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Emily Stott is having a busy couple of months.

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Emily is currently playing Sophie at The Oldham Coliseum in Tom Wells’ The Kitchen Sink, which has won high critical acclaim:

“spot-on performances from the whole cast” THE STAGE ****

“newcomer Emily Stott is hugely impressive as headstrong Sophie” THE REVIEWS HUB****

The production closes on 24 February. To book: http://www.coliseum.org.uk/plays/the-kitchen-sink/

Emily then dashes to London to The Vault Festival to reprise her performance in Some Riot’s Glitter Punch from 28 February to 4 March. The play, written by Lucy Burke who attended our Six Month Foundation, has received high praise. It has previously been performed at Assembly George Square Studios, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Kings Head Theatre, London, The Bunker Theatre, London as a part of the Pint Sized Initiative for new writing and was shortlisted for the Bolton Octagon Top Five Season.

“a simply superb powerhouse performance delivered by Emily Stott in the title role” BROADWAY BABY *****

https://vaultfestival.com/whats-on/glitter-punch/?spektrix_bounce=true

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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