Emil Dale - Original Concept of KIN the Musical & Book Writer (HE/HIM): Emil Dale is a British Arab, director, producer, writer and was one of the first people of colour to be a principal of a UK drama school. www.emildale.co.uk
He is the founder of Emil Dale Academy in Hitchin, just outside of London and is also the co-founder of the talent agency Dale Hammond Associates. Alongside establishing the full and part-time schools of Emil Dale Performing Arts, Emil has also established The Factory Playhouse, a 200-seater theatre, previously a disused factory in Hertfordshire.
Producing and Directing credits at The Factory Playhouse include: Into The Woods (2015); Oliver! (2015); West Side Story (2015); Grease (2016); Les Miserables (2017); Thoroughly Modern Millie (2018); Legally Blonde (2018); Sweeney Todd (2018); In The Heights (2019); Little Shop of Horrors (2020).
Emil trained in Musical Theatre at Arts Educational School in London and started his career as a member of the Nation Youth Theatre and The National Youth Music Theatre of Great Britain… but would recommend Emil Dale Academy over anywhere else! He has appeared in: Hanging Around (National Theatre); St Vetus’ Project (Sadler’s Wells); Fly Floor at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Sondheim 7 5th Birthday Celebration at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Training: Bird College and The BRIT School.
Credits as Choreographer:
Wizard of Oz (London Palladium). Bad education (season 5 BBC). Play on! (Workshop/ Hammersmith lyric) Orfeus: A House Music Opera (workshop/Young Vic).
Credits as Assistant Choreographer:
Snow White (Walt Disney Pictures).
Film and Television credits as performer:
The Little Mermaid (Walt Disney Pictures); Cinderella (Columbia Pictures/Amazon); Cats (Working Title/Universal); Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans (Altitude/BBC Films); ; Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Pictures);
The BRIT Awards (ITV); The Royals (Lionsgate/NBC); Strictly Come Dancing (BBC); The X Factor (ITV); The Voice (ITV).
Stage credits as performer: Carousel (Open Air Theatre); Hairspray (National Tour). Spice Girls (Spiceworld, stadium tour)
Theatre includes:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (UK/European Tour) Into The Woods (NIO) My Fair Lady (European Tour) Goldilocks / Snow White / Dick Whittington (London Palladium) Club Tropicana (UK Tour) Sister Act (UK Tour) 42nd Street (UK Tour) Oklahoma! (UK & European Tour) Twist & Shout (UK Tour)
Regional Theatre includes:
Hairspray, Legally Blonde, In The Heights, Into The Woods, Grease, Footloose, Little Shop Of Horrors, Oliver!, Assassins
Television includes:
‘The Choir’ Series (BBC2), The One Show (BBC1), Children In Need (BBC1), Christmas Sing-a-long (SkyOne)
Peter produced and arranged the Christmas #1 ‘A Bridge Over You’ (2015) and was involved in the Children In Need #1 ‘Wake Me Up’ (2014).
His vocal arrangements are available on multiple platforms and have been used in choral albums on various labels. Peter has also won three Lions and a Grand Prix (Cannes Festival) as part of the ‘Breathless Choir’ series.
In addition to KIN, Peter is also supervising and arranging 'Halbwelt Kultur', a period-song cycle of seven significant women, set against the cabaret-influenced backdrop of Weimar-era Berlin.
Daniel trained at Mountview Academy Of Theatre Arts.
Theatre credits include: Prince Harry in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (The Playhouse Theatre), Aladdin in ‘Aladdin’ (The King’s Theatre), Lead Vocalist in The Jersey Quartet (UK), Peter Pan in ‘Peter Pan’ (The Queen’s Theatre), Ensemble/Aerialist in Trioperas (Westend), Aladdin in ‘Aladdin’ (The Playhouse Theatre), Ensemble/1st Cover Nanki-Poo in The All Male Mikado (UK Tour), Fool in Queen Lear (Tristan Bates Theatre), Lead Vocalist in Viva Voce (UK / International), Dandini in Cinderella (Lyceum Theatre), Lead Vocalist in Somebody To Love – The Queen Concert (European Tour), Tenor in The Twelve Tenors (Scandinavian Tour), Jack in Jack And The Beanstalk (Camberley Theatre), Silly Billy in Mother Goose (Millfield Arts Centre), Arpad in She Loves Me (Rose And Crown Theatre), Naked Boys Singing (Charing Cross Theatre, Off Westend), Ferris Weale in Sleeping Beauty (The Courtyard Theatre), Peter Pevensie in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (The Brewhouse Theatre) and Taylor Jones in Stars Falling (Key Theatre, Peterborough).
