Amanda trained at the Italia Conti Academy in London. On graduating she made her Professional Debut playing the lead role of Pearl in Starlight Express at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in London.

Her extensive theatre credits include; Eponine in Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre London West end. Sophie in Mamma Mia at The Prince Edward Theatre, London. Sandy in Grease at The Royal Albert Hall and The Scandinavian Arena Tour which was seen by 16,000 people each performance. Linda in Blood Brothers at the Phoenix Theatre London.

Amanda created the role of Chrissie in an original Musical ‘Teen Scream’ which premiered at The Theatre Royal in Lincoln and then continued with great Success to The Edinburgh Festival.
Amanda has also toured throughout The U.K & Europe with “Hello Dolly” playing the role of Minnie Fay alongside Darren Day & Anita Dobson. Hold Tight It’s 60’s Night, The Wonderful West End, Proud Cabaret in London.Guest artist for Globestar Management.

TV Credits include; Janie in The King Of Hearts (channel 4), Live at the London Palladium playing Eponine in Les Miserables (ITV) Les Miserables The 25th Anniversary at The 02 Arena, The Royal Variety Show at The Dominion Theatre, Pebble Mill (BBC) and various appearances on Children in Need.

Cast recordings include; Janie in The King Of Hearts, Les Miserables 25th Anniversary concert, Guest artist in “Nursery”a children's lullaby Album.

Amanda has performed in many pantomimes over the years including playing the role of Wendy in First Family's production of Peter Pan alongside Henry Winkler, Other professional panto roles include Cinderella, Belle, Alice Fitzwarren & Tinkerbell & the evil Role of the Witch, flying above 3000 people in Beauty & the Beast performed in Kuala Lumpur; Directed & Produced by David Kort & Christopher Colby.

Amanda has always had a passion for teaching & has taught at The Somerset Dance Umbrella in Wells run by Sandra Davey, The Bristol School Of Performing Arts under the former director John Redgrave & has run her own Private vocal tuition company ‘MTS’ Amanda has taught in all fields of Performing Arts including directing & producing Shows.

Amanda’s career would not have been possible if she hadn’t, as a young northern girl, “Dare to Dream”.

Sam trained at Middlesex Univeristy and graduated with a BA Honours in Performing Arts majoring in Drama.
On graduating Sam made his professional debut playing Conrade in “Much Ado About Nothing” for the London Shakespeare company.
Sam then went onto play his first lead role in a musical as the Balladeer/Lee Harvey Oswald in Stephen Sondheim’s “Assassins” at the Gatehouse Theatre, London.
Sam’s other theatre credits include, Simon in “Jesus Christ Superstar” UK Tour; Sky in “Mamma Mia” at The Prince Edward Theatre, London; Kenicke in “Grease” UK Concert Tour; Ambrose Kemper in “Hello Dolly” at the Lincoln Theatre Royal and UK Tour; Principle Vocalist in “The Wonderful Westend” UK Tour.

Sam was fortunate enough to create a number of original roles for the stage, which included Lofty/understudy Alfie in “Alfie the Musical” at the Watford Palace Theatre; PJ in “Teen Scream” at The Lincoln Theatre Royal and then Edinburgh Festival; Barry in “When Harry met Barry” at The Gatehouse Theatre, London; Andrew in “Marry Me You Idiot” alongside Linda Bellingham at the Jermyn Street Theatre, London.

Whilst the majority of Sam’s professional work was in theatre his television credits include Paul in the period drama “Servants” for the BBC and Andrew in “Casualty” for the BBC.

Sam has taught drama to children in some capacity since 2004 and has a passion for helping children to unlock their potential in the performance genre. Sam took part in the Westend Workshops whilst playing the lead role of Sky and helped teach children routines and scenes from Mamma Mia so the children got a taste of what performing was like. Whilst working as an actor Sam also taught for the company Perform on a part time basis, teaching children as young as five years old.

Sam worked as a teacher at The Players Academy, London for seven years, teaching drama to children aged 6 through to 18. During this time at the Players Academy Sam directed a number of musicals including “Grease”, “Anything Goes”, “Footloose” and “Legally Blonde”.

Sam moved back to Bristol three years ago and since then has taught Drama at The Bristol School of Performing Arts under the former director John Redgrave.

In a career spanning over 20 years, Sophie has developed a significant breadth of varied arts practices within the performance industry.

Her experience in performing arts began at the age of four where she donned her first pair of ballet shoes, immediately falling in love with the discipline. Her passion for dance eventually led her to London, where at the age of 18, she enrolled to study Musical Theatre at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, graduating in 2007.

Sophie then furthered her training at the National Centre for Circus Arts where she found passion for aerial performance, developing her skills in silks, hoop and trapeze.

Her varied skills within the arts  have allowed her to travel and perform all over the world.

Sophie’s theatre credits include; Ermengarde in Hello, Dolly! UK Tour (where she met Amanda and Sam) Mary in Bill Kenwright’s 'The Haunting' UK tour. Boots in ‘Dora the Explorer‘ for Nickelodeon's UK, Europe, Asia and China Tours. Ensemble in Channel 5’s ‘Milkshake’ UK tour. Featured Dancer in The Royal Masonic Gala Show at The Prince Edward Theatre, London. 

Sophie has also performed in many pantomimes over the years playing Wendy Darling in Peter Pan, Princess Amelia in Jack and the beanstalk alongside Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee and Dorothy in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 

TV Credits include; Dancer at the Brit Awards (ITV) Emma in Casualty (BBC) Rebecca in Teachers (Channel 4) Dancer for Don’t Stop Believing Ident (Channel 5) 

Alongside performing, Sophie loves to keep fit and in 2017, became a certified Barre instructor. 

Sophie has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the many disciplines within the arts and is delighted to be a part of the BSPA team.