Mountview Ambassadors

Julie Atherton is one of the West End’s most versatile entertainers. With a distinctive voice and unmatched comic timing, she is best known for her numerous leading stage credits. Julie trained at Mountview.

Theatre credits include: Just For One Day (Ed Mirvish theatre, Toronto / The Old Vic / The Shaftesbury Theatre), Then Now & Next (Southwark Playhouse), The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage (The Bridge Theatre), The Grinning Man (Trafalgar Studios), Liver Birds Flying Home (Epstein Theatre, Liverpool), Pure Imagination (St James Theatre), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change (Arts Theatre), Shock Treatment (Kings Head Theatre), Therese Raquin (Finborough & Park Theatre), Ordinary Days (Finborough & Trafalgar Studios), The Green Fairy (Union Theatre), The Opinion Makers (Derby Theatre), Another Way (Cockpit Theatre), Lift (Soho Theatre), Sister Act (UK tour), The Hired Man (Leicester Curve), Cinderella (Lyric Hammersmith), Avenue Q (Noël Coward Theatre), Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward Theatre), Fame (Aldwych Theatre & UK tour), First Things Last (Lincoln Centre, Broadway), Mrs Gucci (The Arts Theatre), Tick Tick Boom (Duchess), The Last 5 Years (Haymarket & Duchess), The Women’s Inspiration Awards (Cadogan Hall), Partners in Crime (St. James’ Studio), January The Musical (Live at Zedel), West End Recast (Phoenix Theatre), You’ll Never Walk Alone (Queens Theatre), A Spoonful of Stiles and Drewe (Her Majesty’s), Little by Little (Arts Theatre), Tempting Fate (St. James Theatre), Notes from New York (West End), Christmas in New York (Palace Theatre), The Great British Musical in Concert (Criterion Theatre), Euro Pride (Royal Albert Hall), Night of 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall), Tomorrow Morning (Landor Theatre), Through the Door (Trafalgar Studios), Charlotte’s Web (Polka Theatre), Let Him Have Justice (Cochrane Theatre), Just So (Chichester Theatre), Once Upon a Time at the Adelphi (Liverpool Playhouse), Out of this World (Chichester Festival Theatre).

Julie recently moved into directing after and alongside a successful career as an actor in theatre, TV, film & radio. So far she has directed the world premiere of Then Now & Next (Southwark Playhouse), The Avenue Q 18th Anniversary Concert (Sondheim Theatre), Medusa (The Other Palace), Ordinary Days (The Cockpit Theatre), which won an Offie Award, Well Behaved Women (Cadogan Hall), Game Theory (Lowry Theatre, Manchester), Club Mex (Hope Mill Theatre), Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast (Capitol, Horsham), Made in Dagenham (Mack Theatre Mountview), Juliet Letters (The Backstage Theatre Mountview), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Bernie Grant Arts Centre), Girlfriends (Karamel Club), Fanny Hill (Park Theatre 200), Deeds Not Words (Karamel club), LA (Hollywood) (Mack Theatre) A Teenage Opera (YMT), Legally Blonde (Laine Theatre Arts).

Screen credits include: The Amazing Maurice (Sky Cinema), Slow Horses (Apple TV), Casualty (BBC), The Book of Dust (NT LIVE), Monty & Co (CBeebies), Woke Pirates (Imaginarium Motion capture), Shakespeare and Hathaway (BBC), Doctors (BBC), The Sound of Music Live (ITV), Otherworld (BBC3), Barbara (Carlton) and Brainiacs (Sky One).

Julie has also appeared on the Royal Variety Performance filmed at the London Coliseum, Children in Need, The Paul O’Grady Show, Challenge Anneka and Britain’s Got More Talent.

Radio:  Somethings Afoot (Abbey Road Studios), Doctor Who (BBC), Big Cook Little Cook and I’m an Alien Beam Me Off Here.

In addition to featuring on various cast albums, Julie is a recording artist with a growing catalogue of solo albums, including her latest release Rush of Life, as well as being a YouTube comedy sensation with over one million hits. Her video Portrait of a Princess, co-starring Sheridan Smith, has had over 790k hits alone.

The Preston-born star is also well known as a supporter of new writing in musical theatre, and now joins the ranks of directors developing new writing. 

Rachel is Artistic Director of the Unicorn Theatre, having previously been their Associate Director from 2018 to 2023.

