 

Training:       1998 A.L.A.M. Associate Diploma (Distinction)

                        1994-1997 The Academy of Drama, London UK

                      1986 Performance Art, Banff School of Fine Art, Banff Canada

 

Teaching Experience:

 

                        Drama Instructor at Lenvon School of Dance & Performing Arts, Edgware.

                        Presently teaching groups of 5 – 12 year old students techniques in acting and voice.

 

                       “Cover” Drama Instructor at Peterborough & St. Margaret School for Girls, Middx.

                       Teaching classes of 8 - 14 year old students techniques in acting and voice.

 

                       “Cover” Drama Instructor at Beck Youth Theatre Group

                       Teaching 11 – 18 year old students techniques in acting.

 

                       English Instructor at Nihon Keisaisha Advertising Co.,Tokyo, Japan

                       Teaching conversational English to advertising executives.

 

 

Acting Experience:

 

Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said by Philip K. Dick

Hysteria/Fifth Column Production directed by Rob Curry at The Oval House.

 

The Heiress  adapted by Ruth & Augustus Goetz

Whittington Productions directed by Dorothea Alexander

 

The Odd Couple (female version) by Neil Simon

A Pinnacle Production directed by Joel Froomkin at The Grace Theatre

 

Countdown by Alan Ayckbourne

Directed by Vass Anderson at Andrew Sketchley Theatre

 

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Directed by Peter Chequer at Andrew Sketchley Theatre

 

Actor’s Manager in Kayou Suspense Gekijou

Transmitted on TBS TV, Tokyo, Japan

 

Directing Experience:

 

                      Lenvon Production of “Grease”

                      At Radlett Centre, Radlett, Herts.

 

Television Experience:

 

                    LIVE TV, London

                               REPORTER on 24-hour cable channel, presenting live Obs, pre-recorded

                               Feature segments, anchoring the live in-studio daily youth show Buzzin’.

 

                               TRAVELOG, Domaine Productions, London

                               PRESENTER for Channel 4’s weekly travel show.

 

                               MUSIC BOX, London

                               PRESENTER on UK Magazine, a youth-oriented music show presented in

                               Japanese and broadcast on Japanese Satellite Television.

 


Please contact us through our response form, or e-mail Noel on (beck.youththeatre@ukonline.co.uk) - We'll pass on your message.

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Tim Evans - Musical Director and group tutor

Tim has worked as production Musical Director on over 50 different musicals across the UK and Ireland, and has been resident Musical Director at the Beck Youth Theatre for the last six years. As a composer, he has written two musicals, incidental music for plays and has arranged several pop songs for close harmony.

Tim also wrote the music for Wytchwood, and arranges all our music for cabaret and showcase work.

Please contact us through our response form, or e-mail Tim on (beck.youththeatre@ukonline.co.uk) - He'd like to hear about anything related to music and musicals.

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Iain Hodge - Musical Director and group tutor

Iain has been associated with the BYT for many years, both as rehearsal pianist and as a member of the band.   He took his conductor’s hot seat for the first time last with Cabaret and also was the musical director of Fiddler on the Roof.  In addition to working with the Youth Theatre Iain can be found both playing for and conducting many shows in and around London.   Outside working in the theatre, Iain runs his own CD mastering studio and is the Studio Manager for the London College of Music and Media looking after the music technology and recording facilities at their site at Thames Valley University in Ealing.

Please contact us through our response form, or e-mail Tim on (beck.youththeatre@ukonline.co.uk) - He'd like to hear about anything related to music and musicals

 

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