BITESIZE
YOUTH THEATRE

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Tutors

Linda Griffiths Director of Bitesize Youth Theatre
BA (hons) Creative arts PGCE(Dance/Drama) Post graduate certificate in Directing.

Linda has been lucky enough to have worked in the theatre for over 20 years. For 10 years she was Director of Children's Theatre for Theatr Clwyd. She has choreographed and directed about 60 musicals and over 120 plays at Theatr Clwyd, Gateway, Action Transport, Newcastle Vic, Stoke Rep, Edinburgh Festival, West End and for Bitesize where she has been Artistic Director for 15 years.
A qualified teacher of dance and drama for 25 years she teaches a range of classes at Youth Theatre and directs and choreographs the main shows and the Musical Theatre Festival groups. She was recognised for her work with Reactivate with Scottish Power/Manweb's Community Person of the Year in 2001.

Dance specialists

Leah Davies
Started children's theatre and dancing aged 6 and gained grades in Ballet, Tap and Modern. She went on to train in Performing Arts in Newcastle upon Tyne before starting a career as a professional dancer. Having worked both across the country and abroad in many musicals and dance spectaculars she returned to Wales to perform in a Nationwide tours of "Peter and the Wolf", "Sinbad" and "Jack and the Beanstalk" all with Bitesize professional touring theatre. Having spent a Summer season in Cornwall Leah got married and now has a baby son Sam. Leah is now permanent member of staff at Bitesize professional theatre and teaches modern dance and tap at Youth Theatre .

Jennifer Catherall
Started training as a dancer at the age of 4 at the Elsbeth School of Dance. She took an AVCE in Performing Arts at Mold Alun, before going on to study Dance to degree level, BA(hons), in Crewe. While at University, Jennifer worked at the YMCA Foyer in Crewe teaching dance to vulnerable adults between 16 and 30, as well as taking workshops for a wider age range. Jennifer has also appeared in a number of amateur productions including "Sweeney Todd", "Les Miseables" and "Cinderella"

Claire Taylor

Music Specialists

Norma Rowles GNSM (Northern School of Music), MEd (Bangor), LRAM (Singing Teacher Diploma)
An ex Opera singer and Head of Music, Norma studied music, majoring in Singing teaching and performance at the Northern School of Music in Manchester. She has worked extensively as a performer singing solo roles in many musicals and light operas and as a Vocal Coach on a large number of musicals and operettas across the North West. Norma has taught for 35 years and now teaches singing at Bitesize and has been Vocal Coach for the Ugly Duckling and Musical Extravaganza as well as teaching on summer schools. She has coached the Musical Theatre Festival group to the finals of many competitions and taken them to the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

Tim Jones BMus, PGCE
Tim graduated from UNCW, Bangor.From 1990 - 2006 he was Head of Music in secondary schools in Shropshire and Cheshire but is now in charge of A level music at Yale College, Wrexham. He has been Musical Director for many local musical societies, most notably Tip Top Productions in shows as diverse as Annie, La Cage Aux Folles, Oliver!, The Sound of Music, Godspell, My Fair Lady, Cabaret, Dick Whittington, A Chorus Line, Honk! and The Full Monty. He taught singing at Chester Stagecoach Theatre Arts School for many years, and has been children's chorus master for the professional tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in Crewe, Rhyl, Manchester, Llandudno and Liverpool, Whistle Down the Wind in Llandudno and Manchester and Jesus Christ Superstar and Scrooge in Manchester. He has also worked with Castaway, a youth music theatre company, who performed Copacabana, West Side Story and Pirates of Penzance at the Gateway Theatre, Chester.

David Pritchard
A qualified teacher of music, piano and singing. David has for many years worked professionally as a Musical Director/Conductor. His list of productions is extensive, from classical music to Gilbert & Sullivan, Rogers & Hammerstein to Lloyd Webber. David has taught on many of our Summer Schools at Bitesize. David was Musical Director for the Youth Theatre Productions of The King and I and Fiddler on the Roof.

Caroline Tate-Lovery

Drama specialists

Sarah Mather
Sarah trained at Worcester College of HE graduating with a BA in English, Music and Drama, before going on to NE Worcestershire College to do her Teaching Certificates. She has worked in Schools, in Colleges and at the Helen O'Grady Theatre Academy as a Drama Teacher, and for five years she was the Education and Arts Officer for the Palace Theatre in Redditch running a 100 strong Youth Theatre and producing shows including The Wizard of Oz, The Chrysalids, Bugsy Malone and Daisy Pulls it Off. Sarah also works at the Hammond School teaching Drama. In her spare time Sarah can be seen treating the boards as a member of Mikrokosmos Theatre Company and Grove Park Little Theatre.

Support Staff
Our caring support staff are all CRB vetted volunteers who help to take care of the practical and social needs of Bitesize Youth Theatre.

Ann Powell
Ann has been responsible for administration for a number of years originally for our classes at Grango , then at the Stiwt and now at our Rhosddu base. Ann is secretary for the steering committee and an integral member of the team. She was recognised for her work with special needs children as a trustee of Reactivate with Scottish Power/Manweb's Community Person of the Year Award in 2006

Jo Hall
Jo is particularly involved in all Stage management aspects of Bitesize Youth theatre sourcing props, building scenery, assisting with rehearsals. She has been a driving force in us achieving the new theatre. She has trained through Wrexham Children's University for first degree level - Volunteers for Active Community. Jo is also on the steering committee .

Jo Street
Jo is particularly involved in all Costume aspects of Bitesize cutting sewing fitting etc etc etc as well as running the tuck shop with Ann. She led a team of volunteer Mums for the "King and I" and "Fiddler on the Roof" for the making of costumes and the decorative hangings and upholstery, cushion covers etc and will be a leading force in the making of the costumes for "Pirates". Jo is also on the steering committee .

Fiona Norman

Ali McBain

Tracy Jones
Tracy joins us last year as a weekly support staff member having previously supported the Youth theatre as a parent with costume making and fund raising and with the Musical theatre group .

BITESIZE currently runs a total of 23 hours a week of Youth Theatre classes in the Wrexham area during term time; as well as Summer Schools, Easter and Half-term courses and two productions annually. We are looking for tutors to help deliver this.

£6.00 to £15.00 per hour according to experience/qualifications

If you live locally, have Dance, Drama or Music training, particularly as a teacher, then we would like to hear from you.
Teaching Qualification OR experience in the Arts essential. Successful applicants will be required to pass a CRB check in accordance with the Protection of Children Act.

call us on 01978-358320. or send your CV and a covering letter to

BITESIZE YOUTH THEATRE
UNIT 4 CLWYD COURT
RHOSDDU INDUSTRIAL ESTATE
WREXHAM, LL11 4YL

BITESIZE offers work experience at a number of times during the year. If you would like to be considered for a placement you should apply in writing, to

BITESIZE THEATRE COMPANY
8 GREEN MEADOWS
NEW BROUGHTON
WREXHAM, LL11 6SG

telling us about yourself , your experience of the theatre and telling us why we should choose you.

In order to be successful, you must be able to make your own way, each day of the work experience to one of our base on the Rhosddu Industrial Estate in Wrexham. [We are sorry, but we are not able to make any contribution to your accommodation or travel costs.]

Please note: You will be given a variety of tasks during the period of work and be offered the opportunity to observe the Company during rehearsals. You will NOT be given any opportunity to perform.