She was also an Associate at the National Theatre as a recipient of the Peter Hall Bursary for 2023/24. 

Directing credits at the Unicorn include: Odd and The Frost Giants, I Wish, The Wolf, The Duck and the Mouse, The Bee in Me, Aesop’s Fables. 

Film/digital credits include: Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales and Greek Myths Unplugged (Unicorn Theatre Online), Let Loose (Unicorn Theatre Online co-produced with English National Ballet), and Where I Go When I Can’t be Where I Am (BBC/China Plate). 

Other theatre credits include: The Duchess of Malfi (Shakespeare’s Globe), A Dead Body in Taos (Bristol Old Vic/ Wilton’s Music Hall), Augmented (Royal Exchange/Told by an Idiot), Midnight Movie (Royal Court Theatre), Resonance at the Still Point of Change (Unlimited Festival, South Bank Centre), The Rhinestone Rollers and Just Me, Bell (Graeae). Her critically acclaimed work The Shape of Pain won a Fringe First at Edinburgh and was revived at Battersea Arts Centre in 2018. 

Rachel has worked extensively in engagement and young people’s work, as well as advocating for access for disabled people across the theatre sector. 

Peter is a television and film producer and agent. He founded the Tiger Television Group and artist agency PBJ Management in 1988 after a decade of theatre production.  

In his time there The Tiger Group produced over 500 titles and won scores of domestic and international awards for its multi-genre output, from Mr Bean to Billy Elliot. PBJ Management represents the cream of UK comedic creative talent. Sister company KBJ Management represents leading television presenters and journalists.  

Peter is a Chairman of independent TV producers Burning Bright Productions.

Peter was an original Trustee and subsequently Chair of Comic Relief and Sport Relief (1998- 2013), Chair of Save the Children UK, a director of the Millennium Promise (UK), Governor of Rugby School, Board member of the Liverpool Playhouse/Everyman, RADA, the Oxford Playhouse and the Royal National Theatre, where he chaired the Production Board. He is a Trustee of The Prudence Trust, a mental health foundation.

Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Television Society, and was granted its Lifetime Achievement Award alongside a BAFTA Special Award. He was awarded a CBE for services to the Entertainment Industry and to Charity in the 2014 New Years Honours. He is a Deputy Lieutenant in Oxfordshire. 

Lord Barber of Ainsdale had a long career in the trade union movement and in the public, private, voluntary and charity sectors.

He worked in the TUC from 1975 until 2012 serving the last ten years as the TUC General Secretary during which time he also served on the Court of Directors of the Bank of England. After retiring from the TUC he served for 6 years as Chair of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS).

He has also served on the Boards of Transport for London, the Financial Services Culture Board, Openreach, Mountview and on the Council of the City St George’s University of London.

Brendan was knighted for services to employment relations in 2013 and  became a Labour working peer in 2025. 

Andrew is a distinguished film and theatre actor.

Theatre credits include: Oklahoma! (West End), Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 (Donmar Warehouse), Kyle Grandy in 13 Going on 30 (Manchester Opera House), Muriel’s Wedding (Leicester Curve), Bonnie and Clyde (UK and Ireland tour), Jersey Boys  (Ogunquit Playhouse), Kinky Boots  (Norwegian Cruise Line), A Christmas Story the Musical (US national tour), Elf the Musical  (Engagement Theatre).

TV and film credits include: Law and Order: Special Victims Unit (Dick Wolf / NBC Universal). 

A theatre director since 1984, Marina was a recipient of the Channel 4 Regional Theatre Young Directors Award.

She spent 4 years as Associate Director at Theatr Clwyd, closely followed by 6 years as Artistic Director of the Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, and a residency at the National Theatre Studio.

Her productions have toured nationally and internationally, and she has produced in the West End – Lust (Haymarket Theatre). She has been actively involved in actor training for 40 plus years (The Actors Centre and Actors Guilds) and has taught and directed shows in the majority of drama schools in the UK.

She is the co-author of the set text, Actions: The Actors’ Thesaurus. She has compiled monologue and duologue publications for Nick Hern Books and Methuen and is currently in commission for The Big Book of Audio.

A radio drama producer since 2000, she has produced countless dramas and audio books for Radio 3 and Radio 4. She is a regular director on The Archers.

Marina has led the Theatre Programme for IES Abroad London since 2000. She is an acting coach in television, film, theatre and the corporate sector, and an advocate for the transferable skills of actor training.

