Associated Studios
Associated Studios is a drama school in London, England, offering courses in Acting, Musical Theatre, Opera and Commmercial/Popular Music.
Associated Studios were founded by Leontine Hass in 2007, then based at the Royal Academy of Music, in order to address a lack of top-level ongoing professional development and training for performers. In addition to regular classes and masterclasses in acting, singing and dance with eminent leading professional practitioners, including Musical Directors, Director, Choreographers, Writers, Composers, Casting Directors and leading artists.
Key personnel
- Leontine Hass - Founding Principal/Director
- Yvonne I'Anson - Senior Consultant
- Neil Rutherford - Musical Theatre Consultant
- Mary Hill- Opera Course Consultant
- Graeme Danby - Opera Consultant
- Sadie Jane Medhurst - Administrator/Office Manager
Patrons
Guest Coaches
Guest acting coaches include: Mike Alfreds (Director/Author) • Michael Attenborough (Director) • Dominic Cooke (Playwright/Director) • Sir Richard Eyre (Director) • Robert Fried (Acting Coach/Director) • Pete Gallagher (Director/Acting Coach) • Hugh Grant (Actor) • Douglas Hansell (Actor/Acting Coach) • Jeremy Herrin (Director) • Joe Hill-Gibbins (Director) • Jeremy Irons (Actor) • Terry Johnson (Playwright/Director) • Peter Kosminsky (Director/Writer/Producer) • Phelim McDermott (Director) • Lindsay Posner (Director) • Orlando Seale (Actor/ Acting Coach) • Sir Patrick Stewart (Actor) • Melly Still (Director) • Che Walker (Playwright/Director) • Timothy West (Actor) • Nigel Whitmey (Actor/Acting Coach)
Guest musical theatre coaches include: Scott Alan (Composer) • David Allwood (Choreographer) • Jim Arnold (Casting Director - Pippa Ailion Casting) • Greg Arrowsmith (Musical Director) • Rosemary Ashe (Actress) • Dan Bowling (Musical Supervisor) • Bob Broad (Musical Director) • Marina Calderone (Director) • Jason Carr (Orchestrator/Musical Director) • Shane Collins (Agent - Shane Collins Associates) • Sarah Day (Choreographer) • Mike Dixon (Musical Director/Supervisor) • Martin Dodd (Producer - UK Productions) • Anthony Drewe (Lyricist) • Lesley Duff (Agent - Diamond Management) • Michael Fentiman (Director) • First Family Entertainment (Producers) • Kate Golledge (Director) • Ian Good (Director) • Jill Green (Casting Director) • David Grindrod (Casting Director) • Chris Guard (Musical Director) • Leontine Hass (Vocal Coach/Principal of Associated Studios) • Tim Howar (Actor) • Yvonne I'Anson (Marketing Consultant) • Stacey Jenson (Accent/Dialect Coach) • Tom Kelly (Musical Director) • Daniel Koek (Actor) • Theo Jamieson (Musical Director) • David Lee (Choreographer) • Mitch Leow (Yoga) • Nigel Lilley (Musical Director) • John Markham (Agent - The Markham Agency) • Robert McWhir (Director) • Ben Newsome (Casting Director) • Debbie O’Brien (Casting Director) • Stuart Pedlar (Musical Director) • Nigel Planer (Actor) • Matt Rawle (Actor) • John Rigby (Musical Director) • Neil Rutherford (Casting Director) • Matthew Samer (Musical Director) • Jeremy Sams (Director/Composer) • Nicholas Skilbeck (Musical Supervisor) • Peter Straker (Actor) • Danielle Tarento (Producer) • Kathy Taylor-Jones (Vocal Coach) • Paul Taylor Mills (Producer) • Ronin Traynor (Stage Combat) • Gareth Valentine (Musical Director/Supervisor)
Guest opera coaches include: Rory Bremner (Satirist/English Librettist) • Sally Burgess (Mezzo-Soprano/Director) • Iain Burnside (Pianist) • Brad Cohen (Conductor) • Jonathan Cohen (Conductor) • James Conway (Director) • Graeme Danby (Bass-Baritone) • Sophie Daneman (Soprano) • David Eaton (Repetiteur) • David Edwards (Director) • Rebecca Evans (Soprano) • Olivia Fuchs (Director) • Giles Havergal (Director) • Philip Headlam (Repetiteur) • Mary Hill (Repetiteur) • Jonathan Hinden (Conductor/Senior Coach) • Aurelia Jonvaux (French Coach) • Max Key (Director) • Mary King (Vocal Coach) • Norbert Meyn (German Coach) • Natalie Murray (Opera) • Robin Newton (Conductor) • Penny O’Connor (Alexander Technique) • Paola Quaglia (Italian Coach) • Rowena Ricci (Flamenco) • Brindley Sherratt (Bass) • Jeremy Silver (Conductor) • Alessandro Talevi (Director) • Roger Vignoles (Repetiteur) • Andrew Watts (Countertenor) •Timothy Redmond (Conductor)• Michael Lloyd (Conductor)
Alumni
- Jamie Lambert - Collabro (Winner of Britain's Got Talent 2014)
- Alice Stokke - Sophie in Mama Mia! (West End: Novello Theatre)
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