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Closer to home Edward was the Musical Director for the Mellow Dramatics’ NODA award winning production of Godspell (2006), was assistant MD and accompanist for Goodnight Mr Tom, and played Benny Southstreet and Billy Bigelow in the company’s recent productions of “Guys and Dolls” and “Carousel”. This year has seen him complete his 15th year with The Mellows.
Over the past few years Edward has also been building his reputation as a recognised accompanist in the local area; accompanying shows, singers and groups. He has found that he really enjoys accompanying as it allows him to pursue one of his passions without the stress of performing! Edward is now enjoying his new career at Chellaston Secondary School teaching maths.
After attending a part-time course at The Birmingham School of Acting, Heather spent 12 weeks in London on an intensive acting course. Here she studied voice, improvisation, screen acting, method acting and audition technique for film, t.v and commercials. She has also had private tuition in London from acting coach Irene Bradshaw and vocal coaches Jeremy Fisher( Vocal Process) and Mary King (from channel 4's Musicality and Operatunity).
Heather was most recently on the National pantomime tour of Sleeping Beauty in December 06- January 07 playing the part of Prince Vincent. She is currently touring the Midlands and North of England with her solo cabaret and also as vocalist with the group Substitute. In the future Heather hopes to further pursue her professional acting and singing career and has several projects in the pipeline.
Rachael began taking dance lessons at the age of four and went on to learn many areas of dance over the years including Latin American, Ballroom and Disco - winning the Midlands Area Championship for all of these classes and being placed in the finals at the National Championships held at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool during her school days.
She has always loved singing and dancing and has had voice training with Coral Gould for over fifteen years, achieving Grade 8 in Singing, Music Theatre, and Music Theory.
Rachael attained The London College of Music's Diploma in Music Theatre with distinction in January of this year and is now studying towards the Associate Diploma exam. She has taken part in numerous festivals for both dance and singing over the years and has been a member of The Mellow Dramatics since 1992. Her most recent principal roles have been Jewel in the 2005 production of 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' and Babe in 'The Pajama Game' in May 2006.
Rachael works as a Solicitor in the Regulatory department of the Birmingham office of DLA Piper UK LLP, who have kindly sponsored all of the productions to date.