She has been Drama Director of Crying Out Loud Productions since 2000, directing audio content from animation to documentaries. She joined the exam board Trinity College London in 2015 as Senior Drama Consultant.

Marina was delighted to join the Mountview Exams team in 2023, as Mountview rolled out their performance qualifications and made their benchmarks of excellence available to all.

Will is an actor who grew up in a single-parent family on a council estate in Worcestershire.

He attended the University of Manchester to study Literature & Drama, before enrolling at Mountview to undertake the postgraduate in Acting.

Soon after graduating, he moved into the live comedy world with a group of fellow Mountview grads, performing at festivals including Edinburgh and Adelaide. He then joined the theatre company 1927 to make Golem for the Young Vic and its subsequent world tour.

Most recent credits include Man Mountain (Soho Theatre), Dear England (National Theatre/Prince Edward Theare), for which he won the Olivier for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and Porn Play (Royal Court). He was also nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award as Best Supporting Performer in a Play, a Stage Debut Award for Best West End Debut Performer and won the Broadway World Award for Best Supporting Actor. 

His plays for BBC Radio 4 include Mediocre White Male and Slease.

Oscar Conlon-Morrey is an award-winning Actor, Singer, Compère, Comedian and Cabaret Artist.

His performance credits include: Mr Bumble in Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Oliver (Gielgud Theatre), Mother Goose opposite Sir Ian McKellen (Duke of York Theatre and UK Tour), Only Fools and Horses the Musical (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Nativity the Musical (Hammersmith Apollo/UK tour), Rehab the Musical (Neon 194, Piccadilly), Treason (London Palladium/UK tour), The Toxic Avenger The Musical (The Arts Theatre, Leicester Square).

Oscar was the winner of the Julia McKenzie prize at the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year Award 2017, the same year he received the Gyearbour Asante Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts Valedictorian Award for achieving the highest scoring degree in his graduating year.

Splitting his time between England and France, Oscar is writing a one man show which will tour internationally in English and French in 2027. 

Matthew Dunster is a theatre and film director and writer.

He was born and raised in Oldham and now lives in South East London. Previously an actor, he has directed or written over sixty theatre shows, often with major national companies (including RSC, NT, Royal Court, Young Vic, Royal Exchange, Shakespeare’s Globe, The Bridge), as well as directing on the West End, Broadway and internationally. He has been the Associate Director of The Young Vic and Shakespeare’s Globe. 

His most recent productions include: 2:22 A Ghost Story, which ran in the West End for 694 performances, Shirley Valentine and The Pillowman (The Duke of York’s Theatre), The Homecoming (Young Vic) and Dealer’s Choice (The Donmar).

Matthew has been nominated for four Olivier Awards, and his Broadway production of Hangmen was nominated for five Tony’s. 

He recently directed Conor McPherson’s stage adaptation of The Hunger Games.

Sean has a classical music degree from Birmingham University and a postgraduate degree in Musical Direction from Mountview.

He is currently Musical Director on MJ the Musical (Prince Edward Theatre), and recently composed the original music for the play This Bitter Earth (Soho Theatre), directed by Billy Porter. Musical Supervisor and Arranger credits include The Wiz (Hope Mill Theatre), Aladdin (Corn Exchange Newbury), Turn Up, a streamed concert from Cadogan Hall in aid of BLM affiliated charities, and the 54 the Musical Workshop.

Musical Director Credits include Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) (Kiln Theatre), Brokeback Mountain (Soho Place), Sylvia (Old Vic) Get Up! Stand Up! (Lyric Theatre), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (UK tour), Leave to Remain (Lyric Hammersmith), Jack and the Beanstalk (White Rock Theatre), Twelfth Night (Young Vic), Liver Birds: Flying Home (Liverpool Royal Court), The Wedding Singer (UK tour), One Love (Birmingham Rep), Murder Ballad (Arts Theatre), The Buskers Opera (Park Theatre), Into The Woods (Manchester Royal Exchange), Soul Sister (Hackney Empire, Savoy Theatre and UK tour), Britain’s Got Bhangra (UK tour) , and Little Red Riding Hood, Five Guys Named Moe and Aladdin (Stratford East Theatre Royal).

Assistant MD credits include the European tour of The Rocky Horror Picture Show with BB Promotions, and I Was Looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky, a joint production between Stratford East and the Barbican.

