Meet The Team
Chloe Jacobs
Head of Youth Programming
Chloe opened Proscenium Stage School in 2017 alongside her very successful performing career. She wanted children in West Lothian to gain the same skills in performing arts that she got from attending theatre school in Glasgow without having to travel too far. Chloe adores teaching and giving a very realistic insight to the performing arts business. Therefore, she only employs Professional Performers to teach her students. This ensures that their training is very up to date and commercial.
Performing Credits: Anything Goes (Off West End), Shark In The Park (UK Tour), Sinbad (The Maltings), Macbeth (International Tour), Little Mermaid (International Tour), Jungle Book (International Tour), Aladdin (International Tour), Macrobert Pantomime (2018 & 2019), HONK! (Assembly Roxy), Spring Awakening (The Kings Theatre), The Addams Family (The Kings Theatre), An Evening With Jonathan Reid Gealt (Concert), Rod Stewarts Christmas Spectacular (Concert), Cabaret Club with Kerry Ellis (Concert), Cabaret Club with Natalie Weiss (Concert),
Hannah Collins
Acting Coach
Hannah is a professional actress, voice over artist and dance creative. She began her career in Musical Theatre, training at the MGA Academy Of Performing Arts . She then went on to East 15 Acting School to do an MA in Acting and discovered her love for screen work. She has worked in all avenues of the performance industry including working as an assistant to top London Talent Agency, Olivia Bell Management as well as worked in production for feature films and TV.
Having learnt a huge amount she knew her passion was acting and movement. Her credits include voice work for Spotify, Radio Scotland, animation Ridley Jones (Netflix). Feature films, Fuze (currently filming), The Fall Of Sir Douglas Weatherford (BBC Film/Mubi), Batgirl (Warner Brothers). Annika S2 (BBC), CBBC Saturday Mash-Up, McMafia (BBC), In Plain Sight (ITV). All Up There (Award-Winning at BFI Future Film Festival & Cannes Lions 2024). Twin Atlantic Bang On The Gong Music Video (Choreographer) , Joesef UK Tour (Movement Coach), Paddington Marmalade Messiness (Immersive Theatre), Warriors Witches & Damn Rebel Bitches (R&D).
Hannah has been working at Proscenium since 2020 and she loves working with the students, assisting them on confidence building, preparing for drama school auditions and passing on any knowledge she is still learning from job to job.
Tommy has been teaching theatre skills and practices for over 10 years while also continuing his professional acting career. He acquired his degree in Acting from Bath Spa School of Music and Performing Arts and has had a consistent career ever since. He is a firm believer in good work coming to those who work hard and the main focus in his teaching is lifting students to their highest potential while maintaining a fun and relaxed atmosphere in the rehearsal room. His recent move to Livingston is a brand new chapter and he is looks forward to teaching the students at Proscenium Stage School.
Recent performing credits include: Silly Willy in Robin Hood (The Maltings, Ely), Chief Weasel in The Wind In The Willows (National Tour), “Himself” in Big Strong Man (CAST, Doncaster), Buttons in Cinderella(The Maltings, Ely), Queen of Hearts in Alice In Wonderland (National Tour), Bagheera in The Jungle Book (National Tour), Richard in Bleak House (National Tour), The Caretaker in Orphan (South West Tour), Piggy in Lord of the Flies (Greenwich Theatre), Mavi in BackPAGE (The Lion & Unicorn)
Tommy Charmichael
Acting Coach
John Burlington
Dance Coach
John made his west end debut at the age of 7 playing the part of Nipper in Oliver! at the London Palladium. He then went on to train at The Dance School of Scotland and Bird College Conservatoire of Dance and Musical Theatre in London gaining his BA (hons).
Credits include: Crystal Symphony (Crystal Cruises); Musical Starnights (Best of Musicals, European Tour); Dancing Queen (Spirit Productions, UK Tour); Sleeping Beauty (Kenneth More Theatre, London); Dancing Queen (Spirit Productions, China Tour); Jack and The Beanstalk (Kings Theatre, Edinburgh); Dance Captain and Company Manager onboard Cunard’s Queen Mary 2, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria for Belinda King Creative Productions and QDOS Entertainment.
Most recently John has been working as an assistant to the choreographer on Starz Play – Outlander (Left Bank Productions and as a dance on numerous TV and Film productions including ‘The Buccaneers’ for Apple TV.
Sarah has been training in dance since she was 2 years old doing many different styles including Ballet, Tap Commercial and Jazz. Sarah started off by doing graded ballet exams with R.A.D. and graded tap and modern exams with I.S.T.D. and also Higher Dance with the SQA. She then moved into professional training where she received an A in a Professional Dance HNC and is currently completing a BA (Honours) degree in Musical Theatre at the Scottish Institute. During training she has also performed in 'Kipps', 'Cats', 'A Christmas Wish' and many more. She has now been teaching dance to young Musical Theatre students since September 2023 and absolutely loves training the next generation of performers!