Allstars Team

Natalie trained at the highly acclaimed Arts Educational College, Chiswick, London, where she studied Musical Theatre. Natalie then went straight from College into the West End, making her debut at the tender age of just 18 with Starlight Express, playing the principal role of Buffy for 2 years, and understudying both Dinah and Pearl. Other theatre credits include:

• Tommy, Shaftesbury Theatre, West End, understudying Kim Wilde in theleading role of Mrs Walker

• Starlight Express, Apollo Theatre, a return visit to play Dinah for 1 year

• Annie, Birmingham Hippodrome

• Russ Abbot Summer Spectacular, B.I.C. Bournemouth

• Cinderella The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton

• Babes in the Wood, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Wimbledon Theatre, London

• Annie, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry

• Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's 50th Birthday Celebration, Royal Albert Hall

After extensive Theatre work Natalie then choose to change direction and break into the recording industry, her first love, and secured lead vocalist with popband Scooch. The band released 5 singles - 2 of which made number 5 in the charts - and an album. The band then won BBC Making Your Mind Up and were voted to represent the U.K in the Eurovision Song Contest in Finland in 2007, watched by some 200 million viewers. Natalie has travelled the length and breadth of the UK with Scooch, performing in every major city and Arena and still performs with them today.

Television Credits include:

• Top of the Pops

• Blue Peter

• CD:UK

• This Morning

• Lorraine

• Live & Kicking

• The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole

• Pepsi Chart Show

• Graham Norton

• Loose Women

• GMTV

• SMTV

• Richard & Judy

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Natalie has successfully run her own vocal academy Songstars for the past 15 years and is now delighted to incorporate it into her new partnership with Amanda to create Allstars Academy.

Kelly trained at the prestigious Bird College where she obtained a scholarship and graduated with a  Level 6 Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre, she also has numerous qualifications in fitness , nutrition , Contortion , Acrobatics and Conditioning.

Kellys professional credits include ; Working on  Cruise ships , International dance tours , Tv and Film.

Kelly is delighted to become a Joint Principal in Summer 2021. 

Holly had a professional conservatoire training at ‘East 15 Acting School’ in London graduating in 2004 with a BA in Acting. Training for four years with many experienced directors such as Crispin Bonham-Carter, Dawn Walton and children’s theatre specialist Vicki Ireland (touring in Panto The Ugly Duckling), performing at the Criterion Theatre, Piccadilly Circus in the West End. Later on that summer in the East End played Fanny Squirers in Nicholas Nickleby at Wiltons Music Hall.

Holly then went on to form, with a couple of her fellow graduates, ‘Short Straw Theatre Company’, thus named as all three of the Artistic Directors are quite petite.

As a Theatrical Practitioner, Actor and Co-Artistic Director of Short Straw Theatre Company Holly was responsible for creative production, sourcing Writers/ Directors and Actors, running workshops to groups of all ages, devising interactive shows, acting on stage for both Short Straw and other theatre companies.

Their most successful show was developed over a number of years and started out as a scratch at the Battersea Arts Centre (BAC), became Threads when it went to the Soho Theatre in the West End for development, for it to finally become Fates, premiering at Theatre 503 the following year. With the strap line ‘I’m scared of boxes, they killed my mother’. As well as the Co-Artistic Director Holly played Atropos throughout development and during the run.

With the company based in SE London, the Greenwich Playhouse was the base for the companies new writing and work in development hub, with the show Walthamstow Central, Holly both produced and played Victoria in the claustrophobic underground show. This production was closely followed with Kelly by Jenny Harrold.

Holly is passionate about all areas of the industry and before she chose drama school and became an actor, she she trained as a dancer and singer, with her first professional job being a backing vocalist on a country album. Holly writes her own shows and still occasionally performs them and has been a LAMDA tutor for the past 10 years.

Training is really important to Holly who regularly is found attending workshops on ground breaking theatre both nationally and internationally and is currently studying for her Post Graduate in Education.

Holly is really passionate about her work with Allstars, being Head of Theatre she has been able to introduce the students to a vocational level of professional training which will set them up for Drama School, professional work and beyond. 

Jodie graduated from Margaret Howard Theatre College (Now known as Momentum Performing Arts Academy) in 2014 after gaining her ISTD DDI qualifications in Modern and Tap. While at college Jodie studied many genres of styles from ballet to hip hop. She continued to study after college at Linda Sweetzer Teaching Training College and gained her DDE Modern, Tap and Ballet.

In 2018 Jodie carried on her professional development and became a certified Acrobatic Arts teacher. Jodie regularly attends courses and training days to help her syllabus knowledge and progression and is also a qualified First Aider. 

Kathy was born in Blackpool and started dancing aged three at the Barbara Jackson Academy of Dance. She continued her training at Arts Educational Tring aged 12 and moved to the Arts Educational London at 16 to complete major exams including 4 associate teaching qualifications in Modern, Tap, Ballet and national dance. She also studied Greek dance, Contemporary, Spanish, Pas de Deax and repertoire.

Kathy returned to Arts Educational Tring where she taught for five years, before taking over a Dance School in Stevenage and opening a further 2 branches in and Tring and Whitechurch. She then went on to spend a further 4 years teaching at The London College of Dance and Drama (The Imperial Society's teacher training college) specialising in boys work.

After moving back to Blackpool in the late 1980s, Kathy returned to teach for Miss Jackson and stayed for over 20 years developing a strong major section and boys, many of whom are now dancing in the West End and numerous other parts of the world!

Kathy gained her Fellowship in Modern dance and Licenciate Tap in the 1990s, the Fellowship being the highest qualification the Imperial grants. In 2012, Kathy moved back to Aylesbury and is enjoying being associated with Amanda, Natalie and all the talented pupils at Allstars Academy

Freya Graduated Laine Theatre Arts in 2009 with a Level 6 Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre. She then went on to perform in many Musicals and Dance Companies and recently starred in Cats the Movie. 

Freya's performances include Disney’s Tarzan the Musical, Best of Musicals Arena Tour, Cats UK Tour, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels UK Tour, McOnie Company, Hairspray UK Tour and Strictly Ballroom in London, Leeds and Canada. 

Freya has taught at the following institutions: London Studio Centre, Phil Winston's, Performers College, Urdang, IDTA Congress Lecturer, Livingston Academy & Allstars Academy 

Staceylee attended ISTD Ballet and Modern Dance classes as a child until the age of eighteen when she trained as a Nursery Nurse.  

All four of her children have attended Allstars Academy since 2015. She has been Allstars Festivals Coordinator since 2017 and loves giving the children opportunities to perform at Festivals.

Staceylee is passionate about Performing Arts and supporting the Academy. 

Gemma has been sourcing costumes and uniform for Allstars Academy for the past five years. Gemma has a daughter at the Academy and runs a successful business Gem's Nail Design.