Keyboard credits include Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Wicked (UK and International tour), Stephen Ward the Musical (Aldwych Theatre), Cabaret (UK tour), Evita (UK and European tour), The Phantom of the Opera (UK tour), Whistle Down the Wind (UK tour) and Peter Pan with Michael Rose Productions (Dublin and Southampton).

As well as concerts and one night events in various venues across London, Sean provided music for West End Bares: Stripped (Troxy) and was Musical Director for West End Bares: Top Off The Pops at the Shaftesbury Theatre which is the first time that a Bares event featured a live band. Other charity events include two Eyebrow 48 Hour Showtime Challenges – Crazy For You and Thoroughly Modern Millie.

Workshop Credits include Samson, Zelda – a Postmodern Musical, Hot Fuzz the Musical, This Is A Love Story, Sylvia with the Old Vic, Studio 54, The Sorcerers Apprentice with Seabright Productions, Miss Littlewood with the RSC, Leave Hitler To Me Lad with Duck Egg Theatre Company (UK Tour), Laila with Rifco Arts, The Diary of Me with Perfect Pitch, and Fanny Hill at the Jermyn Street theatre.

Sean previously held the position of Deputy Head of Music Theatre at the MTA and has taught at Mountview, Guildford School of Acting, Arts Educational London, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Urdang, Tring Park School and the Performance Preparation Academy. Sean also composed the original music for the feature film Softlad released by Pecadillo Pictures and has produced and mixed the album High Time with his long-time collaborator Portia Emare. 

Beth Hinton-Lever trained at Mountview after she studied Classical Archaeology and Classical Civilisations at University College London. 

She has recently served on the inaugural Inclusive Working Group at the National Theatre, she was a Panellist on the Sir Peter Hall Award for Directors in 2022, and she won the Evening Standard Future Theatre Award in Musical Theatre Award in 2021.

Beth is also a choreographer who won the NSDF Award for Best Choreography in 2015 while studying at UCL, which launched her performing career, she has since choreographed the phenomenon that is SMOOSH! for the Paraorchestra, performing all over the UK including the Southbank Centre and Glastonbury Festival. Beth is a passionate advocate and activist for inclusion and inclusivity and is a very proud member of the disabled and queer communities.  

Her work in theatre includes: Otherland (Almeida Theatre), Hadestown (Lyric Theatre/National Theatre), Dick Whittington (National Theatre), Macbeth (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Doncastrian Chalk Circle (National Theatre/CAST), As You Like It (National Theatre/Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch), West Side Story and A Chorus Line (Leicester Curve), Living Newspaper and Maryland (The Royal Court), Millennials (MTFest/Turbine Theatre), Treasure Island (Derby Theatre), Reasons to be Cheerful (Graeae/UK Tour), Spring Awakening (Hope Mill Theatre), Dancehall and Sleeping Beauty (CAST). 

TV includes: Eastenders (BBC), Disclaimer (Apple TV), All The Light We Cannot See (Netflix), Big Night of Musicals (BBC), The Suspect (ITV), and Silent Witness (BBC).  

Film includes: Wicked (Universal Pictures), Men in Black: International (Sony).  

Audio includes: Vergil! (Audible), The Blind School: Pioneering People and Places (History of Place/Museum of Liverpool).

An award-winning actress, talent show judge, presenter, singer, fashion designer and author; Amanda Holden truly defines the term ‘household name’, soon to celebrate 30 years in the entertainment business.

Credits Include: Thoroughly Modern Millie (Shaftesbury Theatre), Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Wild at Heart and Britain’s Got Talent (ITV1).

With a career spanning three decades she firmly sits on the judging panel of Britain’s Got Talent, hosts the biggest commercial radio show Heart Breakfast alongside Jamie Theakston, has her own clothing collection with Fenn Wright Manson, her own homeware collection Bundleberry on QVC and released her debut studio album Songs from My Heart in 2020.

A BAFTA-winning actor, and multi-BAFTA nominated writer, Jim is best known for his work in the hit BBC comedy Ghosts, which he co-writes, and exec-produces, as well as stars in. He also executive-produces the hit US version (CBS).

Jim also co-created, wrote and starred in Yonderland (Sky One). His numerous TV and film credits include Sex Education, Peep Show, Horrible Histories, Hellboy, Bill, Stag, The Change, Loaded and Inside No 9.  

Jim is currently starring in Here We Go (BBC One) and will be filming series 4 in 2026.

