Training: BA (Hons) Theatre & Performance, Business & Advanced Creative Writing, currently studying MA Creative Events Management

Natalia is an experienced theatre director, writer, teacher and creative services consultant driving infectious passion, ideas, and knowledge. Currently Founder and Managing Director of award-winning RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts, providing performing and production arts training and opportunities for young people and award-winning Dog With A Bone Creative Agency who empower visionaries in the arts, female founders, and organisations with integrity. Natalia is an alumni of the Exeter Northcott’s Futures Programme and spent two successful years as the Somerset Fringe Festival director. Natalia has worked extensively in both commercial and subsidised theatre in UK and Germany; her expertise is in pantomime, directing/acting methodologies, new work, as well as event management and festivals. Most recently, Natalia has composed and facilitated an Original Concept Album for her musical, Black Widows.

Companies and individuals worked for include: Europa Park, Bluestone National Resort, North Somerset Council, Theatre Royal Plymouth, Bristol Old Vic, Princess Theatre & Arts Centre, Opera for All, Welsh National Opera, Firebird Theatre Company, Stuart Brayson, Christina Bianco and Ria Jones.

RECOMMENDATIONS:

“Natalia has impressed me no end; with her vigour, ideas and energy. She is an utter professional and has the great gift of being able to listen. Rare in one so young and sadly almost a lost art in most areas of show business these days. Her organisational skills are second to none, and her knowledge and love of the arts infectious. I cannot recommend her highly enough as a director, facilitator and producer of new work. One to watch, support and admire.” — Stuart Brayson, Composer (From Here To Eternity with Sir Tim Rice)

“Having already experienced the pleasure of working with Natalia - her experience is a crucial ingredient one needs to succeed, and their motivating directorship is appreciated by all involved. Truly an inspiration to work with.” — Julia Eseeva, Jess Show Productions

Training: BSc Biochemistry

Elin is a university graduate who has spent half of her life involved in RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts as both a student and a member of staff. Through her time learning and acting with RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts she has experienced every aspect of performance and production, and studied the key influential practitioners and the theory of theatre inside out. As her education continued her passion for acting developed into an interest in directing which she was able to exercise within classes, driving her towards her current position as associate director. Creative writing is another love of Elin’s, within the last year she has written commissioned material such as two feature length radio plays and worked as a creator on the new musical Black Widows. She also co-wrote much of RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts’ original work such as Private Property, The Fitzroy Tavern and Heroes of Our Time.

Outside of RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts, she refines her literary skills through writing and performing her own poetry as well as always having a script in progress. She looks forward to continuing to keep art, performing and writing at the centre of her life, and is excited for the challenges and inspirations that theatre will continue to bring her.

Since a young age Ben has always been involved in performing, inside and out of education. Taking part in productions in school and joining RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts as a student towards the end of his secondary education. Ben went on to receive a distinction in the UAL Performing Arts Acting pathway at Weston College whilst training at RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts. Once his time at college had ended he went on to study Drama with Creative Writing at UWE Bristol graduating in 2022.

Ben has a knack for detail and loves realistic story telling. He believes it’s the little things that creates the larger picture, real people tell the most moving stories. It these principles that make Ben strong in teaching naturalism along with his years of training and experience. While at University he realised his passion for story telling and his ability to create believable characters on paper, rather than on stage. It’s for these skills that Ben hosts our The Actor’s Toolkits classes, where he creates original productions that break the mould and test our students with challenging topics.

Ben has considered RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts to be second family and he is always very proud watching from side of stage or lighting box, seeing his work come to life and the passion the students show.

Training: 1st Class FdA Degree in Musical Theatre. Distinction in National Diploma from London School of Musical Theatre. 

Corrine is a Musical Theatre actress from Somerset based in London. Her career in Musical Theatre has spanned for over 10 years and Corrine has performed all over the World, toured the UK, Internationally & in London’s West End. Corrine is passionate about teaching what she's learnt during my professional career. 

Credits include: Belle in Beauty and The Beast (Pantomime, Weston Playhouse), Onstage swing / cover Mary Robert / cover Mary Patrick in Sister Act the Musical (UK & International Tour), workshop of Disruption (Park Theatre), Fairy Queen / Resident Director in Claus The Musical (The Lowry), Ensemble in Les Misérables (West End), Dance Captain in Les Misérables: The Staged Concert (Sondheim Theatre, West End) Elizabeth Benning in Young Frankenstein (English Theatre Frankfurt), Swing, assistant Dance Captain, assistant children’s director, cover Fantine, cover Gavroche in Les Misérables (UK & International Tour), Lucy in Can't Stop It (The Other Palace), Lucy in Ushers: The Front of House Musical (Edinburgh Fringe & Arts Theatre), Ghost of Christmas Past in A Christmas Carol (Blackpool Opera House), Vocailist in Stephen Sondheim 85th Birthday Gala (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), cast in God: The Stephen Sondheim Parody (London Theatre), Amy Thomas in Girlfriends (Union Theatre) and Viv Nicholson in Spend Spend Spend (Bridewell Theatre). 

Corrine has been lead vocalist on two World cruises for Holland America Line visiting over 68 countries & continue to sing as a guest entertainer onboard with Sisco Entertainment. Corrine also won The Stephen Sondheim Student Performer of the Year award whilst training and also is the a winner of the What’s Onstage Angel award in 2021. Corrine also recorded the critically acclaimed one-woman song-cycle Heart of Winter, available on iTunes and Spotify.

