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Charlotte Blackwood

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Charlotte Blackwood

Graduation Year: 2023

Graduation Course: One Year Course

Raised in the south-west of Scotland, Charlotte grew up immersed in the world of theatre. Her passion led her to stages across the UK and the globe as a cast member of over 11 theatrical productions; an experience that was invaluable in shaping her both as an artist, and a person. Having spent her childhood training in dance, she still finds herself influenced by her foundation as a mover and is especially drawn to the world of physical theatre.
Prior to the One Year Course, Charlotte began her formal training as an actor at the Oxford School of Drama on the Foundation Course. She is a trained singer, a keen runner and has further plans to venture into writing of her own. Charlotte is also a Sagittarius… which means nothing, but it’s important to her.

Seamus Allen

Seamus trained in his hometown, Dublin at the Conservatory of Music and Drama. After graduating he toured nationally with some of Ireland’s premier children’s theatre companies, as well as developing and performing clown performances for Barrabbas, and magic shows for Cahoots N.I. 

Since moving to the UK Seamus has appeared in The Tempest, As You Like It, Comedy of Errors, Macbeth and Robin Hood (Creation Theatre Company), Quest (Folklore Presents) The Disappearance (The Sticking Place),and Where’s My Desi Soulmate? (Rifco Arts). Tv work includes Bear Behaving Badly (Thames Valley).  Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night and core cast in the annual London 50 hour Improvathons and performs with “Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel”.  

Seamus was the director of the Young Company at the Watermill theatre in Newbury. He established Readings only Improvisation comedy club, “What’s the Game?! Improv”, hosting shows as well as coaching professional performers.  Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK.  Most recently he has been Head of Year at Drama Studio London and gained an MSc in Performance Psychology focusing on excellence in actor training.

Seamus is Head of Foundation and teaches on the Foundation Courses