Alison is a multi-award-winning theatre and film producer and Chief Executive of Turtle Key Arts, a performance arts company that devises and produces original work with a particular emphasis on making art available to all.

Alison has been running Turtle Key Arts with Charlotte Cunningham, the Artistic Director, for over twenty-eight years.  

Alison has produced many great artists and companies over the years. Currently Turtle Key Arts are working with Ockham’s Razor, Amici Dance Theatre, AIK Productions, Open Sky Productions, Sadiq Ali, all of which have created award-winning shows that tour nationally and internationally. 

Turtle Key Arts have been at the forefront of developing and delivering outreach and participation projects in the fields of dementia, autism, HIV and dyslexia, inclusive arts, working regularly in partnership with such organisations as Reading and Oxford University, Wigmore Hall, English Touring Opera, Royal College of Music, National Portrait Gallery, Lyric Hammersmith and hundreds of venues across the UK and internationally.  

Alison originally graduated from the Mountview in 1992, in Stage Management, Technical Theatre and Design and initially worked as a freelance Stage Manager and Production Manager before joining Turtle Key Arts. Alison is currently the Chair of The National Centre of Circus Arts and was the Chair of The Independent Theatre Council in 2017-2022. Alison is also Chair of Mime London and Open Sky’s advisory boards. Alison is a published author on Stage Management and Production, and lectures at Universities and colleges across the UK, aregularly giving talks on producing, business planning, company and stage management, creative thinking, project pitching, fundraising and grant writing. 

Alison was recently awarded an honorary doctorate from Mountview and the University of East Anglia for her work and contribution to theatre. 

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Leigh Lawson is an actor, director and writer, who was born in Warwickshire.

In 1965 he began training at Mountview Evening Drama School, and then enrolled in 1967 as a full time student at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

He has played leading roles at the National Theatre, The Royal Shakespeare Company, in the West End and on Broadway. In the theatre he has worked with directors including Sir Peter Hall, Adrian Noble, Michael Rudman, Peter Gill and Sean Mathias. On film he has been, amongst others, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, George Cukor, Roman Polanski, John Schlesinger, Itsvan Szabo and Lasse Hallstrom.

Leigh has played leading roles in over 15 feature films including Brother Sun, Sister Moon, Tess, Madame Sousatzka, Love Among the Ruins, Being Julia, Casanova.

His many television appearances include the leading role in three TV series: Travelling Man (Granada), Kinsey (BBC), Stick with Me Kid (Disney), plus, numerous miniseries in both England and America. He has directed plays in the UK and America.

Leigh was made a Freeman of the City of London in 2017. 

His first book The Dream: An Actor’s Story was published in 2008. His book Now and Then was published in 2025.

In the mid-1960s at 16 years of age, Twiggy became internationally known as the world’s first supermodel. Her photographic modelling success epitomized the age.

She appeared on numerous magazine covers around the world including Vogue, Elle and Tatler. She is now a writer, singer, actress, designer, presenter, producer and supports many charities.

Twiggy became a successful actress in film, stage and television, beginning her acting career by starring in Ken Russell’s film The Boyfriend, for which she won two Golden Globe awards: Most Promising Newcomer and Best Actress in a Musical.

In the US she was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway hit musical My One and Only. Twiggy was a guest judge on the top US reality series America’s Next Top Model opposite the show’s creator Tyra Banks. Twiggy has also recorded several albums, from pop to country, to 1930’s/40’s songbook.

She is an ardent supporter of animal welfare and is an anti-fur campaigner. She is also known for her support of breast cancer charities.

As a designer, Twiggy has created fashion ranges in the UK, the USA and Japan and was a brand ambassador for M&S women’s wear.

In 2023 a stage musical based on Twiggy’s life, written by Ben Elton, opened at The Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre in London, to huge acclaim. In March 2025 the documentary feature film Twiggy, directed by Sadie Frost, was released in the UK garnering 4- and 5-star reviews.

Twiggy is the recipient of many honours and awards and is a true British, and global Icon. In 2007 Twiggy was proud to be given an honorary doctorate from Mountview. She was awarded the Freemanship of the City of London in 2017. In 2019 Twiggy was honoured with a Damehood in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List for services to fashion, the performing arts and charity.

Simon is an accomplished live entertainment and events executive with an extensive international career spanning theatre, touring productions, immersive experiences and large-scale cultural venues.