@coachingwithcorrine @corrinepriest

Training: Performers College, Diploma in professional dance and musical theatre.

Emily trained at Liberatus School of Performing arts & the prestigious Performers College, graduating in 2019 with a diploma in professional dance and musical theatre. Upon graduating, Emily secured a contract in ‘The Little Merelf’, performing as featured ensemble and on stage swing. In theatre, Emily has performed in Lighthouse Theatres ‘Those Were The Days, My Friend’ and with Fluellen Theatre as Margaret in ‘Much Ado About Nothing’. She has also performed with James Williams in ‘One Night with You’. In film, Emily has appeared in ‘Protein’ and ‘A Place of Fear’, as well as featuring in ‘Ten Dates’, an interactive film/video game. Emily can also be seen as Elinor Jenkins in flirty rom-com,  ‘Penguin’, and as the nurse in ‘Patient’. Emily has a wealth of immersive theatre experience, including the famous Lapland UK, where she played the role of Spin, and has recently joined the Dinomania team as Ranger Emily. 

In teaching, Emily has taught all of the UK, and on board P&O cruise ships for the company ‘Tappy Toes’.

Training: Acting at The Oxford School of Drama, Foundation at LAMDA, National Youth Theatre.

Kathryn Lincoln (aka Kat) is an actor, singer, facilitator and activist. Born in London, her family come from across the globe - from Grimsby to Germany and Sweden. She is a firm believer in the power theatre has to provoke change, bring about joy and laughter, and create community. Art in all its forms makes people more thoughtful, playful and empathetic individuals, and she hopes to nurture this in her work. Kathryn is highly versatile, skilled both in comedy and drama. She radiates warmth, passion and drive. 

Kathryn is a natural with young people, and trained as a youth facilitator with the charity Tender, who use drama to end abuse. A National Youth Theatre Creative Leader of 2024, she has trained extensively with NYT in facilitation, workshop leading and inclusive practice. She has curated and led acting, singing and dance lessons at RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts, Hopeful Monsters, RAaW and various schools around London and Oxfordshire. As a facilitator she instills participants with confidence, play and tenacity. Being queer and neurodiverse, Kathryn recognises the importance of inclusivity and intersectionality in her practice. She is thrilled to become an official RE:ACT tutor! 

Her work as an actor and voice over artist includes: The Stalker of Venice (Lifetime USA), Hi Dad (BFI), To Be A Woman (GIF), The Choice (Octavia Foundation), Three Sisters (Lyric Hammersmith), Girlhood (Edinburgh Fringe), Virtual Heroes (Vienna’s English Theatre), My Mad Mum (Courtyard Arts), Circle Game (Southwark Playhouse), and Dispatches: The Secrets of Coca-Cola (Channel 4). 

When she’s not working, Kathryn loves going to music festivals, cycling, thrifting funky clothes, and spending time with her family and friends. 

Reviews and Recommendations:

Girlhood (Greenside, Riddle’s Court, Edinburgh Fringe):  “Lincoln is wonderful as Ivy; their delivery of lines is always precise, and the interactions .... are hilarious.” - Theatre Weekly 

***** “(their) dynamic is endlessly adorable, enhanced by… Lincoln’s relaxed and assured performance.” - Lexical Lunacy 

Hi Dad (BFI): “Working with Kathryn had been a pleasure without exaggeration. Truly, what I valued in her most while working together is her sense of initiative and boldness to lead herself in the role, exploring it deeply… Her preparation for her character’s emotional climax had proven breathtaking results… Apart from her professional qualities, she was also very easy-going, easy to communicate with, friendly and respectful… Always on time, prepared well and helped out greatly in many areas of the production. I would love to work with her again!” - Alina Grigorjeva, director

Training: BA (Hons) Acting

She began professional vocal training whilst at junior school, receiving grade eight by the time she’d finished her GCSEs. Hannah has trained in acting at Falmouth University, gaining a first class honours degree, and with The National Youth Theatre in London, as well as receiving one to one training from Mark McGann and Toby Clarke. Her training includes improvisation, voice acting, solo performance, screen acting, and classical performance. She recently played the role of Paulina in a Netflix Original series, and has worked on productions with the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV.

Her musical theatre experience includes roles as Grace Farrell in Annie, Nancy in Oliver and Sandy in Grease, all performed at Weston-super-Mare’s Playhouse Theatre. Hannah has also performed in extensive music competitions, such as Churchill’s Young Musician of the Year, as well as at singers concerts held at Bristol Cathedral and at St George’s on Park Street. Hannah is the co-founder of two award-winning theatre companies based in Bristol, namely Transparent Theatre and DuckGoose.

She played the role of Millie Walsman in he Halfling Laws in 2019 and 2020, partaking in Bristol’s One-Act festival at the beginning of this year. Hannah anticipates the opportunity to share her performance knowledge and experiences with the students of RE:ACT Performing & Production Arts, and is excited to expand her skill base through working with such a talented group of performers and staff.

Training: BA (Hons) Media and Film Studies

Elliott Morgan is a videographer/photographer with additional experience in editing, post production, arts marketing and programming. Elliott holds a BA (Hons) in Media and Film Studies (2:1) and has over 10 years experience. He has worked with arts organisations such as the Cygnet Theatre and The Princess Theatre, as well working on sports and heritage projects with organisations such as Exeter City Football Club, Exeter University and The Nornen Project. Elliott has extensive experience in guiding companies go through the rebranding process, programming and using events marketing to raise an organisation's profile.

He has grown through the collaborative environment of the arts and relishes the opportunity to work with others to deliver stories and ideas.