Television credits include: Witness B in The Lawrences (BBC).
Film credits include: Crowd Surfer in Svengali (Root Films).
Lauren trained professionally at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating with her National Diploma in Musical Theatre (TRINITY, London).
Currently Associate Choreographer on Wizard of Oz UK Tour produced by Michael Harrison
Theatre Credits: Resident Choreographer/Ensemble/Cover Wicked Witch in Wizard of Oz (London Palladium); Original West End Cast of Andrew Lloyd Webbers Cinderella as Swing/Cover Marie; Liz Holt in Strictly Ballroom (West End - Piccadilly Theatre, Toronto Canada & West Yorkshire Playhouse - Leeds); Dale Tremont, Top Hat (Kilworth House); Amber Von Tussle, Hairspray (UK Tour); Ensemble/Cover Tara & Pandora in Exposure (The Other Palace); Ensemble in Feelin in the Mood (Workshop); Ensemble in Dance Til’ Dawn (UK Tour); Swing/Cover Glinda in Wicked (West End); Ensemble/Cover Doralee Rhodes in 9 to 5 (UK Tour); Frenchy/Cover Sandy in Grease (UK Tour); Ensemble/Cover Penny Pingleton in Hairspray (UK Tour); Sharpette/Cover Sharpay Evans in Disney's High School Musical (UK Tour); Assistant Dance Captain/Cover Jill in Jack & The Beanstalk (London Palladium); Baby Bear in Goldilocks and the Three Bears (London Palladium); Tinkerbell in Peter Pan (Beck Theatre); Snow White in Snow White (Beck Theatre); Jemima Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium); Young Cosette in Les Misérables (Palace Theatre); Title role in Annie (UK Tour); Mugglewump in The Twits (UK Tour).
Television Credits: All Star Musicals (ITV 2019 & 2021); Royal Variety Performance - Dancer for Gary Barlow (ITV 2021); Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway
Lauren is also very proud to run her own theatre school ‘Stroud Theatre Arts’ alongside her children’s talent agency ‘Stroud Talent’.
Training: Performers College
Theatre Includes: Dance Captain/Swing – The Wizard of Oz (Leicester Curve), Ensemble – Hairspray (UK Tour), Ensemble – Club Tropicana (UK Tour), Swing/Ensemble – 42nd Street(Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Swing – Starlight Express (Bochum, Germany), Ensemble – Copacabana (UK Tour), Puttin’ on the Ritz (Monte Carlo), Dance Captain – Jack and the Beanstalk (Hackney Empire), Dick Whittington (Manchester Opera House), Cinderella (Bristol Hippodrome)
Television & Film Includes: Tomorrow Morning (Musical Film), Brave New World (Netflix), The Olivier Awards 2018 (Royal Albert Hall), B&Q (2018 Spring Advert), The Royal Variety Performance 2017, Live from the Palladium 2014 & 2017, The One Show (BBC), This Morning (ITV), FA Cup Final, Skoda & Kenwood (Adverts), Breitling Watch Launch (Dubai), Choreographer – The Roller Boys (Butlins Tour)
Beatrice is of Italian heritage. Beatrice started her acting career when she became a member of the National Youth Theatre. She then went on to train at Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts where she graduated with a BA Hons in Acting. Beatrice worked for Emil Dale School of Performing Arts for 6 years as part of the Senior Management Team, an Acting Teacher and then later Head of Voice for Emil Dale Academy. Beatrice also has a corporate background as well as experience working for the charitable sector. She has been friends with Emil Dale for over 15 years and is so proud to be a part of this next ‘Emil Dale’ adventure.
Sarah is an actor, writer and musical theatre dramaturg. Credits include: The Wishing Stone (Separate Doors/Derby Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre), SHEWOLVES, Willow Goes Wild (MPTheatricals), Pinocchio (Nottingham Playhouse). In 2022 Sarah will take up a residency at Hosking Houses - awarded by Mercury Musical Developments - to develop a new musical The Infinity Script. Sarah attends the Book, Music & Lyrics course and is one of Middle Child’s Associated Writers.