A graduate of Mountview in 1984, where he specialised in Technical Theatre, Design and Stage Management, Simon went on to build a distinguished career in some of the world’s most innovative performance environments.

He began his professional journey at the Royal Albert Hall, progressing from Event Manager to Head of the Event Department, then joined Cirque du Soleil, serving first as Tour Services Director and later as Company Manager across Europe, Macau and Las Vegas.

Portia Mwangangye is the Cabinet Member for Leisure, Parks and Young People at Southwark Council.

As a dedicated local advocate, she previously sat on the board of Mountview to represent the voices of residents in Peckham and young people throughout the borough.

Portia brings legal and business expertise from her strong record in capacity building on a global scale. She previously worked as an International Consultant for the International Trade Centre (an agency for the WTO and the UN), where she used her skills to ensure organisations were well-supported to deliver for their communities. Her time with LUSH Ltd, supporting their work with the LUSH Spring Prize, further saw her fund social and environmental regeneration at the grassroots level for rural organisations.

Passionately focused on community, especially young people, Portia is driven by her life experiences, which enable her to relate to most young people who have not had a good start and have had to struggle for opportunities. Because of this, she has made it her life’s purpose to be the conduit that young people, and anyone in the community, can use to reach their full potential.

Furthermore, Portia’s passion for the creative arts ensures she approaches all her work with innovation and a drive to protect, support, and make the creative industries available to the average young person.

Arian Nik is a British-Iranian actor and writer from Leeds.

A Mountview graduate, Arian completed his BA (Hons) in Acting and served a three-year term on Mountview’s Board of Trustees, contributing to the school’s artistic and institutional development. His time at Mountview shaped his craft and his passion for telling stories that reflect diverse voices and contemporary experiences. 

Since leaving Mountview, Arian has established himself as one of the most distinctive new talents in British television and theatre. His stage work includes performances across some of the UK’s leading theatres, most notably with the Olivier-nominated Blue Mist (Royal Court Theatre) and Speed (Bush Theatre). Other notable theatre credits include The Village (Theatre Royal Stratford East), The Ugly One (Park Theatre), and Kabul Goes Pop (Brixton House). 

On screen, Arian has appeared in a range of television and film productions. He starred in the ITV comedy Count Abdulla, playing the title role of Abdulla Khan — a young British Muslim vampire navigating faith, identity and the absurdities of modern life. The series brought Arian critical acclaim, described in The Evening Standard as: “Dark, bawdy and brilliant…what sets Count Abdulla apart from other comedies of its kind is Nik, and his unrivalled performance as Abdulla”.

His further television credits include BBC shows The Split Up, Film Club, and Daddy Issues, as well as performances in Killing Eve, It Gets Worse, and The Bay. Arian’s film credits include Dating Amber, Artemis Fowl, Allelujah!, and Giant. 

In addition to his acting career, Arian is an emerging writer, developing original projects for both stage and screen. His work often explores themes of identity, belonging, cultural heritage and the diasporic experience – subjects informed by his own background and upbringing in Leeds within the British-Iranian community.

Beyond his artistic work, Arian has been an advocate for representation and inclusivity within the arts. His involvement in institutional governance at Mountview, coupled with his creative projects, reflects his commitment to making the industry more accessible. 

Arian continues to build an exciting and varied body of work, marking him as one of the most promising voices of his generation in British film, television and theatre. 

Anne Odeke is an actor, playwright and drama teacher.  

Anne trained at Mountview and graduated from the establishment with an MA in Acting.   

Over the course of her career, she has performed for the likes of Shakespeare’s Globe, the RSC, and at theatres such as The Birmingham Rep, Storyhouse, The Watermill, The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, and many more, as well as having been on national and international tours.

As a writer, Anne has written for the likes of The Almeida, Storyhouse Theatre, Hightide, The Mercury Theatre Colchester, Audible and BBC Radio 4.

Her play, Princess Essex (in which Anne also played the lead) was performed in 2024 on the main stage of Shakespeare’s Globe, making her the first woman of colour to ever have her play on its main stage and to be in it.

The play went on to be nominated for Best New Play at the WhatsOnStage Awards, and Anne was also nominated for Best Performer in a Play alongside the likes of David Tennant and Tom Holland. It then received five nominations at the Black British Theatre Awards, again including for Best Playwright, which it won, and Best Female Lead in a Play.

Cleve is a West End leading actor, and trained at Mountview on the BA Musical theatre course from 2012 to 2015. 

Cleve is particularly well known for his Olivier Award nominated portrayal of John Laurens/ Philip Hamilton in the Original West End Cast of Hamilton.

His extensive theatre projects include Will Fraser in The Little Big Things (@SohoPlace), Ted in Bonnie & Clyde (Garrick / Arts Theatre), Millennial in Millennials A New Musical (The Other Palace), Manchester in #50Days (Turbine Theatre), Tom Cat in Dick Whittington (The National Theatre), Woof in Hair The Musical: An Outdoor Concert (Norwich Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Regents Park Open Air Theatre), Tommy Keeler in Annie Get Your Gun (Sheffield Crucible), Sonny in In The Heights (Kings Cross Theatre), The Last Days Of Troy (Shakespeare’s Globe).

Further projects include workshops such as Steven in Then, Now & Next, Carlos in Blue Bayou, Larry in Are You As Nervous As I Am, Mickey in Everyone’s Talking About Jamie.

Cleve’s concerts appearances include Elaine Paige’s 50th Anniversary Farewell Tour at Royal Albert Hall and Friday Night Is Music Night for the BBC. 

Recently Cleve can be seen on the big screen in Wicked and Wicked: For Good. 

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Johnson Situ is the Director of the Co-Chairs’ Office & Diplomacy at C40 Cities, a global network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities that are united in action to confront the climate crisis.

His role involves leading diplomatic and stakeholder relationships, acting as the focal point on behalf of the co-chairs, including those with the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) and related UN departments. 

Previously, he worked in the Mayor of London’s office, where he served as a Senior Adviser to the Mayor of London for Political Affairs. He worked on the Mayor’s political strategy and his relationships with the national government, UK city Mayors and the flagship air quality policy, the expansion of the Ultra-Low Emission Zone. 

Before joining City Hall, Johnson Situ was a senior Labour Councillor in Peckham for close to eight years. His Southwark Council Cabinet portfolio included the council’s response to the Climate Emergency, and he led the council’s work to bring the community together through Southwark Stands Together. 

Before working in politics, he worked in the international development sector for various organisations, including Comic Relief, the Disasters Emergency Committee, and Room to Read. 

Sharon Small is a Scottish actress known for her work in film, radio, theatre, and television. 

Theatre credits include: Bacchae (National Theatre), Nye (National Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre), The Threepenny Opera (National Theatre), Men Should Weep (National Theatre), London Cuckolds (National Theatre), When Harry Met Sally (West End), GOOD (West End), Arden of Faversham (RSC), The Glass Menagerie (The Yard), Luna Gale (Hampstead), The Trials (Donmar Warehouse), Life is a Dream (Donmar Warehouse), Threepenny Opera (Donmar Warehouse), Carmen Disruption (Almeida), Spur of the Moment (Royal Court), The Realistic Joneses (Ustinov Theatre, Bath), Still Alice (West Yorkshire Playhouse /UK tour), The Exonerated (Riverside Studios), Lear (Sheffield Crucible), Green Field (The Traverse), What Now Little Man (Greenwich), Armstrong’s Last Goodnight (Royal Lyceum Edinburgh).

TV credits include: Nightsleeper, The Bay, Flesh and Blood, London Kills, Trust Me, Born to Kill, Stonemouth, Downton Abbey (Christmas Special), Marple, Murderland, Mistresses, Rebus, The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Cutting It, Glasgow Kiss, Sunburn, Bumping the Odds, No Child of Mine, An Independent Man, Dr Finlay, The Bill.

Film credits include: Last Chance Harvey, Dear Frankie, About a Boy.

Dame Rosemary is one of the leading figures in British theatre having co-founded the Ambassador Theatre Group in 1992 and then Trafalgar Entertainment where she is currently Joint CEO and Executive Chair.

TE is an award-winning global live-entertainment business focussed on new productions, venue operations, live music and comedy, events and hospitality, Performing Arts education, ticketing, the distribution and filming of event cinema and TV live-streaming innovative content and the provision of great spaces where people can come together to share in the experience of live entertainment. TE is home to Trafalgar Theatres (with 21 venues in London, Sydney, and across the UK), Trafalgar Theatre Productions, Trafalgar Releasing, Stagecoach Performing Arts, Drama Kids, Trafalgar Tickets, London Theatre Direct, Stagedoor, Jonathan Church Theatre Productions, and Imagine Theatre. 

Dame Rosemary is the only woman to have won the EY UK Entrepreneur of the Year Award and received an OBE and Damehood for Services to Theatre. She was a National Member of the Arts Council England Board, Chair of the Board for Sonia Friedman Productions, Joint Chair of The Hall for Cornwall, and Chair of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts. Rosemary also chaired two major appeals raising nearly £20m for Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

As President of SOLT, Rosemary became the second only female President in the organisation’s history. Rosemary and her husband Howard were awarded the Freedom of the City of London in recognition of their contribution to theatre and the cultural life of London. 

Amy is an actor and writer from Essex. She trained at Mountview where she was the first wheelchair user to graduate from a performance course.

Her theatre credits as an actor include: The Little Big Things (West End – 2024 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical), Medea (West End), Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me (Kiln Theatre/Paines Plough), The Taming of the Shrew (RSC), Measure for Measure (RSC), Goth Weekend (The Stephen Joseph Theatre/Scarborough/Live Theatre, Newcastle), The Who’s Tommy (Tour), The Glass Menagerie (Nottingham Playhouse), Shakespeare Within The Abbey (Westminster Abbey with Shakespeare’s Globe), The Sonnet Walks (Shakespeare’s Globe), Fusion (Lilian Baylis Theatre, Sadler’s Wells), The Joy of Dance (Lyric Hammersmith) and Sadler’s Wells Takeover Weekend (The National Theatre’s River Stage). 

Her screen credits include: Babies (BBC), The Couple Next Door (Season 2, Channel 4), Such Brave Girls (season 1 and 2, BBC), Amandaland (BBC), Death Valley (BBC), Grace (ITV), Father Brown (BBC), Everything Now (Netflix), The Reckoning (BBC), Unforgotten (ITV), Casualty (BBC), The Other One (BBC), Feel Good (Netflix), Unprecedented (BBC/Headlong), Stella (Sky One), Doctors (BBC), ReCall Me Maybe (FT Drama), Pas De Deux (Resource Productions), Luther: The Fallen Sun (Netflix) and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Universal). 

She can be heard in Chloe’s Ark (BBC Radio 4), The A-Z of Things: A is for Award (BBC Radio 3), Found (45North) and Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me (Audible). 

As a writer, Amy’s theatre credits include: Reasons You Should(n’t) Love Me (Kiln Theatre and tour – winner of The Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020), It’s Not Like It’s Illegal (Theatre Royal Stratford East as part of their ‘Burn It Down’ series) and Burnt at the Stake (Shakespeare’s Globe as one of thirteen anonymous writers). She is the book writer for a new musical adaptation of Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir The Diving Bell and The Butterfly in collaboration with Laurence Connor and Charli Eglinton. Amy is currently on attachment with the National Theatre. 

For TV, Amy has written on Toxic Town (Netflix) and Ralph and Katie (BBC). Amy has original projects in development with Chapter One, Studio Canal, Little Door, Channel 4 and BBC. Writers’ rooms include work for CBeebies and The Bureau. 

Her TV training includes: BBC TV Drama Writers’ Programme 2021, 4Screenwriting 2021, BBC Drama Room 2020/21, BBC Writers’ Access Group 2020/21, the Royal Court Introduction to Playwriting Group 2020/21 and BBC Children’s New Voices 2020. 

Amy’s essay An Ode to Improv (and Poehler and Fey) features in the book Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and other lies), curated by Scarlett Curtis and published by Penguin. She won Colchester New Comedian of the Year 2016 for her one woman sketch The Rebrand.

www.amytrigg.com 

Jack Wolfe is an Olivier Award nominated actor, who is currently making his Broadway debut playing Orpheus in Hadestown.

He recently played the part of Gabe in Next To Normal (Donmar Warehouse/Wyndham’s Theatre) which was filmed for Great Performances and shown on PBS. This role also garnered him a Critic’s Circle Award, a Stage Debut Award, an Evening Standard Theatre Award nomination, and a win at the WhatsOnStage Awards for Best Supporting Performer in a Musical. Some of Jack’s other stage credits include The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Magician’s Elephant (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Pinocchio (National Theatre) among others. 

Jack led Florian Sigl’s feature film adaptation of Mozart’s The Magic Flute and joined the hit fantasy show Shadow and Bone for Netflix in season 2, playing Wylan.

His other TV work includes Inside No 9, Father Brown and Hetty Feather for The BBC and The Witcher for Netflix.